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-- Government Agencies & Services
   State government

• NJ Department of Health
• NJ Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (Medicaid and other low-income health assistance)
• NJ Department of Human Services, Divison of Mental Health & Addiction Services
• NJ Department of Human Services, Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• ​NJ Department of Banking & Insurance
• NJ Department of Banking & Insurance, Health Maintenance Organizations
• NJ Department of Banking & Insurance, NJ HMO Performance Report ​ ​
• NJ Department of Law & Public Safety, Division of Consumer Affairs, State Board of Medical Examiners  (licensing and discipline of physicians and other health professionals)
• NJ Department of Law & Public Safety, Division of Consumer Affairs, Health Care Profiles (online database with information on physician and other health professional licensing, education, malpractice history, disciplinary actions)

   Federal government

• US Department of Health and Human Services
  
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Medicare.gov (online database of providers, covered services, drugs, hospital ratings)
• National Institutes of Health (current news on treatment, research, clinical trials) 

-- Hospital and Physician Ratings

• Hospitals (NJ Department of Health quality measures) https://www.njdoctorlist.com/NJPublic​
• Hospital Compare (Medicare,gov)
• Leapfrog Group (nonprofit sponsored major employers, other health payers to evaluate hospital performance)
• Healthgrades (for-profit publisher of ratings of hospitals, physicians)
• US News & World Report (annual ratings of best hospitals)
• CareChex (hospital and health system ratings by publisher Quantros, Inc.)

​-- Ambulatory Treatment and Special Facilities and Services​​​

• Ambulatory Surgery Centers  (NJ Department of Health)
• Addiction Services and Substance Abuse Treatment (NJ Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services)
• Top 5 Drug Rehab Facilities in New Jersey, (AddictionResource.com) 
  
• Addiction Resources by State (AddictionResource.com)
  
• Renal Dialysis Facilities (NJ Department of Health quality measures)
• NewJerseyMentalHealthCares (information and referral service of Mental Health Association in New Jersey funded by NJ Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services)
• Autism Services (online directory of referral services published by nonprofit AutismNewJersey)
• Northern NJ Alcoholics Anonymous (directory of meetings and others services)
• Central NJ Intergroup (Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in central NJ)
• South Jersey Intergroup ((Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in southern NJ)

​-- Medical treatment and conditions

• National Institutes of Health (current research and information on conditions, treatment, drug efficacy provided by unit of US Department of Health & Human Services) 
• WebMD (publisher of medical news and information on symptoms, treatment, drugs with community discussion forums)
• Mayo Clinic News Network (news of research and other health developments)
• Cleveland Clinic newsletters (individual newsletters on health topics) 
• Harvard Health Letter ($20 annual subscription for digital or print newsletter frrom Harvard Medical School)
• ClinicalTrials.gov (service of National Institutes of Health)
• Clinical trials (directory of current trials, CenterWatch.com)

-- Nursing homes, long-term care and home health services

• Nursing Homes and other Long-Term Care (NJ Department of Health quality measures)
• Nursing Home Compare (Medicare.gov)
• Nursing Home Ratings and Prices (aPlaceforMom.com)
• Nursing Home Ratings (NursingHomeRating.org)
• Assisted Living Residences & Programs/Comprehensive Personal Care Homes  (NJ Department of Health quality measures)
• Home Health   (NJ Department of Health quality measures)

                                             

-- Health Insurance

• ​NJ Department of Banking & Insurance (State government individual and small employer health insurance programs)
  
• NJ Department of Banking & Insurance, Individual Health Coverage Program Carriers 
  
• NJ Department of Banking & Insurance, Managed Care Entities
  
  

-- Grants and Assistance

• NJ FamilyCare (State government site for Medicaid and  Child Health Insurance Program 'CHIP')
• Children's Health Programs in New Jersey, InsureKidsNow.gov
• Medicaid.gov (federal Medicaid and CHIP site)
• Pharmaceutical Assistance, Medicare.gov
• Partnership for Prescription Assistance (collaborative program of major pharmaceutical companies providing assistance to low-income families and individuals for prescription drug costs)
  

​-- Food, Diet & Nutrition

• End Hunger NJ (online directory of food pantries, soup kitchens, nutrition services)​
• NJ SNAP (NJ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for food support for low-income families)

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New Jersey deaths in the 1918-1919 global Spanish flu pandemic were estimated to approach 5,000 of the 650,000 who died across the US. This article describes actions by the mayor of Hackensack to comply with order closing public gathering places of the State Board of Health. Image: Bergen Evening Record October 8, 1918 from www.hackensackschools.org

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