NJ Patient Care and Access Coalition

At the New Jersey Patient Care and Access Annual Meeting held on February 17, 2021, the Board of Directors were all re-elected.  Congratulations and thank you to them.

The New Jersey Patient Care and Access Coalition Board of Directors elected its 2019 officers at its annual meeting in New Brunswick on February 7th. From left: Dr. Patrick Ciccone, Treasurer, Dr. Steven Orland, Secretary, Dr. Robert Gialanella, Chairman, Dr. Alan Krieger, Vice-Chairman.

Thanks to the efforts of NJPCAC Board member Dr. Nadeem Baig, the Coalition was awarded a grant of $15,000 from the Digestive Health Physicians Association (DHPA) for the Coalition’s “ongoing advocacy efforts … to modernize New Jersey’s physician self-referral law.” The DHPA created its State Health Policy Action Fund “to support legislative and regulatory efforts […]

The New Jersey Patient Care and Access Coalition Board of Directors elected its 2018 officers at its annual meeting in New Brunswick on February 28th.

Two of NJPCAC’s priority issues are heating up in Trenton as Legislators tackle an aggressive pre-holiday agenda. The Out of Network issue and the NJPCAC-led initiative to reform New Jersey’s “Codey Act” to allow for value-based/alternative payment model health care are expected to see action.

UPDATE: On Monday, December 5th, the sponsor of the bill, Senator Joe Vitale, Chair of the Senate Health Committee, delayed action on the legislation to give stakeholders more time to reach a compromise. Brand new coalitions have been created in recent weeks to both support and oppose out of network reform. Horizon Blue Cross Blue […]