Advanced care planning programs set by SCLSNJ and NJ Health Care Quality Institute
Published by My Central Jersey According to a survey by the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI), 38 percent of adult New Jersey residents have not had conversations about advanced care planning. In response to this community need, the Somerset County Library System of New Jersey (SCLSNJ) has partnered with the institute to host a…Read More…
N.J. makes a brilliant save on Obamacare
Published by NJ.com President Trump’s sabotage of the Affordable Care Act was wreaking havoc, causing insurers in New Jersey to hike premiums by double digits for the first time this year. They would have spiked even higher next year, had our state not done more than any other to protect consumers. We’ve become accustomed to…Read More…
New Jersey Expands Medicaid Coverage for End-of-Life Planning
Published by NJ Spotlight Changes will help ensure clients’ final wishes are heeded and should save costs on unwanted, unnecessary medical care Hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents could benefit from healthcare that better aligns with their final wishes — and help to curb growing medical costs over time — thanks to changes officials…Read More…
Seeing Health Care Policy Turn Into Practice
At the Quality Institute, I work to encourage change that makes health care safer, more accessible and more coordinated. Often the changes in policy I explore do not affect the real-world practice of medicine until years later. So I am always excited when I see real investments in health care policy and infrastructure play out…Read More…
Take Five with Amanda Melillo
Amanda Melillo, Chief of Staff of the Quality Institute, leads the Quality Institute’s Leapfrog programming. She talked with Take Five about recent changes in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. After the spring Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades came out this year we saw a real shake-up in scoring. One-third of New Jersey hospitals dropped a grade…Read More…
Aunt Bertha’ Search Tool Begins Helping New Jersey Communities Easily Access Social Services to Promote Wellness
Quality Institute’s Mayors Wellness Campaign, supported by United Health Foundation, working to list all services in one place online Published by Campbell Health Media A community’s resources — from food banks to job training to low-cost housing — have little value if people don’t know about them. That’s why the New Jersey Health Care Quality…Read More…
Huge deal with hospitals could put Rutgers in ‘big 10’ for medical research
Published by Susan K. Livio on NJ.com WEST ORANGE — New Jersey’s largest hospital chain intends to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to help catapult Rutgers University’s medical schools into the “big 10” of research and educational institutions in the nation, NJ Advance Media has learned. The “unique partnership” between RWJ Barnabas Health, the Rutgers Robert…Read More…
Take Five with Cory S. Capps, Phd.
Cory S. Capps, Phd., an economist at Bates White Economic Consulting and published expert on the implications of health care consolidation, will be the keynote speaker at the Quality Institute’s Winter Conference on November 2nd. He spoke to Symptoms & Cures in advance of his talk. You have studied health care mergers for many years…Read More…
When Spending Health Care Dollars, “Choosing Wisely” Is Best Course
The cost of health insurance is rising. Again. High premiums, co-pays and cost sharing are hurting businesses and their employees. Insurers are pulling out of the ACA health insurance market in New Jersey and around the nation. U.S. health care spending, meanwhile, has reached $3.0 trillion, taking money away from housing, education, social services and…Read More…
NJ Businesses Sustain Widespread Health Coverage, Despite Rising Costs
Workers are paying for larger share of medical expenses, through higher contributions and deductibles, reduced benefits. Published in NJ Spotlight by Lilo H. Stainton The vast majority of New Jersey businesses continue to provide health insurance for their workforce, but as the cost of care continues to rise by double digits, employees are paying a…Read More…