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NJ Upends How Doctors Get Paid, So Why Do Vaccination, C-section Rates Lag?
Published on Asbury Park Press.com. New Jersey doctors and hospitals are increasingly paid based on quality, but patients aren’t getting the care they need to prevent illnesses and bigger bills down the road, a report released Tuesday said. Despite incentives to promote good health, the report by Catalyst for Payment Reform found New Jersey has fewer vaccinations, more C-section deliveries and…Read More…
Healthy People Need a Healthy Community
Published by U.S. 1 Princeton Info. Good doctors and hospitals alone are not what keep people well and help them recover when they are ill. “So much about health and what it takes to be healthy is more than the medical system and straight medical care,” says Linda Schwimmer, president and CEO of NJ Healthcare…Read More…
Legistation Aims to Improve, Update Medicaid’s Eligibility Process
Published by NJ Spotlight New Jersey lawmakers are pushing the state to modernize and improve its system for determining who is eligible to receive Medicaid and getting people enrolled, a process that has undergone some upgrades but is still criticized as burdensome and inefficient for both patients and administrators. The Senate Budget Committee will review…Read More…
What do You Want to Know About Medicaid in NJ? New Website Has Answers
Published by NJ Spotlight Data Dashboard, open to all, is aimed at making information more accessible and should help with decisions about allocating funds medicaid patients Healthcare advocates, policy organizations, government officials, and curious patients can better explore public data related to New Jersey’s Medicaid program, thanks to a website the state has established to…Read More…
Advanced care planning programs set by SCLSNJ and NJ Health Care Quality Institute
Published by My Central Jersey According to a survey by the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI), 38 percent of adult New Jersey residents have not had conversations about advanced care planning. In response to this community need, the Somerset County Library System of New Jersey (SCLSNJ) has partnered with the institute to host a…Read More…
N.J. makes a brilliant save on Obamacare
Published by NJ.com President Trump’s sabotage of the Affordable Care Act was wreaking havoc, causing insurers in New Jersey to hike premiums by double digits for the first time this year. They would have spiked even higher next year, had our state not done more than any other to protect consumers. We’ve become accustomed to…Read More…
New Jersey Expands Medicaid Coverage for End-of-Life Planning
Published by NJ Spotlight Changes will help ensure clients’ final wishes are heeded and should save costs on unwanted, unnecessary medical care Hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents could benefit from healthcare that better aligns with their final wishes — and help to curb growing medical costs over time — thanks to changes officials…Read More…
Cancer Care, Prevention: How New Jersey Measures Up
Published by NJ Spotlight New report says NJ does well on cancer screenings and general care, not as well on palliative care and pain medication. But report omits recent state initiatives New Jersey does well when it comes to helping patients obtain cancer screenings and care, according to a new national report, but it could…Read More…
State’s health insurers grapple with uncertainty over frozen federal risk payments
Published by Anjalee Khemlani The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance has extended the premium filing deadline for health insurers to July 18, from the original deadline of Wednesday. Health insurers in the state were scrambling Monday to understand the implications of stalled risk adjustment payments announced over the weekend, even as Wednesday’s state…Read More…
N.J. hospitals’ plan to reduce C-section rates looks strong
Published on the Press of Atlantic City New Jersey’s 49 hospitals that deliver babies began an initiative in April that is intended to reduce cesarean-section deliveries 10 percent by next June and by nearly a third eventually. C-sections, in which babies are delivered not through the pelvic opening but by cutting through the maternal abdomen,…Read More…