New Jersey Tops Fall 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades With Highest Percentage of ‘A’ Hospitals
PRINCETON — New Jersey topped the fall 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades with the highest percentage of A hospitals, a first for the state. New Jersey also had the highest rate of participation in the Leapfrog Hospital Survey among regions with more than 50 hospitals. In New Jersey, 56 percent of participating hospitals — or 38 hospitals — received the…Read More…
Quality Reporting Moves Beyond Hospital Walls
Surgeries today are increasingly performed in hospital outpatient centers and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), yet there is practically no independent, consumer-friendly data about the safety and quality of care in these settings. The lack of accessible data comes as many purchasers guide patients to lower-priced settings, and often design benefits to steer appropriate patients to…Read More…
Take Five with Missy Danforth
Missy Danforth is the Vice President of Health Care Ratings at The Leapfrog Group. She’s a member of the senior leadership team analyzing programs to drive safety and quality improvements. Since 2001, Leapfrog has rated the safety and quality of inpatient hospital care for almost 2,000 hospitals across the country. Why is Leapfrog now…Read More…
This Is How Much Health Care Costs Have Increased In NJ
Published on NJ 101.5. Data from the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute shows far fewer people are being admitted to hospitals in New Jersey thanks to improvements in medical care in recent years. But he the price of inpatient care rose by nearly 40 percent over the past four years. Institute CEO and President…Read More…
Health Care Costs Continue to Rise in NJ, Outpacing National Increase
Published in NJ Spotlight. Although record numbers of New Jerseyans now have insurance coverage, the price of healthcare remains a major difficulty for families and small businesses Far fewer people are being admitted to New Jersey hospitals in recent years, with improvements in medical care and a growth in less-costly outpatient options. But, with the…Read More…
The Price of Health Care Really is More Expensive in N.J. Here’s the Proof
Published in NJ.com Hospital admissions in New Jersey declined nearly 20 percent between from 2012 to 2016, a trend that should have made the overall cost of health care cheaper. But instead, hospital costs rose 12 percent because the price of delivering that care soared by 38 percent, according to information released Thursday by the New…Read More…
New Study Shows Health Care Spending Up 18% in NJ
Published in NJBIZ. If you had any doubt about whether or not health care spending is increasing in the state, here’s some sobering statistics to digest. According to an exclusive analysis of New Jersey health costs from 2012-2016 conducted by the Health Care Cost Institute and commissioned by the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, health care spending…Read More…
Health Care Costs in N.J. Rising Even Faster Than Nationwide Numbers
Published in ROI-NJ. The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute released a new study of health care costs — and their unyielding double-digit increase year-over-year — in a new report in collaboration with the national Health Care Cost Institute. The study covers data from 2012 to 2016 and includes employee-sponsored insurance from UnitedHealth Group, Aetna, Humana, and Kaiser Permanente. The results are…Read More…