Archive for December, 2017
Take Five with Heather Howard
Heather Howard, JD, a Quality Institute board member, is director of State Health and Values Strategies and a Lecturer in Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. You just returned from testifying before the California legislature. Can you tell us why you traveled to California? I was invited by the Assembly Select…Read More…
Truth Tellers in Health Care Spending
If you were able to attend our winter conference, you know we hit on themes at the very core of our work at the Quality Institute. How can we improve quality and reduce costs? We all know it’s possible. And we all know it’s going to be really tough. As our keynote speaker Niall Brennan…Read More…
How New Jersey Is Working to Lower C-Section Rates
Published on AJMC. Linda Schwimmer, president and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, discussed the impact of data on lowering the state’s C-section rates, which are among the highest in the country. High C-section rates have been a problem in New Jersey. How are hospitals and physicians using payment reform to address…Read More…
CVS/Aetna merger raises questions about the future of health care
Published by Briana Vannozzi on NJTV News. Your local CVS store could look a lot different in a few years if the proposed plan to buy Aetna, the nation’s third largest health insurer, goes through. The $69 billion deal is expected to push the retailer further into health services. But what about affordability and the ways it could…Read More…