Affordable Care Act (ACA)
NJ Left with Three Obamacare Insurance Providers
Published by Brenda Flanagan on NJTV News. “I can’t afford it,” said Milagros Martinez. Martinez works temp jobs, part-time. She can’t swing $350-a-month premiums for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. “Or else I can’t pay my rent and my bills. So the only thing I could afford is the penalty,” she said. But…Read More…
AT ISSUE: Is our health in a recession?
Published in the Asbury Park Press The death rate in the U.S. increased for the first time in a decade, according to a preliminary report from the National Center for Health Statistics released last month. Is it just a blip or an indication that the nation’s health may be slipping? We posed that question and…Read More…
Alternative payment models are making a difference in health care costs, CMS official says
Published on NJBIZ Is the Affordable Care Act a success? The answer can depend on one’s political affiliation, but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is already seeing a bend in the cost curve from alternative payment models. It is important to follow the ideas being generated from CMS, which is the largest spender…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…
6 Smart Ways to Cut Health Care Costs
Published by Michael L. Diamond of the Asbury Park Press New Jersey (March 16, 2016) -You’re on the hook to pay for more of your health care. You are being begged when you feel lousy to call a doctor instead of visiting an emergency room. Your doctor asks if you feel depressed, even if you made…Read More…
Moving the Affordable Care Act Forward
The Affordable Care Act is becoming less affordable. Premiums are rising and so are deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses. Costs are increasing for both employers and consumers. And last year national health expenditures jumped 5.3 percent. (In 2013 the jump was 2.9 percent.) The nation’s health care bill is not growing as fast as it did…Read More…
Former Congressman Rob Andrews Joins Board of New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute
March 25, 2014 Pennington, NJ – The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute today announced that its Board of Directors has voted unanimously to invite former Congressman Rob Andrews to join the Board. Congressman Andrews has accepted the invitation. “As one of the primary authors in Congress of the Affordable Care Act, Congressman Andrews…Read More…