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Even as our nation struggles to return to a more stable economy, a recent report shows that New Jersey’s hospitals are a strong and reliable source of jobs and economic growth. Garden State hospitals…
We recently received new data from the state Department of Health showing the state’s five-year trend in the provision of charity care services. The data was intriguing: The trend between 2007 and 20…
A number of recent reports have lauded New Jersey hospitals for the high-quality care they deliver. In the most recent example, our hospitals ranked fifth in the nation on The Leapfrog Group’s Hospit…
You can’t turn on the news these days without hearing about Medicare. Since the selection of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan (no relation) as Gov. Mitt Romney’s VEEP choice, the issue has been front …
They say that timing is everything. This seems to be the time to criticize the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on implementation issues surrounding the Affordable Care Act, but I want to…
We in the hospital community were disappointed by the recent ruling of a New Jersey appeals court in which a panel of judges decided not to rule on a case that centered on some very difficult issues …
New Jersey hospitals and healthcare providers applaud our brethren in Boston for their amazing response to the terror attack during the Boston Marathon. Dr. Atul Gawande has penned a piece in the Ne…
One of the things I enjoy about my job representing hospitals is that I learn something every day because healthcare is full of constant changes and challenges. One of the biggest changes during our …
Layoffs are occurring in many places of employment in New Jersey, including hospitals. Hospital layoffs often generate a lot of news coverage, largely because hospitals are integral parts of their co…
Great news for New Jersey: The state’s latest report card on cardiac surgery care in the state’s hospitals shows continued improvement. In fact, New Jersey’s mortality rate following heart surgery ha…
There’s been a lot of buzz this week about a on the NBC program Rock Center about “permanent patients” – that is, patients who in essence become tenants at acute care hospitals becau…
Happy Labor Day! Labor Day is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers and specifically honors the legacy and ongoing work of the nation’s labor unions. It’s an annual na…
There is some exciting and innovative work being done in South Jersey by the region’s five healthcare systems – Cooper University Healthcare, Inspira Health Network, Kennedy Health, Lourdes Health Sy…
As Congress continues to debate strategies to rein in the national debt, the provider community reminds lawmakers of one key truth: Hospitals have already done their part. To the tune of $155 billion…
We appreciate consumers’ concerns about healthcare costs, and it’s understandable that folks are alarmed when they see yet another report on hospitals’ high “charges.” But what those reports often fa…
The federal Medicare program generated headlines this week when it released a big spreadsheet listing hospital charges for a number of different procedures. The numbers were compelling by the sheer f…
I recently had the privilege of testifying before the Senate Budget Committee in Montclair, and then hopping in my car to travel the highways and byways of New Jersey (which translates to the Parkway…
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Sometimes it’s hard to explain what I do for a living – not many people are aware of the work of a healthcare trade association. But a lot of what I do centers around good old-fashioned advocacy in T…
Quality improvement is no accident, and I applaud New Jersey’s hospitals for their continued advances in improving healthcare quality in New Jersey, as seen in today’s annual release of the Departmen…
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