Hackettstown Regional Medical Center Bought by Atlantic Health System, Inc.

AFFILIATION AGREEMENT/TERMS & CONDITIONS
The Affiliation Agreement between Atlantic and Hackettstown stipulated many covenants as terms of agreement between the two entities, some of which include: investment of $5 million in the first 3 years; capital expenditures for new equipment, new facilities, medical office space, etc.; maintenance of chapels and chaplaincy; continuation for 7 years of indigent care without materially reducing indigent care levels; and any financial liabilities or obligations incurred by Hackettstown/Adventist.

CERTIFICATE OF NEED CONDITIONS SET BY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Although this was a purchase of a non-profit hospital by a not-for-profit entity, Atlantic Health System submitted to the DOH Certificate of Need (CN) process voluntarily, in addition to the required Attorney General’s Community Health Care Assets Protection Act (CHAPA) process. With the CN process come a set of conditions made in the Staff Recommendations report and set by the Commissioner of DOH.  The Staff Recommendations/ Commissioner conditions set on Atlantic for the purchase of Hackettstown include:

• Atlantic agrees to retain substantially all of the current employees of East Orange. Six months after licensure, Atlantic shall document to the Division the number of full-time, part-time and per diem employees retained and provide the rationale for any work force reductions.
• For at least 5 years, Atlantic must continue all inpatient and clinical services and all community health programs currently offered at HRMC. Any changes in this commitment involving either a reduction, relocation out of HRMC’s current service area, or elimination of inpatient or clinical services of community health programs offered by HRMC’s former ownership will require prior written approval from the DOH.
• Atlantic must submit annual reports to the DOH for the initial 5 years following the transfer of ownership, or upon request, detailing: investments made during the previous year, short- and long-term debt or other liabilities incurred; the transfer of funds from the hospital to any parent, subsidiary corporation, or corporate affiliate and indicate the amount of funds transferred to document that assets and profits reasonably necessary to accomplish the healthcare purposes remain within the hospital; all financial data and measures required pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:31B and from the financial indicators monthly reporting; and submit Audited Financial Statements to the DOH as well as post them to its website within 180 days of the end of its fiscal year.
• An outreach plan must be established to ensure that all residents of the hospital service area, especially medically indigent, have access to the available services.

CHAPA PROCESS

The CHAPA application was approved on March 16, 2016.

ATLANTIC HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTHCARE LOCATIONS

HOSPITALS

• Morristown Medical Center
• Overlook Medical Center
• Newton Medical Center
• Chilton Medical Center
• Hackettstown Medical Center
• Goryeb Children’s Hospital

OTHER LOCATIONS

• 95 Madison Avenue – Morristown
• 101 Madison Avenue – Morristown
• 111 Madison Avenue – Morristown
• 242 West Parkway – Pompton Plains
• 310 Madison Avenue – Morristown
• 465 South Street – Morristown
• 657 Willow Grove Street – Hackettstown
• Atlantic Maternal-Fetal Medicine – Bridgewater
• Atlantic Rehabilitation – Chatham
• Atlantic Rehabilitation – Morristown
• Atlantic Rehabilitation – New Providence
• Atlantic Rehabilitation – Union
• Chambers Center for Well Being
• Chilton Ambulatory Care Center at Hewitt Plaza
• Chilton Physical Therapy – Wayne YMCA
• Collins Pavilion at Chilton Medical Center
• Counseling & Addiction Center
• Family Health Center and Ryan White Clinic
• Goryeb Children’s Hospital Subspecialty Office – East Brunswick
• Goryeb Children’s Hospital Subspecialty Office – Flemington
• Hackettstown Medical Arts Building
• HealtheConnect Store – Morristown Medical Center
• Medical Arts Center (MAC) I – Overlook Medical Center
• Medical Arts Center (MAC) II – Overlook Medical Center
• Milford Health & Wellness / Urgent Care
• Morristown Medical Center Health Pavilion
• Morristown Medical Center Outpatient Medicine
• Overlook Downtown
• Overlook Medical Center Cardiac Rehab at New Providence
• Overlook Medical Center – Union Campus
• Sparta Health & Wellness
• Springfield Avenue – Summit
• Urgent Care at Hackettstown
• Willow Grove Medical Plaza

AFFILIATED PROVIDERS

• Atlantic Medical Group