Medicaid Payment Parity in Primary Care Improves Health Outcomes and Equity
For primary care, the state’s Medicaid program pays doctors, nurses, and midwives about half the rate that Medicare pays. The policy of paying half as much for the same service is inequitable and reduces access to high quality primary care for more than two million of our state’s residents. These lower reimbursement rates are…Read More…
Quality Institute Membership Gathers to Advance Greater Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care
At our Spring All Council Conference last week, we brought together leaders working to integrate mental health and primary care. Integrating care has always been a goal for the Quality Institute, and the need is even greater now with the post-pandemic demand for mental health services in addition to people catching up on unmet physical…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Jeffrey Boscamp, M.D.
Jeffrey Boscamp, M.D., is Dean of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, a member of the Quality Institute’s Education Council, Institutes of Higher Learning. Your medical school vision states that every person in New Jersey, and in the United States, regardless of race or socioeconomic status, will enjoy the highest levels of wellness in…Read More…
First-in-the-Nation Mental Health First Aid Training Customized for Perinatal Community Health Care Workers
At the Quality Institute, several of our staff members are trained trainers in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), which is sometimes dubbed “CPR for mental health.” We’ve been training people throughout the state to recognize and help those experiencing a mental health crisis. Attendees range from police and fire officials to teachers, school staff, and…Read More…
Take Five with Roy Leitstein, MS
Roy Leitstein, MS, is the CEO of Legacy Treatment Services, a New Jersey-based nonprofit behavioral health and social services provider. Leitstein will speak at the Quality Institute’s Spring All-Council Conference on May 17. At our Spring Conference, you will talk about how the stigma still associated with behavioral health treatment creates barriers to integrating physical and…Read More…
Leapfrog Announces Spring, 2023, Hospital Safety Grades – New Jersey Ranks 1st for Highest Percentage of “A” Hospitals
For Immediate Release Contact: Carol Ann Campbell cacampbell@njhcqi.org (973-567-1901) New Jersey Ranks 1st for Highest Percentage of “A” Hospitals PRINCETON – May 3, 2023 — The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing hundreds of employers and purchasers of health care — and driven in New Jersey by the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute…Read More…
Addressing Mental Health Through More Holistic Care
Mental health is an essential part of our overall wellbeing. When someone is unable to function at their full capability due to stress, anxiety, or other cognitive conditions, it impacts their health, relationships, ability to perform a job, to take care of others … every aspect of their lives. Unfortunately, our existing health systems…Read More…
Conversation of Your Life (COYL) Observes Healthcare Decisions Day
Healthcare Decisions Day is April 16th of each year. The day exists to raise awareness around the importance of having conversations and planning if you have a serious illness or medical emergency and can’t speak for yourself about your preferences for life-sustaining care. At the Quality Institute, we’re using the occasion to kick off…Read More…