From The Record, June 14, 2015 To the Democratic lawmakers who worked for months on a measure to protect patients from surprise medical bills and solve the problem of New Jersey’s uncontrolled out-of-network health care costs, it looked like momentum
From The Record, June 12, 2015 Bergen County Executive James Tedesco on Friday named 15 members to a task force that will study the future of Bergen Regional Medical Center. Tedesco wants the panel to come up with recommendations on
From the Boston Globe, June 10, 2015 A Massachusetts agency approved the state’s first-ever mandate on nurse staffing in hospital intensive care units on Wednesday.The regulations require hospitals to limit patient assignments so each intensive care nurse is responsible for
From NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 9, 2015 TRENTON — The state Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Gov. Chris Christie had the legal right to slash $1.57 billion in contributions to New Jersey’s troubled public employee pension system,
From NJ Spotlight, June 9, 2015 The brakes have been applied to a legislative push to lower the cost of surprise medical bills, after state senators raised concerns about the arbitration process that is at the heart of the bill,
June 8, 2015 HPAE Local 5030, which represents RNs, non-nursing professionals, technical staff, service workers, and skilled maintenance crafts at Palisades Medical Center, is supporting the efforts of residents at the hospital to organize with the Committee of Interns and
From AP/ABC News, June 3, 2015 Leaders of the union representing 18,000 nurses at 14 private hospitals in New York City said Wednesday the nurses could go on strike over staffing levels if negotiations with management fail. “We need more
From the NJ AFL-CIO, June 5, 2015 We have great news to share: Both New Jersey State AFL-CIO Public Employee Committee-endorsed candidates have won their elections to the Public Employees’ Retirement System Board of Trustees! The election of Tracy Smith
From the LA Times, June 2, 2015 Nationwide enrollment in health plans provided through the Affordable Care Act slipped to 10.2 million in March as consumers dropped coverage or failed to pay premiums on policies they selected, the Obama administration
May 29, 2015 The HPAE Local 5094 bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement with Rutgers management for a new contract covering UMDNJ “Legacy” Professionals. This is the local’s first contract since the merger with Rutgers. The local protected the
May 29, 2015 Jean Pierce, HPAE Public Policy Staff, was honored at the New Jersey Citizen Action’s (NJCA’s) 33th Annual Awards Dinner held at the Forsgate Country Club yesterday. Jean received the Evanoff Shuchter award for her advocacy and organizing
From the New York Times, May 28, 2015 SEVERAL emergency-room nurses were crying in frustration after their shift ended at a large metropolitan hospital when Molly, who was new to the hospital, walked in. The nurses were scared because their