Medicaid Policy Center
NJ Leaders Should Continue Work on Increasing Efficiencies and Reducing Waste in State Medicaid Program
Health care is essential to everyone in New Jersey. Today our uninsured rate (8.75%) is at a 30 year low. Proposals to decrease funding for Medicaid and political threats of eliminating subsidies for people to buy insurance are harmful to NJ’s insurance market and NJ residents. People want to go to work, enjoy their weekends,…Read More…
Dear Next Governor …
Dear Lt. Governor Guadagno and Ambassador Murphy: This November, the people of New Jersey will likely elect one of you to lead our state. You will face both great opportunities and great challenges. I write to ask that you pay close attention to health care, which affects all of our citizens — and accounts for over…Read More…
Medicaid Must Stop Paying For Early Elective Deliveries
No matter how you get your health insurance — and no matter what happens in Washington — we’re all in trouble if we don’t get serious about reducing costs. The ever-rising price of health care means fewer people will be able to afford coverage even with help from their employers or the government. We spend…Read More…
N.J. health experts build blueprint to improve Medicaid reform
Published by Nicole Leonard in Press of Atlantic City Now that House Speaker Paul Ryan and his fellow Republicans’ first proposed health care bill has failed, New Jersey health industry experts may have a better chance of implementing their own changes to the state’s Medicaid program. The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, a nonpartisan…Read More…
Redesigning New Jersey’s Medicaid Program: Philanthropy Steps Up
Published by Joan Randell and Rachel Cahill on Health Affairs. In early March 2017, the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI), a nonprofit quality improvement group, released Medicaid 2.0: Blueprint for the Future, a landmark plan to redesign and modernize New Jersey’s Medicaid program. A year in the making, the Blueprint resulted from a…Read More…
Modernize Medicaid for the Future
Earlier this week, in a crowded room in the New Jersey State House, we unveiled Medicaid 2.0: A Blueprint for the Future. The Blueprint is the culmination of a year of work that took us around New Jersey — and also to several other states — as we explored ways to make the program more efficient and…Read More…
Report offers ways N.J. could cope with potential increase in Medicaid burden
By Anjalee Khemlani, March 7, 2017 at 12:00 PM Health care officials and state legislators were anticipating the possible end to Medicaid that was highlighted in the Republican proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act on Monday. It’s why Linda Schwimmer, CEO and president of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, and state Sen….Read More…
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…