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N.J. cuts down on number of planned early childbirths
Originally posted by Lindy Washburn at NorthJersey.com New Jersey hospitals have drastically reduced the practice of delivering babies early as a convenience for the mother or doctor, saving mothers and infants from potential health problems. But too many expectant mothers still deliver via Cesarean section, according to new 2016 data from a nonprofit group that promotes transparency in health care. Early elective…Read More…
Hanover Township wins healthy town award
Published on the Hanover Eagle HANOVER TWP. – Hanover Township has won the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute 2016 Mayors Wellness Campaign Healthy Town to Watch Award. The institute’s Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC) supports its mayors’ efforts to make their towns a Healthy Town. The “Healthy Town” designation recognizes communities in which mayors have…Read More…
Stone Harbor named ‘2016 New Jersey Healthy Town’
Published by David Benson in The Gazzette of Middle Township STONE HARBOR – The borough has been named the “2016 New Jersey Healthy Town” by the state’s Mayors Wellness Campaign, according to the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute. The Mayors Wellness Campaign was begun in 2006 in partnership with the New Jersey State League…Read More…
Stone Harbor Designated as 2016 NJ Healthy Town Winner
Published in the Cape May County Herald STONE HARBOR – The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute announced yesterday that Stone Harbor has been named the 2016 New Jersey Healthy Town by the Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC), a program of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI) in partnership with the New Jersey State League of Municipalities. The…Read More…
Stone Harbor named ‘2016 N.J. Healthy Town’ by statewide program
Published by Nicole Leonard in The Press of Atlantic City Stone Harbor was named 2016 New Jersey Healthy Town by the Mayor’s Wellness Campaign for the town’s wellness and health lifestyle initiatives. Stone Harbor was recognized by the Mayor’s Wellness Campaign, a New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute program, for its wellness activities of weekly…Read More…
Mayors Wellness Campaign Names Stone Harbor as NJ Healthy Town Winner
For media requests: Carol Ann Campbell, 973-567-1901 or cacampbell@njhcqi.org Healthy Town Designations Also Awarded to Highland Park, Hanover Township and Beachwood PRINCETON, New Jersey — The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute today announced that Stone Harbor has been named the 2016 New Jersey Healthy Town by the Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC), a program of…Read More…
DESPITE CONCERNS OVER FUTURE OF ACA, MORE NJ RESIDENTS ENROLLED THIS YEAR
Originally published by Lilo Stainton on www.njspotlight.com Trump administration attempted to downplay the recent ACA enrollment period by suspending outreach ads and marketing Early reports suggest that even more New Jersey residents signed up for insurance policies governed by the Affordable Care Act in recent months than in the same period last year, despite federal…Read More…
If Repeal Becomes Repair, What’s the Fix?
Quality Institute and Sen. Vitale Will Engage New Work Group to Create Plan The newly installed Congress quickly took action to start repealing the ACA. But then the reality set in. Up-ending such a vital, complex and far-reaching system will not happen overnight. Now we’re hearing less about “replace” and more about “repair” by the…Read More…
Doing More than Worrying about Surprise Medical Bills
Published by Lilo H. Stainton on NJ Spotlight At NJ Spotlight Roundtable, consumer advocates and stakeholders debate and discuss finding an equitable way solve this nettlesome problem. Consumer advocates, insurance companies, hospitals, and physicians believe it is high time for New Jersey to do more to protect patients against surprise bills from out-of-network healthcare providers….Read More…
As ACA deadline nears, Philly insurance consumers have an advantage
First published by Bob Sapatkin on Philly.com : http://bit.ly/2jvz49j With a looming Tuesday deadline to sign up for insurance subsidized under the Affordable Care Act this year, consumers face all the usual fine-print complexities, plus new questions raised by the repeal-and-replace tumult in Washington. Chief among them: Will my health coverage – or the subsidy that…Read More…