In a win for community hospitals, N.J. will allows wider access to angioplasties under new law
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
Gov. Phil Murphy Monday signed a law that will allow more community hospitals to perform non-emergency angioplasties, the routine, artery-clearing procedure that is a reliable revenue generator in New Jersey’s competitive health care market.
Elective angioplasty is not available in seven of the state’s 21 counties, the law’s sponsors said.
“All New Jerseyans deserve easy access to procedures that can prevent serious illness or death, no matter where they live,” Murphy said in a statement after signing the bill, (A1176)
CarePoint Health Reinvigorates Record of Excellence
Bayonne Medical Center, Christ Hospital and Hoboken University Medical Center now among the top hospitals across New Jersey and the region
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JERSEY CITY, N.J., Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Through the expansion of new subspecialities and singular programs in Hudson County, CarePoint Health ( CarePoint ) is providing leading-edge services to the region and is proud to be recognized nationally as one of the top health care providers in the Northeast for delivering safe and superb care.
The pandemic, which created unprecedented conditions across the global healthcare system, brought out the best in physicians and staff across CarePoint s three hospitals: Bayonne Medical Center, Christ Hospital in Jersey City, and Hoboken University Medical Center. CarePoint treated more than 2,500 COVID patients with state-of-the-art medicine, established the first COVID care clinic to give follow-up care and
Bayonne Medical Center Status
NJ Department of Health, US Department of Justice, Hudson Regional Hospital
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SECAUCUS, N.J., Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Several conditions related to Hudson Regional Hospital s ownership of the Bayonne Medical Center property, leased to CarePoint Health, have materially changed. In the public interest, we are providing the following update:
1) BMC Withdraws All Litigation Against Hudson Regional
On February 8th, BMC Hospital LLC voluntarily abandoned its litigation against Hudson Regional Hospital. We vigorously defended these allegations and prevailed in three substantive preliminary hearings and motions that vindicated our position;
Hudson Regional stands ready to assume operations at Bayonne at a moment s notice.
Every N.J. COVID vaccine site handles appointments differently. Here’s how to register in every county. (2/12/21)
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
Posted Feb 12, 2021
A line forms at the new Gloucester County COVID-19 vaccination site in Sewell on Jan. 11, 2021.
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Eligible New Jersey residents are slowly but surely becoming inoculated for the coronavirus as the number of entities distributing the vaccine grow throughout the state.
Individuals qualified to receive the vaccine include those in priority groups, specifically healthcare professionals, first responders, people over the age of 65, and those with chronic health conditions.
New Jersey does not have a streamlined vaccine appointment system, meaning that a countless of number of counties, municipalities, healthcare systems and other entities can take appointments themselves.