Medicaid Makes for Strong Babies
New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute’s Senior Fellow, Matthew D’Oria talks about The Medicaid 2.0: Blueprint for the Future and how the plan allows mothers to become more involved in their journey to receiving healthy and adequate care for not only themselves, but their children as well. Read more about his discussion here.Read More…
My father was robbed of a ‘good death’ | Opinion
Published on NJ.com by Lynn McVey. My father, John Rhatigan, lived 92 years. The 6-foot-four Irishman and devout Catholic could spin a yarn and leave any audience mesmerized. He served in the Marines during World War II, worked at NY Telephone Company for 39 years, married, bought and paid off a modest suburban house in…Read More…
Take Five with Arturo Brito
Arturo Brito, MD, MPH, is the new CEO of The Nicholson Foundation. A community pediatrician with a background in public health, Brito formerly worked as Medical Director and Senior Vice President of the Children’s Health Fund in New York City and, most recently, Deputy Commissioner of Health in New Jersey. When did you decide that…Read More…
An App to Guide You Toward Health Care That You Need and Away From Care That You Don’t
The next time you’re sitting in the waiting room of your doctor’s office, put down the People magazine and pick up your phone. Then download the Choosing Wisely app. Look up the reason for your visit and you’ll get clear, easy-to-understand information to guide your conversation with the doctor. Choosing Wisely is an initiative by…Read More…
Linda Schwimmer and Healthcare Advocates Rally at State House in Light of ACA Repeal Defeat
President and CEO of New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, Linda Schwimmer, joins other healthcare advocates at the New Jersey State House August 1st to rally for a bipartisan solution in light of the recent Affordable Care Act Repeal failure. View the video below! http://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/new-jersey-healthcare-advocates-rally-preserve-aca/Read More…
Health Advocates and Activists Rally in Recognition of ACA Repeal Defeat
Call on the Administration to End Actions That Destabilize the Market Trenton – Health care advocates, including provider organizations, unions, and consumer groups, stood united at the Statehouse today to applaud last week’s defeat of three GOP proposals to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The groups called on President Trump to support the…Read More…
Take Five with Keagen Brown, MBA, CPHIMS, Vice President of Operations at VITAS Healthcare
Recently you were a featured speaker at the Innovation Showcase hosted by New Jersey Innovation Institute and the Quality Institute, where you spoke on ‘Webside Manner.’ Tell us why you have been so dedicated to making medical technology more patient friendly? Personally, I have always been involved in hospice. I have seen the impact of…Read More…
Who’s Addressing Costs As Repeal Debate Rages On?
Nobody would blame you for mistaking a “skinny repeal” for the latest low fat latte or frozen dessert. The phrase that’s entered the lexicon of health care refers to the most recent approach to replace the Affordable Care Act. The plan is less “all-out-repeal” than earlier versions, but still largely guts the ACA. Under “skinny…Read More…
Grant money kicks off ‘Live Healthy Cumberland County’
Published on NJ.com. BRIDGETON — Community leaders and public officials kicked off “Live Healthy Cumberland County” with support from the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI) and a $550,000 partnership grant from United Health Foundation. The effort aims to reduce chronic disease by increasing the number of healthy food items available at 27 local corner…Read More…
Health care advocate: new GOP bill ‘even more problematic’
Published on NJTV News. Despite revisions, the nonpartisan New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute finds serious gaps in the new version of Trumpcare. Its President and CEO Linda Schwimmer talks with Chief Political Correspondent Michael Aron. Aron: Linda, is this new Senate GOP health care bill any better than the one that Mitch McConnell presented…Read More…