New Jersey Health Insurance

New Jersey Bill To End Reimbursement For Preventable Medical Errors

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:39:53 -0600

New Jersey Assembly member Paul Moriarty (D) this month introduced a bill that would prohibit New Jersey hospitals from being reimbursed for follow-up care of serious medical errors, the AP/Bergen Record reports.

The legislation would prohibit insurance reimbursement for treatment related to 12 hospital-acquired conditions, including objects left inside a body during surgery, surgical-site infections, urinary tract infections from a catheter and receiving incompatible blood.

NJ's Largest Health Insurance Provider Becoming Private

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:49:59 -0500

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, New Jersey's largest health insurer, on Friday filed to become a publicly held for-profit company, which could potentially provide the state $1 billion to spend on health care, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The insurer covers 3.6 million people, or about four in every 10 New Jersey residents, and is the largest insurer participating in the state's Medicaid program.

New Jersey: More Uninsured Patients Seek Care

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:37:27 -0500

New Jersey "faces a nasty culmination of health care crises" amid a falling economy, which likely will lead to an increase in the number of uninsured residents and place a greater burden on hospitals in the state, the Washington Post reports. According to the Post, six hospitals in New Jersey have closed in the past 18 months and half of those remaining are operating at a loss. Some state officials say there were too many hospitals and the closings were needed to make the system more "rational and efficient," according to the Post.

New Jersey Concerns About Proposed Medicaid Copayments

hareyan — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:15:26 -0500

Proposed Medicaid copayments for prescription drugs and some hospital visits raise a valid concern that low-income, uninsured residents would forgo medical care.

New Jersey Increases Medicaid Reimbursement Rate For Physicians Who Treat Children

hareyan — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:55:35 -0600

New Jersey more than tripled Medicaid reimbursements for physicians who treat beneficiaries younger than age 21.

New Jersey Governor Announces Low-Cost Health Coverage For Children

hareyan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:38:47 -0600

New Jersey Governor announced agreement that will allow families with incomes greater than 350% of the federal poverty level to purchase health insurance for their children at significantly lower rates.

New Jersey Challenges Feds on Flawed Children's Health Insurance Policy

hareyan — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:48:19 -0500

Governor of New Jersey Sends Letter to Bush on Children's Health Insurance Policy, Prepares to Take Legal Action.