Pallone Promotes Generic Drugs to Curb Rising Cost of Prescription Meds
Published in NJSpotlight.com Proposals are aimed at easing development of generic medications, reducing protection of brand-name patents, and improving transparency of drug development process. Spending on pharmaceuticals is on the rise in New Jersey, a scenario that has forced hospitals here to more than double their budgets for medications over the past decade. The rising…Read More…
Big Push To Make Medicaid In New Jersey More Effective and Efficient
Published on NJSpotlight.com Experts largely agree on steps New Jersey should take to create a more effective and efficient Medicaid system and reform plans have already been drafted for some changes, like reforming how doctors are paid for their care and improving services for those with complex needs. Now state officials have launched an office…Read More…
Experts: Hospital Charges Can Be Confusing, But Necessary
Published on the Intelligencer.com On Jan. 1, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began requiring all hospitals across the country to post machine-readable lists of their standard charges, also known as chargemasters, on their websites. $106,744.84 That’s the difference between the top charge for the same thing at two area hospitals. At St….Read More…
Health Care Half of Area Hospitals Take Part in Leapfrog Survey
Published in Philadelphia Business Journal.com The number of area hospitals reporting safety and outcome data to the Leapfrog Group continued to climb last year to a new record level. Thirty hospitals — out of a possible 55 — in southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware submitted survey data, according to the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition of Health. The…Read More…
Quality Institute Launches Medicaid Policy Center
Published on NJBiz.com The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, based in Princeton, announced on Thursday that it has launched a new policy center committed to advancing the quality and cost-effectiveness of the state’s Medicaid program. According to Linda Schwimmer, president and chief executive officer of NJHCQI, The Medicaid Policy Center will deliver independent research,…Read More…
New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Launches Medicaid Policy Center
Published on Insider NJ.com PRINCETON, New Jersey — February 7, 2019 — The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute today officially launched a new policy center committed to advancing the quality and cost-effectiveness of the state’s Medicaid program, which provides health coverage for nearly 1.8 million of the State’s residents, including forty percent of the…Read More…
New Jersey Healthcare Quality Institute Recognizes Bayonne Medical Center During Quarterly Quality Breakfast
Published on TAP into Bayonne Online BAYONNE, NJ – Bayonne Medical Center was recognized by the New Jersey Healthcare Quality Institute (NJHCQI) during their Quarterly Quality Breakfast on Tuesday. The NJHCQI’s quarterly breakfast included an interactive forum and touched on multiple topics including the 2018 performance metrics for The Leapfrog Group’s Top Hospital Ratings, as well as…Read More…
14 children have died. We need some answers | Editorial
Star-ledger Editorial, published by NJ.com. In a committee room in Trenton today, a group of lawmakers, hospital administrators, infection experts, and the commissioner of the Department of Health will try to untangle the mystery that took the lives of 14 medically-fragile children and infected dozens more in two long-term facilities over the last few months….Read More…
How End-of-Life Care in New Jersey Could Be Greatly Improved
Published in NJ Spotlight State council reports on the many ways in which life could be made more comfortable for New Jerseyans in their final days A long-awaited report on what New Jersey should be considering when it comes to end-of-life care had no shortage of recommendations — 26 of them, in fact. They include…Read More…
Leapfrog Releases Fall Hospital Safety Results
Published on AJMC.com With healthcare in the spotlight after this week’s midterm elections, there are a number of things elected officials can do to encourage hospital safety, said the head of the Leapfrog Group as it released its fall 2018 rankings of Hospital Safety Grades. The ratings, released Thursday, assessed more than 2600 hospitals across…Read More…