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…
Take Five with Donald Parker, President and CEO, of Carrier Clinic
You have talked about the nation needing a commitment to addiction research similar to the Cancer Moonshot currently being led by Joe Biden. Can you explain why such a commitment is necessary? I think what I should say is that we need a “Mars Shot.” I am saying that to point out the slow pace…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…
Take Five with Joseph F. Scott
Joseph F. Scott, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer of Jersey City Medical Center. Scott also was recently appointed as Executive Vice President of the Office of Health Care Transformation, RWJBarnabas Health. You will continue with your CEO role while also leading the Office of Health Care Transformation at RWJBarnabas Health. Why did RWJBarnabas Health…Read More…
Practice Transformation Transcends Politics
Like many of you, I have been following the confirmation hearings of the nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. I am eager to learn what will be altered and what will remain of the past eight years of change in American health care. We’ve seen, for instance, enormous change driven…Read More…
Audit: State needs to better monitor Medicaid provider directories
Published by Katie Jennings on www.politicopro.com. A state audit released earlier this week found issues with the provider directories of insurers that offer coverage to low-income New Jerseyans through the Medicaid managed care program. The Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services within the state Department of Human Services is supposed to monitor the provider…Read More…