Kennedy University Hospital announced that Dr. Todd P. Levin has been elected chief of staff, Dr. Henry Schuitema was elected vice chief of staff and Dr. Mark Schuster was elected treasurer.
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Former Division of Insurance chief to join N.J. Health Care Quality Institute board
The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute said Donald Bryan, former New Jersey Division of Insurance director, will join its board.
Read More »University Hospital bolsters heart failure patients’ care as part of incentive program
University Hospital in Newark wants to improve the care of heart failure patients — and avoid their readmission to the hospital — through a team approach aimed at helping them make a smooth transition back home once they've been discharged.
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Sweeney ‘Co-pays are to keep people from utilizing health care’
Under a health care pilot program for public employees proposed last month by Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford), co-payments, out-of-pocket costs and deductibles when visiting primary care doctors would be a thing of a past.
Read More »Updated Almost final tally for Obamacare 254,316 N.J. residents
The federal government reported Tuesday that 254,316 New Jerseyans have signed up for 2015 health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act through Feb. 22. That is well above the 162,000 who got covered in 2014, the first year of Obamacare.
Read More »700M deal involving Middlesex drugmaker has been finalized
A $700 million deal that includes a Middlesex pharmaceutical company has been concluded, ownership said Tuesday.
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Vitals makes changes at the top, including hiring new CEO
Lyndhurst-based Vitals, which creates online tools that enable consumers to comparison-shop by cost and quality and for their medical care, said Heyward Donigan, former chief executive of ValueOptions, joined the company Monday as CEO.
Read More »Camden’s MD Anderson Cooper awarded 100K grant to fund community outreach screening program
The MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper in Camden has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Susan G. Komen Philadelphia to fund its community outreach screening program, which is focused on outreach, awareness and screening for breast and other cancers.
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RBH Group unveils plans for 30 million ‘indoor vertical farm’ in Newark
A former industrial site in Newark will become home to the world's largest “indoor vertical farm” and the operator's new global headquarters under a plan detailed Monday by RBH Group, the developer behind the city's Teachers Village and Four Corners projects.
Read More »Princeton tissue regeneration company appoints chief medical officer
Princeton-based Derma Sciences Inc., a tissue regeneration company, announced Monday that it has appointed Dr. John Caminis chief medical officer.
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Bringing out-of-network costs into the light
There's the case of the out-of-network cardiologist who performed a pulmonary stress test on a patient, then billed Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey $12,500.
For a procedure that typically costs the insurer about $90.
Hospitals learn individual impact of Christie’s charity care budget cuts
New Jersey hospitals learned Friday how each will be individually impacted by the $148 million cut to charity care funding in Gov. Chris Christie's 2016 proposed budget, which includes a total of $796 million in hospital funding.
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