The surgicenter group that four years ago was hailed as the savior for the cash-strapped Bayonne Medical Center is now attempting to halt the CarePoint Health bankruptcy and merger plans.
A healthcare workers union is asking for a guarantee the new owners will commit $50 million to Bayonne Medical Center and keep it open for at least 10 years.
We met with management today; it was the final day of negotiations, and we pushed them as far as we could for the benefit of our members. A summary of the agreement will be supplied shortly.
CarePoint Health, the Hudson County non-profit healthcare system teetering on the brink of financial collapse, is more than $108 million in debt, according to bankruptcy documents filed Sunday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
Tell our leaders to keep our Hospitals Open, Hold CarePoint Accountable, and NO LAYOFFS!
The CEO and president of a Hudson County hospital network on the brink of collapse has been replaced by the founder of the company planning to take over two of the hospitals.
There could be a potential nurse strike next week at University Hospital in Newark when their current contract expires on Sept. 30. While the two sides have been meeting, the union representing nurses says little progress has been made.
CarePoint Health says 2,600 employees working in its hospitals may be laid off in December. These employees work at Bayonne Medical Center, Christ Hospital in Jersey City and Hoboken University Hospital.
Ten days before a contract between University Hospital in Newark and its nurses is set to expire, the two sides remain at odds mostly over one issue that has had a serious impact on hospitals and their nurses nationwide: patient-to-worker
As of Monday, Cape Regional Health System, a main health care organization serving Cape May and Atlantic counties, has officially joined Camden-based Cooper University Health Care.