Alternative Payment Model Launching to Support Children and Families
By Kate Shamszad, MS, MPH, Director of the Quality Institute’s Medicaid Policy Center (MPC) At the Quality Institute, we support alternative payment models that move away from fee-for-service and toward better coordinated care that pays for better quality and outcomes. Most of the existing alternative payment models focus on chronic conditions or a specific…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Steven Kairys, MD
Steven Kairys, MD, is Principal Investigator of New Jersey Integrated Care for Kids (InCK), a new pilot program in Ocean and Monmouth Counties, and a pediatrician at Hackensack Meridian Health, a member of the Quality Institute. The NJ InCK pilot is led by Hackensack Meridian Health with the Quality Institute and VNA Health Group as co-leads. …Read More…
Quality Institute Outlines Priorities for 2022
I celebrated the New Year with my family at my childhood home in Southern California. My parents, both in their 80s, still live in the house where I grew up, which is not designed for older adults with multiple health issues. My visit home was wonderful, but also highlighted — in a real and concrete…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Douglas Forrester
Douglas Forrester is Chairman of Integrity Health, a health care benefits management company that operates Partnership Health Centers. Integrity Health is a member of the Quality Institute. Partnership Health Centers employs a unique patient-centered model of care. What makes your model different? I’m not aware of any organization with an outpatient setting that has…Read More…
Coronavirus 2022: Can NJ synthesize lessons learned during pandemic?
LILO H. STAINTON, HEALTH CARE WRITER | JANUARY 3, 2022 | CORONAVIRUS IN NJ, HEALTH CARE The past year revealed a health care system beset with racial inequities and a heroic, exhausted workforce. With omicron rampant, a new strategy is needed Credit: (Jernej Fuhrman via Flickr/CC BY 2.0) Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Daniel Klim
Daniel Klim is Executive Director of the American Physical Therapy Association of New Jersey a member of the Quality Institute. The professional organization recently launched a mental health support program for its members. We discuss this timely and critical topic in today’s Take Five. Your organization represents physical therapy professionals across New Jersey. How…Read More…
Conference on Rebuilding Primary Care Was Just the Start
I hope you were able join our virtual Winter Conference yesterday. The topic was Primary Care as a Common Good – The Prescription for a Healthier and More Equitable Health Care System. Our speakers, including keynote Dr. Shawna Hudson, spoke about the value of high-quality primary care, how that is defined, and how…Read More…