The Next Generation of Advocates
Last Friday I taught a class on health care policy to the third-year medical students at a New Jersey medical school. I started by asking the class what each of them has in common with the people pictured below and what I also have in common with these people. All eight studied medicine like the students…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Erin Henderson Moore
Erin Henderson Moore is the President & CEO of Fidelis Care NJ. You have a long history working in Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs), most recently in Washington, D.C. What prompted your interest in managed care? My interest in managed care has been profoundly shaped by my professional experiences and my desire to make…Read More…
Hearing and Heeding the Call to Action on Primary Care
In my last blog post, we shared with you our new report Primary Care in New Jersey: Findings and Recommendations to Support Advanced Primary Care. The report is a blueprint for what needs to change in payments, quality measures, and other practice supports to enable team-based, comprehensive primary care to expand in our state. I…Read More…
Renewed push to raise NJ’s Medicaid reimbursement rates
LILO H. STAINTON, HEALTH CARE WRITER | FEBRUARY 7, 2024 | HEALTH CARE New report outlines how to improve the state’s primary care system After two decades of caring for Medicaid patients, Dr. Aijuan Wang, a pediatrician in Edison, has learned to get creative. She’s found extra funds to cover the cost of vaccines for kids without…Read More…
Quality Institute Releases Recommendations to Support Advanced Primary Care
High quality primary care is the foundation of a high performing health system. It’s associated with lower overall spending, improved health equity, and better population health over the long run. Yet as a nation we underinvest in primary care. And in New Jersey, we are one of the states with the lowest payment rates for…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Saira A. Jan, MS, PharmD.
Saira A. Jan, MS, PharmD., is a vice president and chief pharmacy officer at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, and Professor Emerita at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University. She has been affiliated with both organizations for more than 25 years. You are an organizer of the School…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Ria Rodney MS, BSN-RN
Ria Rodney, Director of Nurture NJ, the initiative that aims to make New Jersey the safest and most equitable place in the nation to deliver and raise a baby. What drew you to this role as the first Director of Nurture NJ? I’m a nurse with an educational background in social work, and I’m…Read More…
Quality Institute Outlines Policy Priorities for 2024
We finished 2023 with major successes on improving health care access and equity. Two laws, both based on our earlier white paper, were enacted to make the New Jersey small employer health insurance market more affordable. Next, based on our call for action, the governor signed a law on Monday enabling licensed clinical social workers,…Read More…