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NJBIA Statement on Executive Order to Improve Healthcare Affordability

Jan28,2021
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NJBIA Chief Government Affairs Officer Chrissy Buteas issued the following statement regarding Gov. Phil Murphy’s announcement of Executive Order 217 to address healthcare affordability through several initiatives. “NJBIA members have long voiced their concerns about rising healthcare costs, with 57% of New Jersey residents receiving healthcare benefits from their employer.  “These concerns are even more exacerbated now with the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, of […]

Experts Explore COVID-19’s Lasting Impacts on Delivery of Healthcare in NJ 

Dec11,2020
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COVID-19 has changed the delivery of healthcare and some of these developments, such as telehealth and telemedicine, are likely to be lasting, according to hospital, insurance and pharmaceutical executives who participated in a panel discussion at NJBIA’s recent Public Policy Forum.  “In some ways, COVID has dragged our fragmented antiquated healthcare system kicking and screaming into the 21st century,” said John Hoffman, the head […]

Bill Would End Hospitals’ Property Tax Dispute

Sep25,2020
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A long-standing property tax dispute between local governments and not-for-profit hospitals inched closer to a resolution Thursday when the Assembly passed A-1135. The bill, according its sponsor Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, would establish a fair and predictable system for payments. The dispute stems from a court decision in 2015 that determined nonprofit hospitals are ineligible […]

FDA Launches the Digital Health Center of Excellence to Advance Tech

Sep25,2020
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Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is launching the Digital Health Center of Excellence within the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). The launch of the Digital Health Center of Excellence is an important step in furthering the agency’s overarching dedication to the advancement of digital health technology, including mobile health devices, Software as […]

Feds Tighten Healthcare Worker Provisions of Emergency Family Leave Law

Sep14,2020
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The U.S. Department of Labor has tightened the definition of healthcare worker for the purposes of determining which employees are excluded from emergency family leave benefits under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The temporary rule published Sept. 11 in the Federal Register says the focus in such matters must be on the role and […]

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