CarePoint Health is being called out by the New Jersey Department of Health. Financial problems within the three hospitals that make up the system have the state demanding a disaster plan be delivered.
However, the hospital system was quick to respond that the three sites were not at risk of closing and that patients and staff should not worry.
The three hospitals that make up CarePoint Health include Bayonne Medical, Christ Hospital in Jersey City and Hoboken University Medical Center.
The disaster plan was needed because the Health Department says these facilities are at risk of further financial deterioration. They were given a Notice of Order.
It states, “The Department found that the hospitals have consistently maintained low days cash on hand, maintained negative operating margins, and a high number of days in accounts receivable.”
The DOH says that in the case there was ever an abrupt closure these hospitals must include some details as part of that disaster plan. Those would include, a list of hospitals for relocating patients, emergency procedures for evacuating patients, and plans in case there’s an interruption in utilities.