Stone Harbor named ‘2016 N.J. Healthy Town’ by statewide program
Published by Nicole Leonard in The Press of Atlantic City Stone Harbor was named 2016 New Jersey Healthy Town by the Mayor’s Wellness Campaign for the town’s wellness and health lifestyle initiatives. Stone Harbor was recognized by the Mayor’s Wellness Campaign, a New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute program, for its wellness activities of weekly…Read More…
Mayors Wellness Campaign Names Stone Harbor as NJ Healthy Town Winner
For media requests: Carol Ann Campbell, 973-567-1901 or cacampbell@njhcqi.org Healthy Town Designations Also Awarded to Highland Park, Hanover Township and Beachwood PRINCETON, New Jersey — The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute today announced that Stone Harbor has been named the 2016 New Jersey Healthy Town by the Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC), a program of…Read More…
DESPITE CONCERNS OVER FUTURE OF ACA, MORE NJ RESIDENTS ENROLLED THIS YEAR
Originally published by Lilo Stainton on www.njspotlight.com Trump administration attempted to downplay the recent ACA enrollment period by suspending outreach ads and marketing Early reports suggest that even more New Jersey residents signed up for insurance policies governed by the Affordable Care Act in recent months than in the same period last year, despite federal…Read More…
If Repeal Becomes Repair, What’s the Fix?
Quality Institute and Sen. Vitale Will Engage New Work Group to Create Plan The newly installed Congress quickly took action to start repealing the ACA. But then the reality set in. Up-ending such a vital, complex and far-reaching system will not happen overnight. Now we’re hearing less about “replace” and more about “repair” by the…Read More…
Doing More than Worrying about Surprise Medical Bills
Published by Lilo H. Stainton on NJ Spotlight At NJ Spotlight Roundtable, consumer advocates and stakeholders debate and discuss finding an equitable way solve this nettlesome problem. Consumer advocates, insurance companies, hospitals, and physicians believe it is high time for New Jersey to do more to protect patients against surprise bills from out-of-network healthcare providers….Read More…
As ACA deadline nears, Philly insurance consumers have an advantage
First published by Bob Sapatkin on Philly.com : http://bit.ly/2jvz49j With a looming Tuesday deadline to sign up for insurance subsidized under the Affordable Care Act this year, consumers face all the usual fine-print complexities, plus new questions raised by the repeal-and-replace tumult in Washington. Chief among them: Will my health coverage – or the subsidy that…Read More…
Audit: State needs to better monitor Medicaid provider directories
Published by Katie Jennings on www.politicopro.com. A state audit released earlier this week found issues with the provider directories of insurers that offer coverage to low-income New Jerseyans through the Medicaid managed care program. The Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services within the state Department of Human Services is supposed to monitor the provider…Read More…
Heartbeats: Quality Institute, Rutgers-Eagleton explore ‘telehealth’
Published by Brad Wadlow on myCentralJersey.com The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI), in partnership with the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling (ECPIP) at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, released a poll exploring how New Jersey residents feel about “telehealth,” which allows patients to use video calls, text and other technology…Read More…
EDITORIAL: N.J. ready to take its (tele)medicine
Published in the Asbury Park Press. A new poll has found that only 16 percent of New Jerseyans have ever used an electronic device to receive medical care from a doctor or other medical profession. But given the results of the poll, which solicited consumers’ views about utilizing telemedicine for various types of care, and…Read More…
Telehealth in New Jersey Hindered By a Lack of Awareness
As New Jersey’s legislators continue efforts to regulate telehealth, a recent survey finds that most of the state’s residents haven’t used it. And two-thirds of those surveyed aren’t aware of the benefits or aren’t interested. Published on mHealthIntelligence. Healthcare providers looking to launch a telehealth platform should be reminded to first make sure their potential…Read More…