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Consumer Reports: Are surgery centers safe?
Published by Lindsey Sablan on Wink News. FORT MYERS, Fla. (CONSUMER REPORTS) If you recently had a surgical procedure that was considered fairly minor—such as cataract removal—you might have gone to what’s called an ambulatory surgery center (ASC). These freestanding centers, which may be at least partly owned by private physicians, are becoming increasingly widespread….Read More…
GOP Trumpcare Victory Bad for Elderly, Sick, State Budgets — Critics Aver
Controversial healthcare plan clears House but will Senate fall in line? Published by Lilo H. Stainton in NJ Spotlight. More than half a million New Jersey residents could lose their health insurance, another 1.3 million Medicaid members could face more limited benefits, and hundreds of thousands of working-poor patients could find themselves paying more for…Read More…
Health care experts predict dire consequences from GOP Obamacare vote
Published by Mary Jo Layton on NorthJersey.com. Several New Jersey health care experts predicted dire consequences for patients, hospitals and the state treasury if a bill approved Thursday by House Republicans that unravels many of the consumer protections provided through Obamacare — and eliminates the expansion of Medicaid — becomes law. “Our hope is that the…Read More…
What grade did your hospital get?
Published by Michael L. Diamond in the Courier Post. South Jersey hospitals operated by Inspira Health Network, Kennedy Health and Virtua Health earned A grades from a health care advocacy group. And Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden earned a B rating, its second in a row, from the Leapfrog Group in a study…Read More…
What grade did your hospital get?
Published in the Asbury Park Press by Michael L. Diamond CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township and Southern Ocean Medical Center in Stafford have made giant strides in patient quality and safety, according to a report released Wednesday by a health care advocacy group. The two hospitals saw their grades jump from C’s last fall to…Read More…
These hospitals are the safest in New Jersey
Published by Susan K. Livio in NJ Spotlight Patients are less likely to develop an infection, get the wrong medication or fall inside a New Jersey hospital than they were a year ago, according to the latest national report card released on Wednesday that ranked the state 15th best for protecting patients from harm. Of…Read More…
N.J. health experts build blueprint to improve Medicaid reform
Published by Nicole Leonard in Press of Atlantic City Now that House Speaker Paul Ryan and his fellow Republicans’ first proposed health care bill has failed, New Jersey health industry experts may have a better chance of implementing their own changes to the state’s Medicaid program. The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, a nonpartisan…Read More…
Telemedicine Comes to NJ: See the Doctor Without Leaving Home
Published by Lilo H. Stainton in NJ Spotlight Online treatment of certain illnesses now available in Garden State even though electronic service is unregulated here. Despite New Jersey’s lack of regulatory guidance when it comes to telemedicine, a California-based group that provides certain urgent care treatment electronically has now opened for business in the Garden…Read More…
NJ Spotlight Helps Plan for Healthcare Future as GOP Bill Melts Down
Published by Lilo H. Stainton in NJ Spotlight Speakers at NJ Spotlight roundtable — ACA Repeal and Replace: New Jersey’s Response — stress that regardless of fate of Republican bill, state must be prepared for change Hours before the Republican plan to replace Obamacare died in Congress Friday without a vote, healthcare experts in New…Read More…
Redesigning New Jersey’s Medicaid Program: Philanthropy Steps Up
Published by Joan Randell and Rachel Cahill on Health Affairs. In early March 2017, the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI), a nonprofit quality improvement group, released Medicaid 2.0: Blueprint for the Future, a landmark plan to redesign and modernize New Jersey’s Medicaid program. A year in the making, the Blueprint resulted from a…Read More…