JERSEY CITY, N.J. (PIX11) – A New Jersey hospital will close its doors after it learned of cuts to charity care funding from the state.
Hudson Regional Health, which owns Heights University Hospital, said without charity care funding, it simply cannot function.
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“…This will result in an interruption in tomorrow’s payroll processing and compromises its ability to execute the stabilization plan it was in the process of implementing. This includes our recent plans to operate a stand-alone emergency department, multi-specialty service practice and behavioral health,” Dr. Nizar Kifaieh, the CEO of Hudson Regional Health, told PIX11 News in a statement on Thursday.
Kifaieh said the company filed a certificate of need for closure with the New Jersey Department of Health. Hudson Regional Health had taken over the 153-year-old Christ Hospital earlier this year after its previous owners filed bankruptcy, renaming it Heights University Hospital…