Take Five
Take Five with Mary Ann Christopher
Mary Ann Christopher is Chief of Clinical Operations and Transformation at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. She joined us for a Take Five. How do you describe Value-Based Care? The tenets of Value-Based Care create the underpinnings of the Triple Aim. We heard the call by the Institute for Healthcare (IHI) Improvement…Read More…
Take Five with Cathleen Bennett
Cathleen D. Bennett recently was sworn in as the 20th Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health after serving as acting commissioner. She joined us for a Take Five. One of your top priorities after becoming Acting Commissioner in August 2015 was to create an Office of Population Health. How does this new office…Read More…
Take Five with Lynn B. McGrath
Lynn B. McGrath, MD, is Vice President of Medical Affairs at Deborah Heart and Lung Center. He performed cardiac surgery at Deborah for nearly three decades. Deborah is a member of the Quality Institute’s Provider Council. Heart and lung surgery is changing swiftly — both in the operating room and in the way this complex care…Read More…
Take Five with Deborah Levine
Deborah Levine, MPH, recently joined the Quality Institute as a Community Health Associate. She talked to Symptoms & Cures about her new role. Tell us about your background? I received my Masters in Public Health from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health with a certificate in health policy analysis. Following my graduation, I…Read More…
Take Five: Tomas Gregorio
Tomas Gregorio is the Senior Executive Director of Healthcare Systems Innovation at the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII). He is leading the ambitious Medicare effort to help some 11,500 physicians transform their practices as government payers move toward value-based care. NJII is a corporation of NJIT. Why does the institute want to invest in health care…Read More…
Take Five: Sean Cavanaugh
Sean Cavanaugh is Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. He will be the keynote speaker at the Quality Institute’s Spring Board and Leadership Council on May 4. The topic is: The Move to Alternative Payment Models. Mr. Cavanaugh recently spoke to Symptoms & Cures….Read More…
Take Five: Medical Home for Children is State’s First
Dr. Matthew B. McDonald III leads the state’s first pediatric medical home for children with special healthcare needs. He spoke with Symptoms & Cures about this unique practice, which is part of Children’s Specialized Hospital. Pediatric primary care at Children’s Specialized Hospital has received a medical home designation. We usually think of medical homes as…Read More…
Take Five: Quality Institute Fellow Explains Medicaid 2.0
Matthew D’Oria, a Quality Institute Senior Fellow, is leading Medicaid 2.0. He spoke recently to Symptoms & Cures. First, can you tell us about this ambitious and important initiative called Medicaid 2.0? Sure. At the Quality Institute we’re beginning an effort, funded by The Nicholson Foundation, to re-envision Medicaid in New Jersey. We want to…Read More…
Take Five: Joseph Masciandaro
Your organization is working to reduce disjointed care among people who need both behavioral health and physical health treatment. Recently you hosted a site visit for the public at your organization’s Behavioral Health Home. Can you tell us about it? The Good Care Collaborative organized the event to recognize the work that we do at…Read More…
Take Five with NRHI President
Elizabeth Mitchell, President & CEO, Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement, (NRHI). Can you tell us more about NRHI (pronounced EN-ree)? NRHI is a national network of 40 regional health improvement collaboratives — we call them “RHICs” for short — working in their communities, states or regions to improve health and health care. These are organizations similar…Read More…