During testimony today, business advocates said they supported the idea of a state-run health insurance exchange, but not the plans lawmakers have to create it.
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Health Care
Successful NJIT-Catalent deal shows promise of collaboration
Catalent executive says he was surprised to get weekly updates from NJIT researchers, which allowed the company to focus on the direction of research and avoid potential problems.
Read More »Atlantic Health continues growth strategy with Chilton merger
Chilton will keep its name; CEO says it doesn’t expect to cut clinical staff as a result of its combination with Atlantic, which has four hospitals in North Jersey.
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Hunterdon, Atlantic health systems announce alliance
The announcement is the culmination of a long process for both systems. Hunterdon has been entertaining partnership ideas for roughly a year, while Atlantic has answered requests for proposals from independent hospitals throughout the state.
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Merck announces it’s moving its headquarters to Summit
The relocation is part of a broader restructuring the global drugmaker has undertaken since acquiring Schering-Plough in 2009.
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Covance CEO implores N.J. to protect pharma industry from leaving
“New Jersey has to offer incredible incentives to keep the nerve center of the pharma industry here,” Joseph Herring says. “Because when it leaves, it ain’t coming back.”
Read More »With new penalties instituted nationally today, N.J. hospitals prepared to reduce readmissions
Starting today, hospitals around the nation will have their 30-day readmission rate count toward penalties from Medicare as laid out in the Affordable Care Act, but New Jersey medical centers are ready, according to one Garden State expert.
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Christie increases funding to community health centers
Gov. Chris Christie announced today an additional $10 million in funding is included in the 2013 fiscal year budget for community health centers, bringing the total funding amount to $50 million.
Read More »Meridian Health partnership aims for Medicare Advantage market in Monmouth, Ocean
Meridian Health CEO John Lloyd knows the lines between payers and providers are blurring rapidly, so with an eye to the future, the system today announced a partnership that will give patients a new opportunity to access Medicare Advantage coverage.
Read More »Analysts upgrade Barnabas Health credit rating
Fitch notes health system’s growth plans and improved patient revenues in improving the rating.
Read More »Survey So far, efforts to control health costs have weak impact
With claims costs set to spike again, industry insiders are hoping long-term changes start showing encouraging signs in the near term.
Read More »South Jersey cardiology group agrees to insurer’s risk-based quality program
The AmeriHealth program is another step designed to reward doctors for keeping patients out of the ER — a particularly stubborn problem for patients with heart conditions.
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