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…
Quality Institute Launches Medicaid Policy Center
Media Contact: Carol Ann Campbell cacampbell@njhcqi.org 973-567-1901 Center Advances Solutions to Improve Quality and Cost Effectiveness 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…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…
Take Five with Shantanu Agrawal, MD
Shantanu Agrawal, MD, is President and CEO of the National Quality Forum (NQF). Dr. Agrawal, a board-certified emergency medicine physician, is the former director for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Center for Program Integrity. He spoke with us about how NQF is advancing quality and patient safety. The National Quality Forum brings…Read More…
Share Your Real-World Case Studies of Improving Quality
I urge anyone committed to improving health care quality to read this case study from Texas Children’s Hospital’s Pavilion for Women, which outlines how the organization reduced the use of episiotomies by more than 60 percent in five years. Today, these surgical incisions — which increase complications and maternal deaths — are used in just 3.4…Read More…
Take Five with Timothy P. Lydon, J.S.C.
The Honorable Timothy P. Lydon, J.S.C., works in the Mercer County Courthouse as the drug court judge. He presides over a program that works to address substance abuse as a medical issue, rather than as a crime. Learn more about his work, which is featured in this video by the Financial Times. How long…Read More…
Driving Payment Reform — A Roadmap for 2019
At the Quality Institute, we begin 2019 with a baseline for where we are on payment reform in New Jersey — and a greater understanding of the challenges ahead. As the lead New Jersey partner of Catalyst for Payment Reform’s (CPR) Scorecard 2.0, we worked with CPR as they assessed payment reform activity in New…Read More…