More NJ Hospitals Merge: Trying To Improve Health — And Financial Stability
A number of forces, not least Obamacare, are prompting hospitals to consolidate. But will some communities lose out in the new healthcare landscape?
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Sweeney Calls for Quarterly Payments to State Pension Fund
Making pension payments every three months — rather than at the end of the year — will ensure that the requisite contributions are made, not skipped.
Women’s March on Washington – January 21, 2017
On January 21, 2017, HPAE will join with other labor unions, community organizations, and women's rights activists in Washington, DC for the Women’s March on Washington.
More Patients Feel Pain of Surprise Billing Even After Going ‘In-Network’
Lawmakers want to curb the costly, escalating practice, but doctors and hospitals vehemently oppose Trenton’s solution
Why Keeping Only the Popular Parts of Obamacare Won’t Work
Before Obamacare, it could be hard to buy your own insurance if you’d already had a health problem like cancer. An insurance company might have decided not to sell any insurance to someone like you.
N.J. hospital merger frenzy continues: JFK Medical Center with Hackensack Meridian
One of the largest and fasting growing hospital networks in New Jersey, Hackensack Meridian Health, has reached an agreement to acquire JFK Medical Center in Edison.
Nurse who was brutally assaulted by patient wins grievance case against BRMC
A BRMC nurse who was brutally assaulted in 2015 by a patient known to be violent won a grievance case against the Paramus facility, which must cover some medical expenses and back pay, an arbitrator has ruled.
BRMC must pay for nurse’s medical expenses after patient attack
Bergen Regional Medical Center must pay for an employee's medical expenses after she was attacked by a patient and accused the hospital of failing to offer a safe work environment, an arbitrator has ruled.
Deal reached to end Philly transit strike
The week-long work stoppage that sidelined public transit ended in the predawn hours Monday as SEPTA and the Transportation Workers Union Local 234 reached a tentative five-year contract for 4,738 transit personnel.
N.J. public worker pension fund now the weakest in U.S., report says
New Jersey's distressed government worker pension system is now the worst funded in the U.S., according to a report by Bloomberg.