Press Releases
Hackensack Meridian Health, in Partnership with the VNA, NJHCQI and NJ Medicaid Receives $15.8 Million Award from CMS to Implement New Payment Model to Improve Care for Pediatric Patients with Complex Medical Conditions
Neptune, NJ – December 20, 2019 – Hackensack Meridian Health is honored to announce that it has received an award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the amount of $15.8 million to be distributed over seven years to establish the New Jersey Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model that will test…Read More…
The Leapfrog Group Announces 2019 Top Hospital Recipients
EMBARGOED UNTIL DECEMBER 17, 2019 EMBARGOED LIST OF TOP HOSPITALS AVAILABLE BY CONTACTING LEAPFROGPR@JPA.COM The Leapfrog Group Announces 2019 Top Hospital Recipients December 17, 2019 WASHINGTON D.C. – In recognition of the nation’s highest quality hospitals, The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality,…Read More…
The Leapfrog Group Highlights Strengths, Pinpoints Improvements Needed across Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Settings in Inaugural Report
October 22, 2019 The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released a report summarizing trends on the safety and quality of care for same-day surgical services nationwide: Same-Day Surgery in the U.S.: Findings of Two Inaugural Leapfrog Surveys. The report is a first and notable expansion in the organization’s data gathering and reporting enterprise,…Read More…
Quality Institute Statement on Rating the Raters Opinion Piece in the New England Journal of Medicine
Rating the Raters is an opinion piece just published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which rates four hospital quality rating systems. The authors awarded The Leapfrog Group a C minus. At the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, a regional leader for Leapfrog, we are proud that in our state every hospital voluntarily…Read More…
New Report from The Leapfrog Group Examines Hospital Policies on Never Events
New Report from The Leapfrog Group Examines Hospital Policies on Never Events June 27, 2019 WASHINGTON D.C. – The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released its 2019 Never Events Report, and found that one in four participating hospitals do not meet…Read More…
ROAD MAP OUTLINES VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF MEDICAID ACOs NEW REGIONAL HEALTH HUB MODEL WILL ALLOW COALITIONS TO GROW AND INNOVATE
For Immediate Release Contact: Carol Ann Campbell cacampbell@njhcqi.org (973-567-1901) ROAD MAP OUTLINES VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF MEDICAID ACOs NEW REGIONAL HEALTH HUB MODEL WILL ALLOW COALITIONS TO GROW AND INNOVATE June 18, 2019 — PRINCETON — The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute today released a Road Map to build on the potential of community-based…Read More…
Leapfrog Maternity Report Finds Reduction in Early Elective Deliveries and Episiotomies Nationally
For Immediate Release Contact: Carol Ann Campbell cacampbell@njhcqi.org (973-567-1901) Leapfrog Maternity Report Finds Reductions in Early Elective Deliveries and Episiotomies Nationally Cesarean Sections in New Jersey Decline, But 38 Hospitals Still Have Rates Above Leapfrog Standards PRINCETON — The 2019 Maternity Care Report by The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization focused on health care safety…Read More…
LEAPFROG ANNOUNCES SPRING 2019 HOSPITAL SAFETY GRADES
For Immediate Release Contact: Carol Ann Campbell at cacampbell@njhcqi.org (973-567-1901) LEAPFROG ANNOUNCES SPRING 2019 HOSPITAL SAFETY GRADES Most New Jersey Hospitals Receive A or B Grades, But Safety Concerns Remain at Some Hospitals Princeton — May 15, 2019 – The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing the nation’s largest and most influential employers and purchasers of health care,…Read More…
MOST NEW JERSEYANS HAVE CONSIDERED BUT NOT PLANNED FOR END-OF-LIFE WISHES
Media Contacts: Carol Ann Campbell, cacampbell@njhcqi.org 973-567-1901 Ashley Koning, akoning@rutgers.edu, 848-932-8940 MOST NEW JERSEYANS HAVE CONSIDERED BUT NOT PLANNED FOR END-OF-LIFE WISHES One in 10 have talked to a doctor despite provider reimbursement New Brunswick, N.J. (April 16, 2019) – In advance of National Health Care Decisions Day on April 16, a new poll shows that six in 10 New…Read More…
Quality Institute Releases Mayors Wellness Campaign New Jersey “Healthy Town” Designations for 2018
For media requests: Carol Ann Campbell 973-567-1901 or cacampbell@njhcqi.org Quality Institute Releases Mayors Wellness Campaign New Jersey “Healthy Town” Designations for 2018 PRINCETON, New Jersey — The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute has issued its annual New Jersey “Healthy Town” designation to eight communities participating in the Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC), a program of…Read More…