New Jersey will soon launch a Medicaid accountable-care organization pilot that will demonstrate whether getting doctors, hospitals and other professionals working together can both improve patient health and rein in millions of dollars in avoidable hospital admissions and emergency room visits.
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Pouring it on
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant opened its first New Jersey location in 2010, and liked what it saw.
Read More »Lawmakers spar over Christie’s tax record, tax cut proposal
As the Legislature continues its slog through budget hearings, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are trading barbs over a favorite topic: taxes.
Read More »Medicaid expansion clears committee
The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee Tuesday voted to release S-2644, a bill to expand Medicaid eligibility in the state to residents earning up to 133 percent of the federal poverty line. The federal government will pick up the cost of that expansion for three years, and 90 percent of the costs the following three years.
Read More »Lottery veto, while ‘not surprising,’ angers transparency advocates
Gov. Chris Christie's veto of a bill Monday requiring contracts involving lottery privatization be approved by legislators was quickly denounced by the bill's supporters, who called the action a setback for government transparency.
Read More »Christie puts stop to so-called ‘Facebook bill’
Gov. Chris Christie on Monday conditionally vetoed the so-called “Facebook bill” that would limit the amount of information job candidates would have to disclose to prospective employers of their social media activity.
Read More »N.J. regulators approve Lakeland, Somerset Hills merger
Lakeland Bancorp Inc. announced Monday it has received approval from the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance of the proposed merger with Somerset Hills Bancorp, and of the merger of the bank subsidiaries.
Read More »For Quantex, new home is a new opportunity
Quantex Laboratories believes it has found the right solution in Cranbury, moving into headquarters about triple the size of its prior Edison Township home that was badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
Read More »Granting relief to small shops struck by Sandy
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the owners of storm-damaged small businesses had a long list of needs, but at the top was grant money.
Read More »SBA closing more Sandy disaster centers today
Citing declining activity, the Small Business Administration is closing eight disaster assistance loan centers in New Jersey today that temporarily opened last fall to process emergency requests after Hurricane Sandy.
Read More »EDA launching grant program for Sandy-slammed small businesses
Six months after Hurricane Sandy sent thousands of businesses into existential crises, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority is slated to approve a plan today to give grants to affected small businesses, NJBIZ has learned.
Read More »Seeking more money to better navigate N.J.’s uninsured population
Health care providers are among the organizations gearing up to apply for the $1.5 million in grants the federal government will award this summer to “navigators” who will help enroll the uninsured in subsidized health insurance and in Medicaid in 2014, when the major provisions of the 2010 Affordable Care Act kick in.
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