What grade did your hospital get?
Published in the Asbury Park Press by Michael L. Diamond CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township and Southern Ocean Medical Center in Stafford have made giant strides in patient quality and safety, according to a report released Wednesday by a health care advocacy group. The two hospitals saw their grades jump from C’s last fall to…Read More…
These hospitals are the safest in New Jersey
Published by Susan K. Livio in NJ Spotlight Patients are less likely to develop an infection, get the wrong medication or fall inside a New Jersey hospital than they were a year ago, according to the latest national report card released on Wednesday that ranked the state 15th best for protecting patients from harm. Of…Read More…
N.J. health experts build blueprint to improve Medicaid reform
Published by Nicole Leonard in Press of Atlantic City Now that House Speaker Paul Ryan and his fellow Republicans’ first proposed health care bill has failed, New Jersey health industry experts may have a better chance of implementing their own changes to the state’s Medicaid program. The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, a nonpartisan…Read More…
Telemedicine Comes to NJ: See the Doctor Without Leaving Home
Published by Lilo H. Stainton in NJ Spotlight Online treatment of certain illnesses now available in Garden State even though electronic service is unregulated here. Despite New Jersey’s lack of regulatory guidance when it comes to telemedicine, a California-based group that provides certain urgent care treatment electronically has now opened for business in the Garden…Read More…
NJ Spotlight Helps Plan for Healthcare Future as GOP Bill Melts Down
Published by Lilo H. Stainton in NJ Spotlight Speakers at NJ Spotlight roundtable — ACA Repeal and Replace: New Jersey’s Response — stress that regardless of fate of Republican bill, state must be prepared for change Hours before the Republican plan to replace Obamacare died in Congress Friday without a vote, healthcare experts in New…Read More…
Redesigning New Jersey’s Medicaid Program: Philanthropy Steps Up
Published by Joan Randell and Rachel Cahill on Health Affairs. In early March 2017, the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI), a nonprofit quality improvement group, released Medicaid 2.0: Blueprint for the Future, a landmark plan to redesign and modernize New Jersey’s Medicaid program. A year in the making, the Blueprint resulted from a…Read More…
The NJBIZ Power 50 Health Care: The 50 most powerful people in New Jersey health care
First published by Tom Bergeron on NJBiz.com. The idea did have some merit. Based on the consolidation in the industry, one of our insiders surmised, shouldn’t the NJBIZ Power 50 Health Care list be reduced, too? “Really, you should make it the Power 25,” the insider suggested. Doing so, however, might overlook and obscure one…Read More…
Looking at ACA enrollment, experts say N.J. marketplace is doing well
Originally published by Anjalee Khemlani on NJBiz.com. At last, New Jersey wasn’t at the top of the list of “most expensive places for” something. That was one of the biggest takeaways industry experts noticed about the 2017 Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollment numbers in the state, released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…Read More…
Get the Best Care at an Ambulatory Surgery Center
As outpatient surgery facilities take on more complex procedures, here are the questions to ask and the information to gather. Published by Hallie Levine on Consumer Affairs. If you recently had a surgical procedure that was considered fairly minor—such as cataract removal—you might have gone to what’s called an ambulatory surgery center (ASC). These freestanding…Read More…
Could ‘Maternity Report Card’ Help Reduce NJ’s High C-Section Rate?
Published by Lilo Stainton on NJSpotlight.com. Information about birth procedures and maternal health — tailored to pregnant women and new moms — could help boost health of mothers and children. New Jersey has worked diligently to bring down its stubbornly high rates of cesarean section deliveries, but they remain at least 10 points higher than…Read More…