NJ panel OKs bill to boost state oversight of struggling hospitals

NJ panel OKs bill to boost state oversight of struggling hospitals

Lawmakers advanced a bill Monday to increase penalties and state oversight of struggling hospitals in New Jersey following the closure of Heights University Hospital in Jersey City earlier this year. (Photo by Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor)The state health commissioner would have far more power to regulate and significantly fine struggling hospitals in New Jersey under a proposal advancing in the state Assembly in the wake of a Jersey Cit…

NJ panel OKs bill to boost state oversight of struggling hospitals - Seward Independent

Lawmakers advanced a bill Monday to increase penalties and state oversight of struggling hospitals in New Jersey following the closure of Heights University Hospital in Jersey City earlier this year. (Photo by Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor)The state health commissioner would have far more power to regulate and significantly fine struggling hospitals in New Jersey under a proposal advancing in the state Assembly in the wake of a Jersey Cit…