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The Quality Institute Newsletter: A bi-weekly edition to keep you updated our latest activities

SchwimmerScript Blog: Insights from Quality Institute President and CEO Linda Schwimmer

Take Five Interview: Powerful and insightful interviews with health care leaders

The Mayors Wellness Campaign Newsletter: A quarterly update on the MWC activities

Press releases and the latest news about the Quality Institute, our members, and New Jersey health care

As insurance companies bolt from Obamacare, lawmaker prescribes a fix for N.J.

Published on NJ.com by Susan K. Livio TRENTON — With insurance companies in New Jersey fleeing the health exchange created by the Affordable Care Act, a state lawmaker has introduced a bill to create a government-operated plan that he said will stabilize the volatile market. The “New Jersey Public Option Health Care Act” would require the…Read More…

Posted October 3, 2016
Categories:In the News

Conversation of a Lifetime campaign spreads in NJ

Published in The Courier-Post by Kim Mulford David Mayer didn’t talk about death or funerals or end-of-life decisions with his mother. Didn’t want to. “Because it’s difficult — you don’t talk about it, ” the Gloucester Township mayor said. “People don’t talk about it. That’s not abnormal.” Instead of having that difficult conversation, the family faced difficult decisions. In her final days,…Read More…

Posted September 27, 2016
Categories:In the News

Population Health Summit Keeps NJ Residents and Communities Well

NJSpotlight Health Commissioner Cathleen D. Bennett Nutrition, lead poisoning, and fitness were key targets at meeting that brought together state agencies and advocacy groups. A diverse range of programs — promoting breakfast in the classroom, screening for lead poisoning, maintaining state parks and safe streets — are all part of New Jersey’s increasingly broad strategy…Read More…

Posted September 19, 2016
Categories:In the News

Linda Schwimmer Explains NJ Health Care Quality Institute’s Role

AJMC.com Since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, more and more individuals are gaining access to insurance. Therefore, part of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute’s responsibility is to make the complexities of the healthcare industry more easily understandable for members, according to Linda Schwimmer, JD, president and CEO of the New Jersey…Read More…

Posted September 19, 2016
Categories:In the News, Video

New Jersey Left with Just Two Obamacare Health Providers for 2017

NorthJersey.com The options for New Jersey consumers who buy health coverage through the Affordable Care Act will dwindle to two next year, from five in 2016, after state regulators take over Health Republic Insurance of New Jersey. The non-profit company, a start-up established through President Obama’s signature health law, has 35,000 members. The state Department…Read More…

Posted September 12, 2016
Categories:In the News

More New Jerseyans gaining health insurance coverage

Published by Michael Catalini in The Washington Times. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that more than 500,000 New Jersey residents now have health insurance coverage under Medicaid as part of the expansion under the Affordable Care Act. The Republican governor’s announcement came during a statehouse news conference and as Republicans across…Read More…

Posted August 29, 2016
Categories:In the News

NJ Left with Three Obamacare Insurance Providers

Published by Brenda Flanagan on NJTV News. “I can’t afford it,” said Milagros Martinez. Martinez works temp jobs, part-time. She can’t swing $350-a-month premiums for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. “Or else I can’t pay my rent and my bills. So the only thing I could afford is the penalty,” she said. But…Read More…

Posted August 24, 2016
Categories:In the News

Linda Schwimmer on the Importance of Bringing Stakeholders Together

Published on the American Journal of Managed Care Many stakeholders in healthcare have concerns about the same issues just from different vantage points, they just need to be brought together in order to enact any change, explained Linda Schwimmer, JD, president and CEO at the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute. Transcript (slightly modified): What…Read More…

Posted August 9, 2016
Categories:In the News

At what cost? Some left wondering if new federal guidelines are good for business … or women’s health

Published by Meg Fry on NJBIZ Lisa Marie Sheppard said health care used to be based on what the doctor thought was best. “Now, care is based on group population costs,” she said. Sheppard, a radiologist specializing in women’s imaging, is the owner and medical director of breast imaging and intervention at Pink Breast Centers…Read More…

Posted August 8, 2016
Categories:In the News

New Jersey to Test How to Reduce Healthcare Costs, Improve Quality

Published by Lilo H. Stainton on NJ Spotlight New Jersey will be one of the test sites for a major new public-private initiative to overhaul the way doctors, nurses, other providers deliver services and are paid For a second time, New Jersey has been chosen as one of a select set of testing grounds for…Read More…

Posted August 3, 2016
Categories:In the News
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