Physicians' Health Program
Health Insurance Program
QualCare, Inc.
30 Knightsbridge Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: 888.670.8135, option 6
E-mail: mewasales@qualcareinc.com
Website: www.qualcareinc.com
QualCare, Inc., administers the MSNJ Affiliated Physicians–MEWA Health Plan, a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA)
which provides members with access to healthcare coverage options that might otherwise be too costly. Through this program, physicians may buy self-insured health plans at the equivalent of large-group rates.
QualCare, Inc., is the largest full-service, provider-sponsored managed care organization owned and operated in the State of New Jersey. QualCare is majority owned by fourteen New Jersey hospital systems and physician organizations, with more than 500,000 members currently enrolled in a full range of self-funded managed care products.
Professionals’ Assistance Program of New Jersey
MSNJ, dedicated to the well being of the healthcare provider community and to the public safety, established the Physicians’ Health Program (php)in 1982. PHP sought to identify, evaluate, and monitor physicians and other healthcare professionals who may suffer from diseases of impairment. PHP quickly became a model for the rest of the nation. Today every state offers at least some level of services; 30 have full- or part-time directors/counselors.
The Physicians’ Health Program (PHP) has changed its name to the Professionals’ Assistance Program of New Jersey (PAPNJ) and is no longer affiliated with MSNJ. For more information on the Physicians’ Assistance Program of New Jersey, call its medical director, Louis Baxter, md, at 609.919.1660. PAPNJ’s new office is located at 746 Alexander Road, Princeton, New Jersey, 08540.
PAPNJ provides education, intervention, evaluation, treatment planning, and advocacy for healthcare professionals suffering from any impairing medical illness. PAPNJ is the only professional-assistance program approved by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners.
Almost any medical disease can have an impact on healthcare professionals’ ability to practice medicine with the requisite skill and safety. Alcohol and drug abuse are the most common impairment diseases, although there may also be instances of psychiatric or metabolic disorders. Impairment also covers the category of “disruptive,” under which an individual does not get along well with other healthcare professionals.
Impaired physicians and other healthcare providers, if left undiagnosed and untreated, may deliver sub-standard care to their patients and compromise the public safety. Experience has shown that many of these talented, skilled professionals can be successfully treated and restored to practice.
For more information on the Professionals’ Assistance Program of New Jersey, call its medical director, Louis Baxter, MD, at 609.919.1660. PAPNJ’s new office is located at 746 Alexander Road, Princeton, New Jersey, 08540.