N.J.’s $15B Medicaid program is headed for trouble, experts say
Published by Susan K. Livio on NJ.com TRENTON — New Jersey’s Medicaid program consumes one of every five dollars in the state budget and insures one-fifth of the state’s residents, yet “too often it has failed to meet the basic” physical and mental health needs of its members, according to a report released on Monday. All…Read More…
MEDICAID 2.0 PROVIDES BLUEPRINT FOR HEALTHCARE REFORM IN GARDEN STATE
Published by Lilo Stainton on NJSpotlight.com New Jersey’s Medicaid program serves almost 2 million clients; increased cost efficiencies and enhanced responsiveness are a must — especially with ACA under fire New Jersey’s Medicaid program, the health insurance plan that covers nearly one in every five residents, is in desperate need of modernization to better serve…Read More…
A blueprint for modernizing Medicaid care in N.J.
First published by Lindy Washburn on www.courierpostonline.com Medicaid, the taxpayer-funded insurance program that covers one in five New Jersey residents, should be modernized and streamlined to deliver better care more efficiently, according to a non-profit group that released 24 recommendations for improvement Monday at a State House news conference. With future federal funding for the program uncertain, it’s…Read More…
Latest Report Shows Good News and Bad News about Maternity Care in the U.S.: Early Elective Delivery Rate at an All Time Low, But Unnecessary C-Sections and Episiotomies Are Dangerously Common
Analysis by The Leapfrog Group and Castlight Health Explores Early Elective Deliveries, NTSV Caesarean Sections and Episiotomies WASHINGTON – February 28, 2017 – The Leapfrog Group, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit representing employers and other purchasers striving to improve health care quality and safety, released today its 2017 Maternity Care Report. Analyzed by Castlight Health, the…Read More…
LEAPFROG REPORT SHOWS MATERNITY CONCERNS PERSIST AT MEADOWLANDS HOSPITAL
Originally published by Lilo Stainton, NJSpotlight.com An embattled New Jersey hospital continues to lead the nation with an extremely high rate of early-elective deliveries in cases where it is not medically necessary — a procedure that can cause long-term health issues for the mother and baby — according to a national report on maternal health…Read More…
N.J. cuts down on number of planned early childbirths
Originally posted by Lindy Washburn at NorthJersey.com New Jersey hospitals have drastically reduced the practice of delivering babies early as a convenience for the mother or doctor, saving mothers and infants from potential health problems. But too many expectant mothers still deliver via Cesarean section, according to new 2016 data from a nonprofit group that promotes transparency in health care. Early elective…Read More…
ER? Urgent Care? Doctor’s Office? ‘Health Matters’ Poll Explores Where We Seek Care
We want people to car pool, so we create HOV lanes. We don’t want them to smoke, so we tax cigarettes and raise the age to purchase tobacco. Society has all kinds of incentives and penalties to encourage people to do the right thing. In health care, we have many choices of places to seek…Read More…
New Jerseyans Open To Receiving Care In A Variety Of Settings, Especially If It Means Longer Visits, Less Waiting, And Lower Costs
New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute and Rutgers-Eagleton Explore New Jersey Residents’ Comfort With Alternatives To The ER in Latest Health Matters Poll PRINCETON, N.J. – The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI), in partnership with the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling (ECPIP) at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, released a…Read More…
Hanover Township wins healthy town award
Published on the Hanover Eagle HANOVER TWP. – Hanover Township has won the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute 2016 Mayors Wellness Campaign Healthy Town to Watch Award. The institute’s Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC) supports its mayors’ efforts to make their towns a Healthy Town. The “Healthy Town” designation recognizes communities in which mayors have…Read More…
Stone Harbor named ‘2016 New Jersey Healthy Town’
Published by David Benson in The Gazzette of Middle Township STONE HARBOR – The borough has been named the “2016 New Jersey Healthy Town” by the state’s Mayors Wellness Campaign, according to the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute. The Mayors Wellness Campaign was begun in 2006 in partnership with the New Jersey State League…Read More…