Meet the Doers: Interviews with HealthDoers Network Participants
Interview Topic: Enhancing Care Delivery by Deepening Patient-Provider Relationships and Developing Community Partnerships Michael Ruiz de Somocurcio Vice President Payer and Provider Collaboration at Regional Cancer Care Associates LLC Greater New York City Area In an environment where providers are paid based on schedules packed with short appointments, how do you develop the relationship that is so important to…Read More…
HealthDoers Monthly Newletter
Originally published by HealthDoers May 2017: Enhancing Care Delivery by Deepening Patient-Provider Relationships and Developing Community Partnerships HealthDoers Is Improving the Way We Share News and Updates We’ve heard you! The sheer volume of communications you are receiving is challenging, and we want to help cut down on the noise. In an effort to better inform you about events, information, and…Read More…
Renewed Push to Tackle and Tame Out-of-Network Medical Bills
Published by Lilo H. Stainton on NJ Spotlight. Patient, business advocates call for ‘two-pronged approach’ that melds transparency and mechanism to resolve disputes over surprise charges Hoping to jump-start what they consider a comprehensive reform, a diverse group of healthcare and business advocates have called on Democratic leaders to vote this week on a long-debated…Read More…
Five Fast Facts
Despite the law taking effect on January 1, many clinicians and physician office managers still don’t know all they need to about MACRA – the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. Here are five fast facts anyone working in health care needs to know about MACRA: MACRA, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, is federal…Read More…
End Secret Safety Reports Now
At the Quality Institute, transparency is critical to our mission to promote quality and safety. We know that giving consumers easy-to-understand data drives better decision-making and therefore better care. Private, national accrediting companies — such as The Joint Commission — assess the safety of health care facilities. But their reports are kept from the public. A private…Read More…
Consumer Reports: Are surgery centers safe?
Published by Lindsey Sablan on Wink News. FORT MYERS, Fla. (CONSUMER REPORTS) If you recently had a surgical procedure that was considered fairly minor—such as cataract removal—you might have gone to what’s called an ambulatory surgery center (ASC). These freestanding centers, which may be at least partly owned by private physicians, are becoming increasingly widespread….Read More…
To Reduce Costs and Improve Health Care, Start at the Beginning — and the End.
At our Spring All Council Conference Tuesday, Dr. Neel Shah recalled hospital higher ups chastising young physicians over some medical procedure or intervention they failed to perform. “But you never saw anyone get called on the carpet for doing a procedure they should not have done,” he said. Dr. Shah, our keynote speaker, knows we…Read More…
Take Five with Michael Munoz, President of AmeriHealth New Jersey
In your new role as President of AmeriHealth New Jersey, how do you see your vision and goals? Our mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the people we serve in New Jersey. We want to keep earning our reputation as a reliable, innovative company that personally engages our members and helps transform the health…Read More…
GOP Trumpcare Victory Bad for Elderly, Sick, State Budgets — Critics Aver
Controversial healthcare plan clears House but will Senate fall in line? Published by Lilo H. Stainton in NJ Spotlight. More than half a million New Jersey residents could lose their health insurance, another 1.3 million Medicaid members could face more limited benefits, and hundreds of thousands of working-poor patients could find themselves paying more for…Read More…
Health care experts predict dire consequences from GOP Obamacare vote
Published by Mary Jo Layton on NorthJersey.com. Several New Jersey health care experts predicted dire consequences for patients, hospitals and the state treasury if a bill approved Thursday by House Republicans that unravels many of the consumer protections provided through Obamacare — and eliminates the expansion of Medicaid — becomes law. “Our hope is that the…Read More…