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Bill to require nonprofit, for-profit hospitals same disclosure rules
In a move to standardize financial transparency for nonprofit and for-profit hospitals in New Jersey, the state's Senate's Health Committee yesterday approved a bill that would require for-profits to
State plan makes hospital charity care funding more equitable
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has announced a plan where the state's hospitals would share $675 million in disproportionate share healthcare payments in a more proportionate manner, reported the
14 providers arrested in alleged referral kickback scheme
An alleged kickback scheme has resulted in the arrest of 14 New Jersey healthcare practitioners this week, the Wyckoff Patch reports. The providers, including 13 physicians and one nurse
Two more Medicaid proposals that could shut down hospitals
Last week, I discussed how Rep. Paul Ryan's proposal to overhaul the Medicaid system could prove disastrous to hospitals. This week, I want to examine proposals by two up-and-coming governors to
SPOTLIGHT: Exemptions allow insurers to offer less generous benefits
Insurers in Florida, New Jersey, Ohio and Tennessee can continue offering less generous benefits than they would otherwise be required to provide this year, reports the New York Times. The Obama
Here's yet another argument for remote patient monitoring
Stories of nightmarish encounters with what passes for the U.S. health system are, unfortunately, all too common. Often, the problems are the result of systemic failure at many levels, but every once
New Jersey may restrict physician-industry relationships
Across the U.S., states are mulling restrictions on relationships between doctors and industry (perhaps because the federal legislature is busy with one or two little health issues of its own?) This
NJ law allows mentally ill to be forced into outpatient care
New Jersey has approved a bill allowing the mentally ill to be ordered into outpatient treatment against their will, in a measure which will take effect a year from today's signing by Gov. John
NJ bill would ban non-CCHIT EMRs
A bill pending in the New Jersey legislature would outlaw the use of health IT products not certified by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology. Anyone caught selling or
Politicians declare war on pre-existing condition exclusions
In recent days, President Obama has been decrying the use of pre-existing conditions by health insurers to exclude some patients from individual coverage. In doing so, he's become one of a growing
