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- ‘Black Mamas’ Highlight Racial Maternal-Health Disparities
- New Jersey leaders acknowledge state ‘needs to do better’
- Nationwide Expansion of NJ Program to Reduce Opioid Use
- Strategy makes opioids the drug of last resort in emergency rooms, cutting their use in state’s busiest ER by more than 80 percent
- Hospital Aid Remains Stable, Following Years of Cuts
- But charity care for mostly urban hospitals would be beefed up by Murphy’s decision not to take money away from the program
- Safe Sleep for Babies — Rutgers Researchers Now Have an App for That
- Scientists use technology to help parents protect their infants from sudden unexpected death
- Reform Pending for New Jersey’s Medical Examiner System
- Overworked, underfunded agency will be transferred to Department of Health, in line for cash infusion, new chain of command
- Murphy Administration Keeps Expanding Access to Medical Marijuana
- Proposal would let patients get medical marijuana prescriptions from physicians who treat their underlying disease or symptoms of that disease, like pain and nausea
- Do We Need to Talk? — There’s a Push to Increase End-of-Life Planning in NJ
- Proponents point to higher rate of aggressive medical treatment and higher costs for patients nearing death in Garden State
- Horizon Leads Opioid Awareness and Prevention Program Focused on Youth
- Program with Rutgers pharmacy school touched nearly 2,000 kids in past year
- NJ Set to Enact Insurance Law, So Is this the End of ‘Surprise’ Medical Bills?
- Most interest groups support controversial measure to control out-of-network insurance costs, but many physicians unhappy
- Judge Orders Horizon to Let Public See Details Behind OMNIA Insurance Plan
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield has fought to keep McKinsey report secret, but judge rules it is of ‘legitimate public interest.’ Horizon to appeal
- New Drive for More Elective Angioplasty, Community Hospitals Say Long Overdue
- Legislative reform could ease regulations governing where cardiovascular procedure can be performed — and bring economic benefits to small hospitals and their patients
- Rise in Opioid-Exposed Newborns in NJ Prompts State Awareness Campaign
- Number of infants exposed to drugs or alcohol in the womb doubled in New Jersey between 2008 and 2016
- ‘Surprise’ Medical Bill Advances, With Hospitals on Board
- Physicians still concerned reform would harm specialists, patient care
- Assembly Advances Vaccine Bill, Despite Angry, Tearful Protests
- Measure would tighten religious exemptions in effort to boost public health
- Murphy Sets New Direction for Tackling Opioid Epidemic
- Governor outlines $100 million spending on range of anti-addiction programs to be underpinned by data and analysis ... and a pivot away from Christie-like media promos
- New Jersey Looks to California for Gun-Violence Research Model
- Lawmakers tap Rutgers University, possibly as home for Firearm Violence Research Center that would study all facets of the issue
- State Expands Access to Hepatitis-C Drugs for Medicaid Patients
- Proposed rule change would allow patients to receive treatment before they exhibit some degree of liver damage
- Better Data Equals Better Public Policy, Researchers Say
- State developing interactive app that will let patients, providers, and policymakers work directly with Medicaid stats
- Gov. Murphy’s Kinder, Gentler Medical Marijuana Program
- Plan, endorsed by patient advocates and cannabis industry representatives, adds new conditions that can be treated, doubles THC levels — for starters
- NJ Assembly Passes Several Gun-Control Bills, with Some GOP Support
- Gun-rights advocates rally in Trenton, but there’s overwhelming support for panoply of measures to increase restrictions
- Better Data, Better Access, Fewer Disparities Among NJ’s Healthcare Goals
- Data transparency benefits patients, policymakers, but remains elusive objective
- Lawmakers Go for Hybrid Proposal to Expand Medical Marijuana Program in NJ
- Plan is for twice as much medicine for patients, twice as many growers, and dozens of dispensaries across the state
- Lawmakers Seek to Expand Access to Overdose Antidote
- Schools and prisons are the targets of two measures meant to save lives and block opioid use
- New Federal Push to Protect Health Insurance Market
- Pallone and other Democrats pursuing multiple options to reverse ACA repeal and replace
- State Crafts New Strategies for Greystone, Other Psychiatric Hospitals
- Former board members, advocates offer dire warnings to their replacements
- Annual County Health Rankings Highlight Racial Disparities
- Among the report’s more unsettling findings: Black babies were more than 40 percent more likely to die prematurely than their white counterparts
- Murphy’s Healthcare Budget: Beyond the Headlines
- Where does the governor plan on putting the state’s money, and where does he plan on cutting back?
- Murphy Backs Specific Fix for Problem in Out-of-Network Health Insurance Billing
- Governor gives surprise endorsement of two lawmakers’ effort to close major loophole, says it could save state tens of millions of dollars
- In Healthcare, Murphy’s Budget Choices Emphasize Medicaid, Opioid Addiction
- Few details available on allocation of some money, and confusion about whether certain funding is really new
- Senate Panel Advances Bills to Boost Cash Payments to Poor Families
- Measures vetoed under Christie may have new life in Murphy administration
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