From the Washington Post, July 22, 2015 The nation’s big five health insurers will become the big three, with a $48 billion merger imminent between Cigna and Anthem, according to the Wall Street Journal. A merged company would serve 53
“ From the Times of Trenton – Opinion, July 18, 2015 By Charles Wowkenach, NJ AFL-CIO President For the past five years, New Jersey’s public pension system has been a punching bag for a governor seeking the national spotlight. In
July 16, 2015 In a unanimous decision issued on Tuesday, the New Jersey Supreme Court widened the state’s whistleblower law, ruling in Lippman v. Ethicon that employees whose jobs entail identifying health and safety risks are entitled to protection under
July 15, 2015 The Jersey City Council voted today to support safe staffing legislation in New Jersey. A resolution approved by the Council members “….urges passage of S1183/A647 and supports establishing minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and
From NJ Spotlight, July 14, 2015 Persistent violations of state regulations by Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center has led a hospital labor union official to accuse the state Department of Health of failing to hold Meadowlands, a for-profit hospital, accountable. …HPAE
From NJ Advamce Media for NJ.com, July 9, 2015 TRENTON — After slapping Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center with a series of fines for failing to turn over required audit reports with little effect, the state Health Department is moving to
From The Nation, July 8, 2015 The classic line of the friendly white-capped nurse of hospital lore is “This won’t hurt a bit.” For the real life nurses caring for patients every day, however, their job is often a world
From NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 8, 2015 TRENTON — A year after state Health Commissioner Mary O’Dowd proposed a battery of changes that would require hospitals to disclose financial information to the public, she has not taken any
From NJ Spotlight, July 7, 2015 While Gov. Chris Christie’s latest proposal to reduce government spending on public-employee healthcare has stalled, a pilot program with the same goal backed by Senate President Stephen Sweeney is moving forward. A vote yesterday
July 6, 2015 RNs at Shore Medical Center in Somers Point, NJ will be conducting informational picketing at the hospital on Saturday, July 11, 11 am to 1 pm. The RNs, who are represented by the New York State Nurses
From the New York Times, July 3, 2015 The health insurer Aetna said on Friday that it had agreed to acquire its smaller rival Humana for $37 billion in cash and stock, signaling the start of what may become a
From NJBIZ, July 1, 2015 CarePoint Health and the union representing 1,250 nurses and other health care workers at its Bayonne and Jersey City hospitals have reached a tentative agreement on a contract, the union said Wednesday. The contract talks