Take Five with Heather Howard
Heather Howard, JD, a Quality Institute board member, is director of State Health and Values Strategies and a Lecturer in Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. You just returned from testifying before the California legislature. Can you tell us why you traveled to California? I was invited by the Assembly Select…Read More…
Truth Tellers in Health Care Spending
If you were able to attend our winter conference, you know we hit on themes at the very core of our work at the Quality Institute. How can we improve quality and reduce costs? We all know it’s possible. And we all know it’s going to be really tough. As our keynote speaker Niall Brennan…Read More…
How New Jersey Is Working to Lower C-Section Rates
Published on AJMC. Linda Schwimmer, president and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, discussed the impact of data on lowering the state’s C-section rates, which are among the highest in the country. High C-section rates have been a problem in New Jersey. How are hospitals and physicians using payment reform to address…Read More…
CVS/Aetna merger raises questions about the future of health care
Published by Briana Vannozzi on NJTV News. Your local CVS store could look a lot different in a few years if the proposed plan to buy Aetna, the nation’s third largest health insurer, goes through. The $69 billion deal is expected to push the retailer further into health services. But what about affordability and the ways it could…Read More…
The Impact of Medicaid 2.0: A Blueprint for the Future
Published on AJMC. Linda Schwimmer, president and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI), discusses the impact of the group’s report, Medicaid 2.0, which outlined how the state can bring healthcare transformation principles to a program that consumes a fifth of the state budget. New Jersey elects a new governor in November,…Read More…
Is Health Care Earned? Or A Right?
I recently watched a video of Seema Verma, the current Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, outlining her vision for Medicaid. She spoke of the need to give states greater flexibility in administrating their Medicaid programs, a change that we at the Quality Institute support. She also touched on a question I…Read More…
Take Five with Tucker Woods
Tucker Woods, DO, is the Chief Medical Officer at CarePoint Health-Christ Hospital in Jersey City. Dr. Woods also provides oversight for the three CarePoint Health Emergency Departments. You oversee the emergency departments at CarePoint Health and are making a push to reduce the use of opioids in emergency care. How much of the problems linked…Read More…
Listen In: Linda Schwimmer on what’s happening in New Jersey
Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR) Program Director, Andrea Caballero, dials up Linda Schwimmer, to hear about the challenges and successes of the health care marketplace in the Garden State, and to discuss CPR’s Payment Reform Scorecard 2.0 pilot initiative. Listen in here! And click here to learn more about CPR’s Scorecard 2.0!Read More…
Princeton Councilwoman Named To Murphy’s Transition Team
Published by Anthony Bellano on the Princeton Patch. PRINCETON, NJ — Princeton Councilwoman Heather Howard has been named to New Jersey Governor-Elect Phil Murphy’s transition team. Howard, a former state Commissioner of Health and Senior Services and current Princeton University lecturer, has been named to Murphy’s healthcare committee. “Health care coverage touches every New Jerseyan,”…Read More…
Gov.-elect Phil Murphy just named his transition team. Here’s the full list.
Published by Claude Brodesser-Akner on NJ.com. Gov.-elect Phil Murphy on Monday announced a transition team that shows his push to represent women and minorities and culls some experts from Gov. Chris Christie‘s administration after criticizing the governor during the campaign. “I pledged to build my administration to mirror the diversity, talent, and potential of New Jersey, and my transition will…Read More…