1. Mental Health Association in New Jersey Calls for Improving Access to Psychiatric Care in Garden State
(Health/Healthquest)

... issues by creating an environment where behavioral healthcare providers will want to practice.” What is Required? In New Jersey, licensed Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) must maintain adequate ...

2. Congress Low Confidence Marks
(U.S./Nation)

... small business close on its heels and police in third. Joining Congress at the bottom of the list are HMOs and organized labor. In fact, the poll found more Americans feel less confident this year in ...

3. Best, and worst, N.J. healthcare plans
(Health/Healthquest)

... Maintenance Organizations are excellent. Among private plans (where people obtain coverage through their employer or on their own), among the better HMOs is Cigna HealthCare of New Jersey, which received ...

4. The best N.J. health insurance plan ... and the worst credit card
(Health/Healthquest)

... ratings and one average, and ranking 157th. The rankings, published in Consumer Reports November issue, encompass 49 measures, including colon-cancer screening and mental-health care. Not all HMOs ...

5. N.J. taking a big step backwards in retaining doctors
(Health/Healthquest)

... HMOs, less red tape. Other states have rolled out the welcome carpet. This slippage is ominous." The NJCTH, with the assistance of its Academic Affairs Council and the cooperative efforts of teaching ...

6. What to do with bad doctors! How New Jersey regulates its physicians
(Opinion/Commentary)

... medical licensing boards, HMOs, hospitals, patients and other relevant parties when a physician has been the subject of a malpractice settlement or payment, or when his or her license is the subject of ...