Define palliative care; identify the population in need
Identify gaps in the current Medicaid coverage for beneficiaries with serious illness
GOCCNJ Task Force Members:
Advisors:
Gregory J. Rokosz, D.O., J.D., FACEP, FACOEP; Chief Medical Officer, Raritan an Old Bridge Medical Centers, Former Sr. Vice President Clinical Affairs, Research, and Education/Chief Academic Officer, RWJ Barnabas Health; Assistant Vice Chancellor, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine-Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School; GOCCNJ Board Chair
Joel C. Cantor, Sc.D., Director, Center for State Health Policy, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research; Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy; Professor, Rutgers School of Public Policy
Members:
Ayse Akincigil, PhD, Associate Professor School of Social Work Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Core Member Institute for Health and Health Care Policy and Aging Research Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Divya Bhagianadh, Post Doctoral Associate in Aging and Health Equity, Rutgers Hub for Aging Collaboration, School of Social Work, Rutgers University
Alex Binder, Vice President of the Parker Advanced Care Institute
Katie Bisaha, Community Health and Policy Associate, New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute
David Barile, MD, Founder & Chief Medical Officer, GOCCNJ; Director Palliative Medicine Service & Medical Director of the Acute Care for the Elderly Unit, Penn Medicine Princeton Health
Katie DeMarco, DNP, MSHS, FNP-BC, APN, ACHPN, Clinical Supervisor & Palliative APN, HMH – Hackensack University Medical Center, Pain & Palliative Medicine Institute
Susan Dulczak MSN, PPCNP-BC, CPON, CHPPN, Director, Valerie Center, Pediatric Medical Day Stay, Pediatric Palliative Care, RWJ Barnabas Health, The Unterberg Children’s Hospital, Monmouth Medical Center
Theresa Edelstein, Senior Vice President, Center for Partnerships Transforming Health at New Jersey Hospital Association
Nancy Fitterer, President and CEO at Home Care & Hospice Association of NJ
Stephen Goldfine, MD; Chief Medical Officer at Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice
Himabindu M. Lanka, MD; Hospitalist, Cooper University Health Care;
Adelisa Perez, MSN, RN, Director of Quality, NJ Health Care Quality
Cathy Rowe, DrPH, Executive Director at the NJ Advocates for Aging Well
Jill Schwartz-Chevlin, MD, MBA, Regional Chief Medical Officer, WellBe Senior Medical
Ted Taylor, Chaplain, Director of Chaplaincy & Volunteer Services at RWJBarnabas Health