Atlantic Health System

Morristown Medical Center is the flagship of AHS

Atlantic Health System (AHS) is a not-for-profit private healthcare company that operates hospitals and health care facilities in New Jersey. The president and chief executive of Atlantic Health System is Brian A. Gragnolati,[1] and the chairman of the Board of Trustees is Robert Toohey.[2]

Facilities of AHS include

Atlantic Health System received given an "A1" rating by Moody's Investors Service in 2009.[3]

In 2012, AHS listed 11,624 employees and 3,123 physicians. With 1,315 beds 70,743 admissions were registered.

In 2013, the company was ranked 49th among Fortune’s list of “100 Best Companies to Work For” .[4]

Legal controversy

On June 21, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that AHS Hospital Corp., Atlantic Health System Inc., and Overlook Hospital agreed to pay the United States $8,999,999 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by allegedly overbilling Medicare. The settlement is part of the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) initiative.[5] The settlement resolves allegations that Overlook Hospital, owned and operated by AHS Hospital Corporation, and Atlantic Health Systems Inc., overbilled Medicare for patients who were treated on an inpatient basis when they should have been treated as either observation patients or on an outpatient basis.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Darragh, Tim (30 March 2015), "Johns Hopkins executive to take over as CEO at Atlantic Health System", NJ.com, retrieved 12 September 2015
  2. ↑ Burd, Joshua (24 June 2015). "New Atlantic Health chair sees plenty of challenges — and opportunities — ahead". NJBiz. Journal Multimedia. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Atlantic Rating Holds". Crain's New York Business. August 12, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  4. ↑ Independent Press (2013-01-20). "Atlantic Health System, parent company of Morristown, Overlook and Newton Medical ranks among top 50". NJ.com.
  5. 1 2 "New Jersey Hospital Pays U.s. $8,999,999 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations". US Department of Justice – June 21, 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
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