New Jersey

¹ Lown Institute, “Lown Institute Hospitals Index: 2022 Results Fair Share Spending,” April 2022, https://lownhospitalsindex.org/2022-fair-share-spending/

² PatientRightsAdvocate.org, “Fifth Semi-Annual Hospital Price Transparency Compliance Report,” July 2023, https://www.patientrightsadvocate.org/july-semi-annual-compliance-report-2023, p.26. 

³ Rand Corporation, “Nationwide Evaluation of Health Care Prices Paid by Private Health Plan: Findings from three Round 4 of an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative,” Supplemental Material, Table 7.31 New Jersey, July 2022, https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1144-1.html

⁴ New Jersey Policy Perspective, “People Pay, Hospitals Profit: Rising Prices Drive High Health Care Costs,” November 2022, https://www.njpp.org/publications/report/people-pay-hospitals-profit-rising-prices-drive-high-health-care-costs/

⁵ Innovation for Justice, University of Arizona and the University of Utah, “Medical Debt Policy Scorecard,” May 2022, https://www.medicaldebtpolicyscorecard.org/state/NJ

⁶ Kaiser Health News, “Hospital Group Mum As Members Pursue Patients With Lawsuits And Debt Collectors,” December 2019, https://khn.org/news/hospital-group-mum-as-members-pursue-patients-with-lawsuits-and-debt-collectors/

⁷ POLITICO, “Elizabeth hospital sued multiple patients during pandemic over unpaid bills,” April 2021, https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2021/04/27/elizabeth-hospital-sued-multiple-patients-during-pandemic-over-unpaid-bills-1378186

All data as of September 2023.