Sayegh: Paterson must embrace wellness campaign | Opinion
Andre Sayegh Special to the USA TODAY NETWORK One of my many New Year’s Resolutions for 2020 was to promote and prioritize the health and wellness of Paterson residents. And so I announced my Mayor’s Wellness Campaign to achieve the aforementioned objective to get residents to be more active and health conscious. On Jan. 24,…Read More…
Opinion: We Must Rescue Health Insurance for Small Businesses and Their Workers
JOEL C. CANTOR, MARGARET KOLLER | JULY 30, 2020 | OPINION, HEALTH CARE Highlighting inherent and growing challenges, as hotly debated legislation goes under the microscope in the Legislature Thursday Joel C. Cantor and Margaret Koller New Jersey has successfully “flattened the curve” in the growth of coronavirus cases, but the prospect of a second wave can’t be ignored,…Read More…
Day Health Strategies Podcast – Reimagining the Small Group Employer Market w/ Linda Schwimmer
Our host, Emily George, spoke with Linda Schwimmer, President and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute. Linda is responsible for driving policies that advance health care safety, access and affordability. She is well-known for her commitment to drive lasting change that improves health care for every person in New Jersey. In this…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Deborah Visconi
Deborah Visconi is President & CEO of Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, one of the newest members of our Provider Council. How has COVID-19, and the mandate to socially distance, affected the patients you serve? Bergen New Bridge, with 1070 beds, is the largest hospital in the state of New Jersey with niche service…Read More…
Advancing Public Health Initiatives Amid a Global Pandemic
As we enter our sixth month of a drastically different New Jersey during the COVID-19 crisis, our members, government officials, and the Quality Institute all face similar questions: What happens to the important public health work moving forward before the pandemic? How do we maintain strong partnerships in the fight for safe, equitable, and affordable…Read More…
Here’s a rescue plan for health insurance at NJ’s struggling small businesses
Lindy Washburn NorthJersey.com The effects of the coronavirus shutdown on New Jersey’s small businesses are well known: lost customers, lost revenues, and lost plans for the future amid an unpredictable global pandemic. Add to that long-running problems in the state’s health insurance market for small businesses, and the hardships for owners and their employees are…Read More…
Small Employer Health Insurance Needs Fixing
As a small employer, I understand the importance of providing good health insurance to my employees. This is an important benefit that the Quality Institute wants to offer and is also essential to the health of our employees and their families. Until our country provides universal coverage or another method to pay for health care,…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Erika Kerber, Esq.
Erika Kerber, Esq., Associate Executive Director at Community Health Law Project (CHLP). Who is eligible to receive services through CHLP? CHLP is a non-profit legal services organization that provides free legal and advocacy assistance and representation in civil matters to low-income New Jersey residents with disabilities, those with chronic health conditions, and the frail…Read More…
Quality Institute Makes Recommendations to Prevent Dangerous Downward Spiral in Small Business Health Insurance Market
Contact: Carol Ann Campbell cacampbell@njhcqi.org (973-567-1901) PRINCETON — The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute today issued a comprehensive package of policy recommendations to save the state’s health insurance market for small businesses, an already distressed market hit further by the economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses with fewer than 50 full time employees are…Read More…