Quality Institute Outlines Five Key Principles For Price Transparency to Succeed
Only in health care do Americans routinely purchase services and then learn about the price weeks or months later. For too many Americans, opening a medical bill is a moment of trepidation. At the Quality Institute, we’ve supported transparency from our earliest days — in quality and in cost. So we support the parts…Read More…
‘REGIONAL HEALTH HUBS’ AIM TO IMPROVE SERVICES FOR MEDICAID PATIENTS
LILO H. STAINTON | JUNE 19, 2019 NJ healthcare coalitions have had success focusing on complex health and social needs of high-demand Medicaid patients. Now they have a new roadmap for an even more integrated approach Credit: Twenty20 In the Camden area, healthcare and social service organizations have worked together to connect low-income women of childbearing age…Read More…
Road Map Outlines Vision for the Future of Medicaid ACOs
New regional health hub model will allow coalitions to grow and innovate By: Anthony Vecchione June 18, 2019 1:32 pm The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI) released on Tuesday a road map to build on the potential of community-based coalitions to improve care for people with complex health and social needs. The coalitions, originally known as Medicaid…Read More…
ROAD MAP OUTLINES VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF MEDICAID ACOs NEW REGIONAL HEALTH HUB MODEL WILL ALLOW COALITIONS TO GROW AND INNOVATE
For Immediate Release Contact: Carol Ann Campbell cacampbell@njhcqi.org (973-567-1901) ROAD MAP OUTLINES VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF MEDICAID ACOs NEW REGIONAL HEALTH HUB MODEL WILL ALLOW COALITIONS TO GROW AND INNOVATE June 18, 2019 — PRINCETON — The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute today released a Road Map to build on the potential of community-based…Read More…
Legacy Take Five Interview with Alfred F. Tallia, MD, MPH
Alfred Tallia with Quality Institute Board Member. Alfred F. Tallia, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University. You recently were named Chair of the National Board of Medical Examiners. What critical differences do you see between your medical school…Read More…
HEALTHCARE IMPROVES IN NJ, BUT SPENDING REMAINS A CONCERN
HEALTHCARE IMPROVES IN NJ, BUT SPENDING REMAINS A CONCERN LILO H. STAINTON | JUNE 12, 2019 Garden State turns in strong showing for low mortality rates for suicide and alcohol, but growing opioid epidemic continues to pull down state’s rankings New Jersey’s healthcare system now ranks 20th nationwide, an improvement over the past year. But it continues…Read More…
OP-ED: NJ SHOULD EXTEND MEDICAID POSTPARTUM COVERAGE
OP-ED: NJ SHOULD EXTEND MEDICAID POSTPARTUM COVERAGE LINDA SCHWIMMER | JUNE 11, 2019 Every year, thousands of women in New Jersey lose Medicaid coverage 60 days after having given birth; New Jersey can — and should — change that Linda Schwimmer Two months after a new mother gives birth is not the time for her to lose…Read More…
SOME GAINS, BUT MORE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN NJ MATERNAL CARE
SOME GAINS, BUT MORE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN NJ MATERNAL CARE LILO H. STAINTON | JUNE 4, 2019 Many Garden State birthing centers have more work to do to reduce cesarean sections and other potentially hazardous procedures Credit: Twenty20 Maternal care is getting better in New Jersey, a new report shows, but Garden State birthing centers still…Read More…
More than 3 out of 4 N.J. hospitals perform too many c-sections risking mom, baby’s health, report says
By Susan K. Livio | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com The percentage of New Jersey hospitals delivering babies by cesarean section without medical necessity — a practice that can place mothers and their babies at risk of serious complications — declined last year but remains higher than the national average, according to a report released Wednesday. The…Read More…