Take Five with Deborah Levine
Deborah Levine, MPH, recently joined the Quality Institute as a Community Health Associate. She talked to Symptoms & Cures about her new role. Tell us about your background? I received my Masters in Public Health from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health with a certificate in health policy analysis. Following my graduation, I…Read More…
Healthy Communities Create Healthy Citizens
The best medicine — and the best way to build healthy communities — is not always a drug or diagnostic test. What if doctors could write prescriptions for healthy cooking classes? Or send patients for long walks in local gardens? What if community leaders could help corner stores sell fresh fruits and vegetables? No one…Read More…
NJ Innovation Institute and New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Create Partnership to Transform Provider Practices
CONTACT: Carol Ann Campbell New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute 973-567-1901 Cacampbell@njhcqi.org NJ Innovation Institute and New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Create Partnership to Transform Provider Practices Ambitious Medicare Initiative Will Support 11,500 Clinicians Through Changes in Health Care Delivery and Payment PRINCETON, New Jersey — The…Read More…
Death Panel myth dead, but end-of-life planning needs respiration
Published on NJ.com Roughly 3 in 10 Americans still believe that the Affordable Care Act established Death Panels, or a junta of bureaucratic savages that determines whether sick people get to live. That was from the dizzy imagination of Sarah Palin, and after she squawked enough to get end-of-life planning scrubbed from the legislation –…Read More…
New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Receives $550,000 from United Health Foundation to Support “Healthy Communities Create Healthy Citizens” Project
N E W S R E L E A S E Contacts: Mary McElrath-Jones UnitedHealthcare (914) 552-4671 mary_r_mcelrath-jones@uhc.com Carol Ann Campbell New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (973) 567-1901 cacampbell@njhcqi.org For Immediate Release New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Receives $550,000 from United…Read More…
Take Five: Tomas Gregorio
Tomas Gregorio is the Senior Executive Director of Healthcare Systems Innovation at the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII). He is leading the ambitious Medicare effort to help some 11,500 physicians transform their practices as government payers move toward value-based care. NJII is a corporation of NJIT. Why does the institute want to invest in health care…Read More…
Change in Health Care is Coming — Are New Jersey Doctors Ready for the Revolution?
The leader of the nation’s most important health care payer joined us at our Spring Conference last week and showed us the future — a future with fundamental changes in the way we pay for and deliver health care. Sean Cavanaugh was our keynote speaker. He is Director of the Center for Medicare at CMS and…Read More…
Alternative payment models are making a difference in health care costs, CMS official says
Published on NJBIZ Is the Affordable Care Act a success? The answer can depend on one’s political affiliation, but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is already seeing a bend in the cost curve from alternative payment models. It is important to follow the ideas being generated from CMS, which is the largest spender…Read More…
In NJ, Hospital Data Transparency Reaches High Levels, But Not High Enough Yet
People come to hospitals for care at their most vulnerable moments. They literally put their lives in the hands of health care institutions — the emergency department physicians or the ICU nurses or the operating room surgeons. For years patients made decisions about where to seek treatment without any real information about whether one hospital…Read More…
Take Five: Sean Cavanaugh
Sean Cavanaugh is Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. He will be the keynote speaker at the Quality Institute’s Spring Board and Leadership Council on May 4. The topic is: The Move to Alternative Payment Models. Mr. Cavanaugh recently spoke to Symptoms & Cures….Read More…