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STENDER & CONAWAY BILL TO ENCOURAGE BETTER HEALTH CARE PRACTICES BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS ADVANCED BY PANEL

By Tom Hester | February 2nd, 2012 - 2:44pm
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STENDER & CONAWAY BILL TO ENCOURAGE BETTER HEALTH CARE PRACTICES BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS ADVANCED BY PANEL

(TRENTON) – Legislation sponsored by Assemblywoman Linda Stender and Assemblyman Herb Conaway, Jr. to establish a pilot program that would encourage better health care practices by employees with chronic health conditions was released Thursday by an Assembly panel.

The bill (A-1214) would create a three-year pilot program to provide benefits coverage to select employees with chronic health conditions using a value-based benefit design under the State Health Benefits Program (SHBP). The following chronic health conditions would be targeted under the value-based benefit design: diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension and asthma.

“This program uses financial incentives to increase the employee’s interaction with appropriate health care providers, and encourage use of health benefits that will specifically address and help improve their chronic health condition,” said Stender (D-Middlesex/Somerset/Union). “That, in turn, should benefit taxpayers..."  

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