HealthWell Foundation Opens New Cancer-Related Behavioral Health Fund
Ginny Dunn, HealthWell Foundation GERMANTOWN, Md., May 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The HealthWell Foundation®, an independent non-profit that provides a financial lifeline for inadequately insured Americans, has launched a new fund to provide copayment assistance for behavioral health treatments related to a cancer diagnosis. Through the Cancer-Related Behavioral Health Fund, HealthWell will provide up to $2,000 in financial assistance…Read More…
Take Five with Carole Johnson, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Human Services
How is Medicaid approaching care for complex populations, particularly children? I’m really proud of the number of important investments that we’re making to modernize Medicaid in the governor’s budget. That includes investing $17 million in new state and federal funds that are going to help us expand autism spectrum disorder benefits for children. There are…Read More…
Leveraging Purchasing Power To Drive Change
We’re sharing our exclusive interview here with Carole Johnson, New Jersey’s new Commissioner of Human Services, as she outlines her vision to strengthen the state’s Medicaid program for today — and tomorrow. At the Quality Institute, we often talk about the power of purchasers to drive innovation to improve quality and reduce costs. As we move…Read More…
Nurse Volunteers Advance Community Wellness
Published in NJ.com Adelisa Perez, BSN, RN, does not stop being a nurse when she leaves Riverview Medical Center, the Red Bank hospital where she works with heart patients. Perez believes the nursing profession also calls her to promote wellness in the communities around her. “Nurses can bring a unique aspect to wellness initiatives. We…Read More…
Measuring the Impact of Payment Reform
At the Quality Institute, we believe payment reform can drive quality and reduce costs — and help make sure we only pay for health care that’s truly valuable to patients. We’re working hard with our partners to collect data and measure quality as we drive alternative payment models that move us away from fee-for-service. Are our…Read More…
Take Five with CPR’s Suzanne Delbanco
Suzanne Delbanco is Executive Director of Catalyst for Payment Reform, a non-profit corporation working to catalyze employers, public purchasers, and others to implement strategies that produce higher value health care. Delbanco will be the keynote speaker of the Quality Institute’s All Council Conference: Power of the Purchaser, on May 16. For large employers that self-fund…Read More…
Patient Safety: What Grade Did Your Hospital Get?
Published by Michael L. Diamond of the Asbury Park Press Monmouth Medical Center received an A grade from a hospital safety watchdog group, marking the seventh consecutive report card that the Long Branch hospital has aced. It was one of four hospitals at the Jersey Shore that received the top mark from The Leapfrog Group, a…Read More…
Leapfrog safety scores: 22 NJ hospitals get ‘A’ grades, while one flunks
Published by Vince Calio on NJBIZ. University Hospital in Newark was given an “F” grade for its safety conditions – the lowest possible grade – in The Leapfrog Group’s biannual hospital safety ratings. It is the first time in three years a New Jersey hospital has received an “F” grade. In all, 22 hospitals earned “A” grades,…Read More…
Which New Jersey hospitals are the safest? Here are the results of a new national survey.
Published by Susan K. Livio on NJ.com. Fewer hospitals in New Jersey earned an “A” for patient safety in the latest national report card released Tuesday. That drove New Jersey’s national rank down from 11th to 17th best for the strategies they used to prevent infections, falls and other harmful mistakes, according to the report. Just…Read More…
N.J. drops in Leapfrog hospital safety ranking, despite 22 ‘A’ grades
Published by Anjalee Khemlani on ROI New Jersey. New Jersey fell in national rankings of hospital safety scores, according to the biannual ranking by The Leapfrog Group. The Washington, D.C.-based organization ranks the safety of hospitals every spring and fall, and the most recent report shows New Jersey is now No. 17 among 50 states, compared…Read More…