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Murphy orders report on containing health-care costs Gov. Phil Murphy has directed his administration to develop plans by year’s end on implementing benchmarks for health care cost growth and affordability standards, with the goal of addressing rising health care costs. “This is a movement to improving not just value for consumers but outcomes for residents,” Murphy said. “Out of every crisis, let’s never forget this, comes opportunity. And the COVID pandemic has created the opportuni...

Here is a list of the special guests who took part in the town hall: 5 p.m. Dr. Purvi Parikh - MD Dr. Parikh specializes in Infectious Disease Allergy and Immunology, and Pediatric Allergy & Immunology. Shes the Co-founder of the Parikh Institute of Research, where shes a principal investigator who conducts clinical trials for adult and pediatric patients who suffer from allergies, asthma or immunology problems. Ugo A. Ezenkwele - MD, MPH, FACEP Chief of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Queens...

Essay winners, guests, honorees celebrate annual Dr. King commemoration ❯ It was an unconventional commemoration to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but the theme of love, perseverance and service shined throughout the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County’s first virtual event honoring the late civil rights leader. For 32 years, the Y has brought together community leaders, students and residents from across Monmouth County to remember King at the annual memorial serv...

Two Toms River residents and an Edison resident are in a heap of trouble following their Thursday arrests for their alleged roles in a scheme aimed at defrauding the New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Fund, a publicly health care benefit program, of more than $4,500,000.00, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig who detailed the multi-agency investigation. Harry Pizutelli, 62, of Edison, and C.R. Kraus, 55, and Maritza Flores, 43, of Toms River were met by special agents of the FBI an...

NJHA Installs Douglas Struyk as 2021 Board Chair CEO of Christian Health Care Center is 1st Post-Acute Leader to Serve the Role News provided by Share this article Share this article PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Douglas A. Struyk, President and CEO of Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff, today was installed as chair of the Board of the New Jersey Hospital Association. In addition to hospitals, NJHAs nearly 400 members span the continuum of healthcare providers; Struyk, who...

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Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (Jan. 27, 2021) Updated Feb 01, 2021; A pair of New Jersey-based theater companies will be debuting online productions over the next week spotlighting important women in history: ♦ East Lynne Theater Company will present Stephanie Garrett reading “Lynching, Our National Crime,” a speech Ida B. Wells delivered at the National Negro Conference (forerunner to the NAACP) in New York City in ...

New Jersey’s vaccine rollout for seniors a massive failure | Opinion Updated Jan 28, 2021; Facebook Share What a massive failure New Jersey’s vaccine rollout for seniors has been. Disorganized in the extreme, the rollout has left most seniors frustrated and searching for a non-existent opportunity to get a shot. Health care workers fared better because many of their employers offered the injections, but seniors were left to pound salt. Getting a shot has been a free-for-all, and most senio...

The 25 N.J. school districts where teachers make the most Updated Jan 28, 2021; Posted Jan 28, 2021 The median salary across all districts and charter schools ranged from as low as $44,258 to as high as $113,869, according to new state data.EJA Facebook Share The average pay for a New Jersey teacher rose by 2.1% to $73,901 last school year. But being in the middle of the payroll will net you a lot more money in some districts than in others. The median salary across all districts and charter ...

It would be easy to say, better late than never, but people died, so that would be a tad insensitive. Plenty of doctors were prescribing medicines like hydroxychloroquine to treat the symptoms of COVID many months ago, helping people recover and in many cases prevent the need for a hospital visit. But politicians and their shills in corporate medicine seemed to have other plans. The minute the president touted the drug, which would have easily been distributed throughout the nation, politician...