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Complex Care Management: A Tool for Improving Quality, Lowering Costs

Recently the Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org * noted: “Care management programs that focus on patients with complex health and social needs are increasingly viewed by health systems and payers as essential to lowering the overall costs of care. In a new Commonwealth Fund issue brief, researchers…. compare the approaches of 18 successful programs to identify best …

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Scholarship opportunity for Bayonne high school juniors and seniors

BAYONNE – The city of Bayonne is seeking participants for the Louis Bay 2nd Future Municipal Leaders Scholarship, which offers state high school juniors and seniors an opportunity for financial assistance. Provided through a partnership between Bayonne and the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, high school students residing in the city are eligible for …

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Menendez speaks out on immigration ruling

HUDSON COUNTY – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) sharply criticized a Texas federal court ruling that put on hold President Barack Obama’s executive order on immigration. “There is no question that the president has ample legal precedent and constitutional authority to forbear the deportations of individuals who qualify for executive action, and I believe this …

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Jersey City leads state in Obamacare enrollment

JERSEY CITY – With more than 22,000 Jersey City residents signed up for healthcare coverage, Jersey City led the state for enrollees in the federal Affordable Care Act. Jersey City had 10 percent of the state’s total, according to Mayor Steven Fulop, who credited his administration’s aggressive outreach for the success. “Our outreach has been …

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Amount of Hoboken’s settlement with former environmental services director revealed; was a wrongful termination suit

HOBOKEN—The city of Hoboken paid its former environmental services director Jennifer Maier $95,000 last August to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit she had filed against the city. The previously undisclosed monetary value of the settlement was contained in city documents provided to the Hoboken Reporter via an Open Public Records Act request on Tuesday, Feb. …

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ABAYON, ARTURO

77, passed away on February 7, 2015. Born in the Philippines, he lived in Jersey City for many years before moving to Bayonne. He was a bookkeeper for Bon Homme, in New York. He is survived by his wife, Wilhelmina Abayon (nee: Avaricio); his children, Arthur Abayon; and Stephanie Purugganan and her husband, Eberjan; his …

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CIARKOWSKI, SOPHIE

97, passed away on February 8, 2015. She was a lifelong Bayonne resident before settling in Bridgewater 12 years ago. She was predeceased by her husband, John; her parents, Casimir and Agatha Stanol; her brother, Edward Stanol; and two sisters, Hattie Karpowicz and Adele Rosciszewski. She is survived by her daughter, Elaine Petsu and her …

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ELDER-MORRIS, CATHERINE

died on February 10, 2015. She is survived by her sons Samuel and Horace; and her adopted children Desirae, Julio and Tito. She is also survived by 19 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, 19 great-great grandchildren and two great-great-great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by JACKSON Funeral Residence in Jersey City.