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- Lawmakers Move to Restore Mental-Health Hotline for Firefighters, EMS
- Specially trained operators would help emergency responders deal with the traumas that can come with their stressful line of work
- Experts Call for More Providers, Better Access to Meds to Combat Opioid Crisis
- State Human Services Commissioner among those who agree that, while progress has been made, New Jersey has significant gaps in treatment and recovery services
- Push to Improve Insurance Coverage of Mental Health for New Jerseyans
- Legislators advance measure seeking to ensure same level of benefits as for medical issues. It could ease financial burden on families
- Legislation Aims to Improve, Update Medicaid’s Eligibility Process
- Lawmakers, healthcare advocates push to update application process and more
- What Do You Want to Know about Medicaid in NJ? New Website Has Answers
- Data Dashboard, open to all, is aimed at making information more accessible and should help with decisions about allocating funds
- New Federal Guidelines Seek to Limit CT Scans on Kids
- Similar protocols have already been adopted by some New Jersey hospitals and healthcare providers to help keep children from possible harm
- Cost of Health Insurance on Individual Market in NJ to Drop Significantly in 2019
- Governor heralds new state law and federal approval of another New Jersey program as main factors in curbing prices
- State Hospital Group Launches Data Analysis Initiative
- The New Jersey Hospital Association’s CHART program will harness predictive computer modeling, data mining to focus on NJ’s healthcare challenges
- NJ Legislators Offer Plan to Reduce Impact of Medical Debt
- Measure would require providers to work out payment plans before turning bills over to collection agencies, better protect disabled patients
- Can New Jersey Save Its Long-Neglected Psychiatric Hospitals?
- The state DOH says it’s already acting on a multifaceted plan commissioned by Christie administration but only recently delivered
- Murphy Boosts Medical Education Funding, Tweaks Plan for Hospital Aid
- Governor signs bill that could add $24 million to funds for graduate medical studies, CVs measure increasing Medicaid to charity-care facilities
- In NJ, Incidence of STDs Increases While People Are Having Less Sex
- Double-digit growth of sexually transmitted diseases in Garden State tracks national trends
- New Jersey Expands Medicaid Coverage for End-of-Life Planning
- Changes will help ensure clients’ final wishes are heeded and should save costs on unwanted, unnecessary medical care
- Medical Care for NJ’s Poor, No Insurance Needed
- The federally qualified health center in Jersey City, like the 133 other satellite locations across the state, delivers care to the uninsured and the underinsured
- New Jersey Expands Stigma-Free Healthcare for LGBTQ Residents
- Clinics, support groups, hospitals are adopting policies designed to promote equitable and inclusive care
- State Actions Help Keep Lid on Health Insurance Rate Hikes in NJ
- Prices will increase but by far less than for consumers in most other states, as New Jersey is ‘working aggressively’ to counter federal changes to Affordable Care Act
- Cancer Care, Prevention: How New Jersey Measures Up
- New report says NJ does well on cancer screenings and general care, not as well on palliative care and pain medication. But report omits recent state initiatives
- State Expands Addiction Treatment for Prisoners
- Eighty percent of inmates in Garden State were under the influence of drugs when they committed the crime that put them behind bars
- Rutgers Team Invents Wristband that Could Detect Diseases, Enviro Hazards
- Technology analyzes microscopic blood sample, transmits data to doctors, hospitals or patient’s phone
- Family Planning Services in NJ at Risk from Federal Title X Cutbacks
- Under Trump administration’s plan to eliminate funding for clinics where abortions are performed, four New Jersey counties could lose a range of healthcare services
- Booker and Menendez Explain How NJ Is Resisting Federal Healthcare Policies
- Senators and state Health Commissioner outline efforts to stop Trump administration from dismantling ACA and impeding other initiatives
- NJ Senators: Marijuana Businesses Must Get Access to Banking System
- Sens. Cory Booker and Bob Menendez say legal businesses that sell marijuana must be given entry to banking system
- New Jersey Halts Admissions for Troubled Group-Home Company
- A series of surprise investigations at Bellwether homes conducted by New Jersey’s Division of Developmental Disabilities uncovered evidence of abuse and falsification of records
- State Agency to Partner with Hospitals on Housing Initiative
- As part of pilot program, Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency will provide matching funds for homes to be built near healthcare facilities
- Behavioral Health Program Expands Care, But Future Funding in Question
- New Jerseyans with mental illnesses and addiction problems have benefited from project to transform their healthcare. But it’s not guaranteed to continue
- Governor Appoints Monitor for Newark’s Troubled University Hospital
- Alarms sound over shortcomings in quality of care and financial soundness. Murphy moves swiftly to tackle problems
- What’s Causing NJ’s Growing Shortage of Nurses?
- As older nurses retire, problem is exacerbated by insufficient staff in nursing schools to train those who want to join the profession
- West Nile Virus Has Come Early to NJ This Year — Take Precautions, Officials Warn
- Transmitted by infected mosquitoes, WNV has already been found in 13 counties but no cases of human infection
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