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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) Commissioner Heather Howard announced today the State has received approval from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to consolidate three Medicaid-supported home and community-based service programs currently operated by DHSS into a single program known as Global Options (GO) for Long Term Care.
The consolidation, effective January [...]
New Jersey Children’s Health Insurance
Governor Jon S. Corzine today sent a letter to President Bush vowing to continue to enroll New Jersey children in the popular State Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), FamilyCare, despite recent federal efforts to limit such enrollments. Corzine also said in his letter that he was prepared, if necessary, to pursue legal [...]
New JerseyGov. Jon Corzine (D) on Wednesday announced an agreement with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey that will allow families withincomes greater than 350% of the federal poverty level to purchase healthinsurance for their children at significantly lower rates, the NewYork Timesreports.
Under the program, families would pay monthly health insurance premiums toHorizon [...]
New Jersey on Tuesday more than tripled Medicaid reimbursements for physicians who treat beneficiaries younger than age 21, the AP/Long Island Newsdayreports. Medicaid physician reimbursements for a child’s office visitincreased from $23.03 to $73.70, and dentist reimbursements increasedfrom $18.02 per child’s exam to $64.
Gov. Jon Corzine (D) lastsummer set aside $10 million in state [...]
New JerseyHuman Services Commissioner Jenner Velez on Monday said that proposed Medicaidcopayments for prescription drugs and some hospital visits raise a %26quot;validconcern%26quot; that low-income, uninsured residents would forgo medical care,the AP/Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Gov. Jon Corzine (D) in his $33billion fiscal year 2009 budget plan has proposed a $6 copay for emergencydepartment visits that are [...]