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- Scientists Help ID New Cancer-Causing Agent in Tobacco Smoke
- Organic compounds known as ‘aldehydes’ are primary source of damage to DNA and also suppress its ability to repair that damage
- Murphy to Undo Contentious Christie Makeover of Mental Health, Addiction Services
- Governor expected to shift most DMHAS programs back to the Department of Human Services
- NJ Lawmakers Consider New Taxes on Hospitals to Fund Medicaid, Medical Education
- Aim is to raise investment in care for low-income residents and pump more money into graduate education
- NJ Hospitals Adopt Protocols to Reduce Unnecessary C-Sections
- Cesarean delivery comes with a number of risks for mothers and babies, including blood clots, cardiac complications, asthma and diabetes
- State Launches Tax-Free Savings Program to Help Disabled People
- NJ ABLE gives people with disabilities as way to ‘save for vital day-to-day expenses,’ without imperiling Medicaid coverage, similar programs
- Lawmakers Urge Review of Medicaid Rates for Nursing Home Care in NJ
- Providers say they’re losing more than $400 million a year, struggling to contain costs
- Lawmakers Looking to Find More Dollars for Direct Caregivers
- It’s easy to see why there’s a shortage of direct-support professionals. They’re paid so little they can do better financially working at a fast-food chain
- NJ’s Medicaid Transportation System in Line for Major Overhaul
- Program that uses private drivers and shuttle for nonemergency rides has been long criticized. Lawmakers want more inspections, better records, bigger fines
- NJ Policy Group Releases Blueprint for Improving End-of-Life Care
- New Jersey residents, like most Americans, would like to die at home or in hospice, but many spend their last days in the hospital
- Despite High-Profile Deaths, State Figures Show Decline in Suicides
- Four in 10 deaths nationwide were attributed, at least in part, to relationship problems, while nearly two out of three involved trouble with drug or alcohol abuse, or a recent crisis
- State Poised to Allow More Gender Options on Birth Certificates
- New law will allow transgender people to alter documents just by signing a simple statement, without a letter from healthcare professional
- New Jersey to Overhaul Beleaguered Medical Examiner System
- A decade in the making, legislative reform may finally be coming to the state’s inefficient, fragmented ME’s office
- State Seeks to Apply Population Health Goals to Opioid Addiction
- Treatment and recovery are a start, but more is needed, including investing in wellness and building safer communities
- Murphy Resists Trump's Changes to Funding of Women’s Healthcare
- Fears that Title X programs will be undermined and access to family planning limited for women of low income
- Governor Signs Nation’s Strongest Law on ‘Surprise’ Medical Bills
- Doctors remained deeply concerned that law will weaken their negotiating power with insurance carriers, cost them money
- Murphy Signs Law to Create NJ’s Own Health Insurance Mandate
- In effort to stabilize health insurance market and ensure coverage remains affordable, NJ becomes second state to creates its own individual mandate
- NJ’s Newest Medical School to Help Avert Shortage of Doctors in State
- Governor cuts ribbon on Seton Hall program that will open July 9 with its first 60 students
- Commonwealth Fund Report Shows Healthcare Gains, But Gaps Persist
- New Jersey finishes in middle of the pack nationally, with room to improve in several key areas, like preventative care and hospital readmissions for elderly
- State's Top Doc to Launch Peer-to-Peer Medical Marijuana Pitch
- Forum seeks to help medical faculty, students, and others better understand potential uses and prescription protocols of the state’s medicinal cannabis program
- Newark Health Centers Working to Reduce Health Disparities
- Addressing the massive gaps in maternal health and infant mortality between black and white women and children
- Lawmakers Seek Another Route to Raise Pay for Home Healthcare Workers
- No one begrudges paying those on the front lines of personal care $19 an hour, but no one seems to know where the money will come from
- Updating Care for Stroke Patients in New Jersey Hospitals
- Move to expand and improve treatment, raise awareness, and highlight steps that could save lives
- Lawmakers Seek to Expand Medicaid Coverage for Smoking Cessation
- Bill would deliver wide range of options to smokers, including counseling, group therapy, and full suite of medications
- Ridesharing Programs Launched by State’s Largest Health Networks
- Hackensack Meridian Health, RWJ Barnabas Health want to help patients get to appointments on time, at no extra out-of-pocket costs
- Expansion of Medical Marijuana Program Among Public Health Gains
- DOH talks budget with Senate Budget Committee, explaining where funds go and what initiatives got lopped off
- DHS Explains Plans and Christie-Era Reforms at Budget Hearing
- State’s largest department walks lawmakers through how it will put to work its $18 billion proposed spending plan for 2019
- Another Delay in Medicaid Payment Reform for Mental Health Providers
- Decision works in favor of providers of nonmedical services, like group housing, job training, and help with public transportation
- Lawmakers Want to Improve Ratio of Aides to Patients in NJ Nursing Homes
- Legislators say they want to advance care and safety, but facility operators express misgivings about the measure
- Lawmakers Seek to Expand Breastfeeding Options at Regional Airports
- Making certain that airports in the New Jersey/New York area are ‘lactation-friendly’
- Thorny Reform of Medicaid Payments Gets State Oversight, One Year Later
- Twelve months after a law was signed requiring supervision of controversial changes in payments to community mental health providers, it’s about to happen
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