The parent health network of Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville will merge with another state network further south, creating New Jersey’s largest health care system and one of the largest in the nation, Barnabas Health announced last week.
Barnabas Health and Robert Wood Johnson Health System on July 14 signed an agreement to merge and become RWJ Barnabas Health. The pact will be submitted to the New Jersey Attorney General for review, with the merger slated for completion sometime next year.
At that time, RWJ Barnabas Health will annually represent operating revenues of more than $4.5 billion, 260,000 inpatient admissions, 2 million outpatient visits, nearly 700,000 Emergency Department visits, 23,000 births, nearly 30,000 employees, 9,000 physicians, and 1,000 residents and interns, according to a press release. The new system will be comprised of 11 acute care hospitals, three children’s hospitals, a pediatric rehabilitation hospital, a behavioral health center, ambulatory care centers, and five fitness and wellness centers.
Residents of Hudson, Essex, Union, Middlesex, Mercer, Somerset, Monmouth and Ocean counties will have access to the new system’s services.
Clara Maass Medical Center, located at 1 Clara Maass Dr. in Belleville, will be part of new system. The hospital released this statement, following the announcement of the merger: “Among the many advantages of the merger of Barnabas Health and RWJ Health System, patients at Clara Maass can expect expanded access to advanced services and cutting-edge clinical trials.”
According to Barnabas Health, it’s president and chief executive officer, Barry H. Ostrowsky, will serve as the inaugural president and CEO of RWJ Barnabas Health. Stephen K. Jones, president and CEO of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, will serve as chief academic officer in the Office of the President, leading efforts to further strengthen the relationship between the new entity and its academic partner, Rutgers University. The Board of Trustees representation will be evenly divided between the two organizations.
“Because our organizations have a shared vision for how health care should be delivered and our traditional service areas are complementary, we anticipate a smooth transition process,” said Jack Morris, chair of the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Board of Directors.
“As health care in America transforms, the new alliance positions our system as one of the foremost providers of health care and wellness services in the entire region,” stated Marc E. Berson, chairman of the Barnabas Health Board of Trustees.
The merger is not the only thing affecting changes at Clara Maass. The medical center last year began renovations that include the construction of a new building that will house a state-of-the-art Intensive Care Unit. The structure will also incorporate two levels of medical office building space, along with a main lobby, and a new fifth-level addition to the parking garage.
“This is an exciting project for Clara Maass Medical Center and the community,” said Mary Ellen Clyne, Ph.D., Clara Maass president and chief executive officer, in a news release last year. “It is the first major expansion project on the campus in more than a decade. The new Intensive Care Unit will meet the evolving acute care needs of our patients, and the Medical Office Building space will house primary care and physician specialists as well as outpatient programs, so we can transform the delivery of health care for the residents we serve.”
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