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NJ Loses Federal Funding to Expand ACA Enrollment
NJ Loses Federal Funding to Expand ACA Enrollment Lilo H. Stainton | October 12, 2017 Some $26 million in cuts will put a serious dent in ACA navigator programs in virtually all states New Jersey will lose more than 60 percent of the federal funding it expected to receive this year to help enroll vulnerable…Read More…
New Jersey to Put Payment Reform Scorecard to the Test
New Jersey to Put Payment Reform Scorecard to the Test Mary Caffrey Despite the unrest in Washington, DC, payment reform is very much alive in markets across the country, as employers and large purchasers of healthcare look for new ways to deliver care. In fact, Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR), a group of progressive purchasers…Read More…
The Relentless School Nurse: Blog on Aunt Bertha
One of the 5 principles of NASN’s Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice is Community/Public Health. Relentless School Nursing calls for knowing our community resources and providing helpful, accurate and effective referrals. How embarrassing is it to refer a family to a resource only to find out that it has shut down, changed their phone…Read More…
Health care institute hopes program will show if payment reform works
Published on Return on Information New Jersey by Anjalee Khemlani.. Is the much-touted value-based reimbursement model, in which providers get paid for care of a patient rather than per procedure, working? It’s a question the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center is asking the public. CMS has been the driver of the preventative care model,…Read More…
New Jersey scrambling to find more doctors
Published by Michael L. Diamond in the Asbury Park Press. Dr. Jason Nehmad needs help. A primary care doctor, he sees four patients an hour. He takes 10 minutes for lunch. He is paying off more than $200,000 in student loans. And his colleagues are retiring in waves. “It’s getting worse and worse,” said Nehmad,…Read More…
New Jersey Funds Project to Improve End-Of-Life Care
Published by Lilo H. Stainton on NJ Spotlight. Despite widespread wishes to die at home, research shows Garden State residents are more likely than many Americans to spend parts of their final months in the hospital, receiving costly and questionably necessary treatments that do little to improve their quality of life. To help shift this…Read More…
New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute to Spearhead Catalyst for Payment Reform’s New Jersey Scorecard
Catalyst for Payment Reform has selected New Jersey as one of three states where the progress of payment reform will be measured. The initiative aims to improve health quality and reduce costs. Published on PRWEB. Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR), a non-profit corporation working to improve the quality of health care while also reducing costs,…Read More…
New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute to Spearhead Catalyst for Payment Reform’s New Jersey Scorecard
Initiative Will Measure Progress on Payment Reforms Intended to Improve Quality, Reduce Costs PRINCETON, NJ — September 5, 2017 — Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR), a non-profit corporation working to improve the quality of health care while also reducing costs, has selected New Jersey as one of three states where the progress of payment reform will…Read More…
Meet Two States Leading the Future of Payment Reform Tracking
Announcing our state partners as we enter a new Era of Tracking Payment Reform September 05, 2017 CPR’s Scorecard on Payment Reform team is proud to announce its selection of two states to pilot Scorecard 2.0, each led by a local sponsoring organization. A pilot in New Jersey will be facilitated by the New Jersey…Read More…
Crowds Turn Out For Beachwood Community Day
Published by Chris Lundy on Jersey Shore Online. BEACHWOOD – The weather was perfect as scores of people recently celebrated Beachwood Community Day at Birch and Surf Park. The event was bigger than last year, which was the first ever event. There were more tents set up, where vendors sold items like dog treats and…Read More…