What helped promote, and even necessitate, this openness was The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, said Alexandra Lopez, assistant professor at Rutgers University’s Bloustein School, where she teaches “Drugs, Culture and Society.”
The law mandates that health insurance companies provide to those with mental health and substance use disorders all the benefits they provide for all other medical/surgical conditions.
Roberto Muñiz, the longtime president and CEO of Parker Health Group, will leave a legacy at Rutgers that reflects his own journey as a first-generation college student: an endowed scholarship designed to help students overcome financial barriers to higher education....
Since its launch in 2024, the Rutgers Health Service Corps has connected students with faculty and staff to improve population health outcomes throughout New Jersey When Rutgers University-New Brunswick senior Gerald Reaves arrived on campus four years ago, he had a...
Drivers heading to the Jersey Shore could eventually see some relief from summer traffic jams as transportation officials prepare for a $400 million project to add a third lane along 12 miles of the Atlantic City Expressway. The South Jersey Transportation Authority...
The Bloustein School's Health Administration program was thrilled to once again co-host the 2026 American College of Healthcare Executives of New Jersey (ACHE-NJ) and Rutgers Health Administration Fall Leadership Symposium on Thursday, October 15 on the Rutgers...
As a state with a well-educated and high-income population, we should expect New Jersey to have a high-performing healthcare delivery system. In some ways we do. Our average life expectancy is high and we have a lower-than-average uninsured rate (although it is...