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HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (THE "MEDICAL CENTER" OR "HACKENSACKUMC") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT NEW JERSEY CORPORATION EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"). HACKENSACKUMC OWNS AND OPERATES A 775 LICENSED BED ACUTE CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL LOCATED AT 30 PROSPECT AVENUE IN THE CITY OF HACKENSACK, BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. BERGEN COUNTY IS THE LARGEST COUNTY BY POPULATION IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY (THE "STATE"), WITH A 2013 POPULATION OF 918,888. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU 2013 POPULATION ESTIMATES, IT HAS THE SIXTEENTH HIGHEST PER CAPITA INCOME IN THE UNITED STATES. THE MEDICAL CENTER IS LOCATED NEAR MAJOR HIGHWAYS IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY, INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80, THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE, THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY, STATE ROUTES 4, 17, AND 46 AND IS APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES FROM NEW YORK CITY. HACKENSACKUMC WAS FOUNDED IN 1888 AS A 12-BED HOSPITAL TO PROVIDE ACUTE CARE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF HACKENSACK. IN THE LAST 35 YEARS, THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS EVOLVED FROM A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OFFERING PATIENTS A SECONDARY LEVEL OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO A TEACHING HOSPITAL AFFILIATED WITH THE NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY ("UMDNJ") OFFERING AN INCREASING ARRAY OF TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY PATIENT SERVICES. HACKENSACKUMC PROVIDES THESE SERVICES PRIMARILY TO RESIDENTS OF BERGEN, HUDSON AND PASSAIC COUNTIES, BUT ALSO TO PATIENTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. TO LEARN MORE, VISIT HACKENSACKUMC.ORG. HACKENSACKUMC IS A REGIONAL LEADER IN MANY SERVICE PROGRAMS AND ITS MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THAT PATIENTS WHOSE PRIMARY PHYSICIANS ARE NOT ON THE HACKENSACKUMC MEDICAL STAFF ARE REFERRED TO HACKENSACKUMC BECAUSE OF ITS REPUTATION FOR HIGH QUALITY CARE AND ITS ARRAY OF SPECIALIZED SERVICES, SUCH AS CARDIAC SERVICES; ONCOLOGY (WHICH INCLUDES ONE OF THE LARGEST BONE MARROW/STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY); TRANSPLANTATION SERVICES; AND WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES. SINCE 1999, THE MEDICAL CENTER'S BED COMPLEMENT HAS INCREASED FROM 579 LICENSED BEDS TO THE PRESENT LICENSED COMPLEMENT OF 775 BEDS. ADULT AND PEDIATRIC OCCUPANCY HAS CONSISTENTLY APPROXIMATED 90% SOON AFTER EACH BED CAPACITY EXPANSION OF 30 BEDS IN 2000, 68 BEDS IN 2001, AND 98 BEDS IN 2006, WHICH FURTHER SUPPORTS THE NECESSITY OF THE MEDICAL CENTER WITHIN ITS COMMUNITY. HACKENSACKUMC IS BERGEN COUNTY'S LARGEST EMPLOYER WITH A WORK FORCE in 2013 OF 7,839 EMPLOYEES AND ANNUAL NET REVENUE OF APPROXIMATELY $1.2 BILLION. HACKENSACKUMC HAS A VOLUNTEER POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 2,400 MEN, WOMEN, AND TEENAGERS, WHO DONATE THEIR TIME TO HACKENSACKUMC EACH YEAR. HACKENSACKUMC OFFERS ONE OF THE REGION'S MOST MODERN CAMPUSES, WHICH IS CONTINUALLY UPDATED AND EXPANDED TO INCORPORATE EMERGING CLINICAL APPROACHES, MEDICINE, AND TECHNOLOGIES. THE MEDICAL CENTER CONSISTS OF SEVENTEEN BUILDINGS AND FIVE FREESTANDING PARKING GARAGES, LOCATED ON ITS MAIN CAMPUS IN THE CITY OF HACKENSACK. SEVEN OF THE BUILDINGS ARE USED FOR INPATIENT SERVICES AND SIX ARE USED FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES. ON THIS CAMPUS, HUNDREDS OF SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE DELIVERED. HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK: HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK IS THE NEW JERSEY BASED PARENT COMPANY OF HACKENSACKUMC, THE HACKENSACKUMC FOUNDATION, HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP, AND CORPORATE JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS WITH LHP HOSPITAL GROUP (DALLAS, TX) IN OWNERSHIP OF TWO HOSPITALS: HACKENSACKUMC AT PASCACK VALLEY AND HACKENSACKUMC MOUNTAINSIDE. WORLD-CLASS CARDIAC CARE: HACKENSACKUMC IS HOME TO THE HEART & VASCULAR HOSPITAL, ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE CARDIAC AND VASCULAR CARE CENTERS. THIS "HOSPITAL WITHIN A HOSPITAL" PROVIDES A FULL-RANGE OF STATE-OF-THE-ART INVASIVE AND NON-INVASIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY STUDIES, A STATE-DESIGNATED CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION CENTER, AND ONE OF THE LARGEST CARDIAC SURGERY PROGRAMS IN THE STATE. THE CARE AT THE HEART & VASCULAR HOSPITAL HAS GARNERED NATIONAL RECOGNITION BY BEING NAMED ONE OF HEALTHGRADES 2012-13 AMERICA'S 100 BEST HOSPITALS FOR CARDIAC CARE, ONE OF HEALTHGRADES AMERICA'S 100 BEST HOSPITALS FOR CORONARY INTERVENTION, RANKED IN U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT'S 2013-14 BEST HOSPITALS LIST FOR CARDIOLOGY AND HEART SURGERY, AND LISTED ON BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW 2013 "100 HOSPITALS WITH GREAT HEART PROGRAMS" LIST. LED BY BREAKTHROUGH RESEARCH, THE HEART & VASCULAR HOSPITAL INTEGRATES PREVENTIVE, DIAGNOSTIC, AND TREATMENT SERVICES WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE MANAGEMENT. INPATIENTS AND OUTPATIENTS ARE TREATED FOR ALL TYPES OF CARDIAC AND VASCULAR DISEASES BY AN ARRAY OF SPECIALISTS-ALL FROM ONE CENTRAL LOCATION. THIS COLLABORATIVE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY MODEL ALLOWS FOR MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE CARE. ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST CANCER CENTERS: AT 155,000 SQUARE-FEET, THE JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER AT HACKENSACKUMC IS ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTERS, AND RANKS IN THE TOP 10 FOR PATIENT VOLUME. OPENED IN DECEMBER OF 2010, THE CANCER CENTER HAS QUICKLY ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION OF EXCELLENCE AND HAS BEEN RANKED AMONG THE 50 BEST HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES AND IS THE HIGHEST-RANKED CANCER CENTER IN NEW JERSEY IN THE 2013-14 U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT'S BEST HOSPITALS FOR CANCER LIST. BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW LISTED THE JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER ON ITS "100 HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS WITH GREAT ONCOLOGY PROGRAMS" LIST. THE CANCER CENTER HOUSES OUTPATIENT CANCER SERVICES AND INCORPORATES DIAGNOSTIC FACILITIES, CHEMOTHERAPY PREPARATION AND INFUSION AREAS, PHARMACY AND LABORATORY RESOURCES, AS WELL AS A FULL SPECTRUM OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY SERVICES. WE HAVE 14 SPECIALIZED TEAMS ON-SITE WHO ARE FULLY ENGAGED IN THE MEDICAL AND EMOTIONAL CARE OF PATIENTS AND THEIR LOVED ONES. EACH OF THE 14 DIVISIONS FEATURES TEAMS OF PHYSICIANS, NURSES, TECHNOLOGISTS, AND SUPPORT STAFF WITH CLINICAL AND RESEARCH EXPERTISE IN A SPECIFIC TYPE OF CANCER, ALLOWING FOR ADVANCED, FOCUSED CARE. THE JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER WAS BUILT FOLLOWING ECO-FRIENDLY GUIDELINES OUTLINED BY THE LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND DEVELOPED BY THE U. S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL, MAKING IT AN INSTITUTION DEVOTED TO LIFE-SUSTAINING PRACTICES FROM THE INSIDE OUT. NATIONALLY-RENOWNED CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. AS A STATE-DESIGNATED CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PEDIATRIC CARE IN MORE THAN 30 SPECIALTIES, ALL INTEGRATED WITHIN A STATE-OF-THE-ART CHILD-FOCUSED FACILITY. THE 300,000 SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY OFFERS 24-HOUR ACCESS TO LEADING PHYSICIANS, NURSES, STAFF AND A PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. THIS FACILITY IS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S FIRST ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND IS RANKED AS ONE OF THE TOP 10 GREEN HOSPITALS BY THE GREEN GUIDE. THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HAS ALSO BEEN NAMED AMONG THE TOP 50 BEST CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY IN THE U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT'S 2013-14 BEST CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS RANKINGS. IT IS THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN NEW JERSEY EVER TO BE RANKED IN ANY BEST CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS SPECIALTY. ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY HOSPITAL DESIGNED JUST FOR WOMEN: AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE HEALTHGRADES WOMEN'S HEALTH EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR SEVEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS, THE DONNA A. SANZARI WOMEN'S HOSPITAL IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING SUPERIOR CARE TO ITS PATIENTS. THE HOSPITAL IS PART OF THE 300,000 SQUARE-FOOT SARKIS AND SIRAN GABRELLIAN WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S PAVILION. THE PAVILION WAS CAREFULLY PLANNED AND DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL PATIENT SATISFACTION AND SERVICES WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY HEALTHY FACILITY. ITS DESIGN, ENERGY SYSTEMS, CLEANING SUPPLIES, LINENS, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, AND EVEN THE FOOD PREPARED FOR PATIENT/STAFF/VISITOR CONSUMPTION ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY IN KEEPING WITH THE VALUES OF THE DEIRDRE IMUS ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY, AN AWARD-WINNING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AT HACKENSACKUMC. IN 2013, WE WELCOMED MORE THAN 6,189 BABIES - MORE THAN ANY OTHER HOSPITAL IN NEW JERSEY - A TRUE TESTAMENT TO OUR LONG HISTORY OF TRUSTED CARE IN THE COMMUNITY. IN 2013, HACKENSACKUMC RECEIVED THE HEALTHGRADES WOMEN'S HEALTH EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR THE EIGHTH YEAR IN A ROW - THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN THE NATION TO DO SO. |
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QUALITY & ACCREDITATIONS: HACKENSACKUMC IS CONTINUING TO PROVE THAT "IMPOSSIBLE" IS JUST AN OPINION. WE'VE CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOURAGES MEDICAL INNOVATION TO FLOURISH BY RECRUITING TOP DOCTORS AND GIVING THEM FREEDOM TO PUSH RESEARCH AND TREATMENTS BEYOND TRADITIONAL THINKING. SOME OF HACKENSACKUMC'S AWARDS INCLUDE: U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT'S 2013-14 BEST HOSPITALS: RANKED AS THE NUMBER ONE HOSPITAL IN NEW JERSEY AND THE THIRD BEST HOSPITAL IN THE NEW YORK METRO AREA. U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT'S 2013-14 BEST HOSPITALS (NATIONAL) - CANCER, CARDIOLOGY & HEART SURGERY; EAR, NOSE & THROAT; GASTROENTEROLOGY & GI SERVICES; GERIATRICS; NEUROLOGY & NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; PULMONOLOGY; AND UROLOGY. THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL RANKED NATIONALLY AMONG THE TOP 50 BEST CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY. U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT'S 2013-14 BEST HOSPITALS METRO AREA - DIABETES & ENDOCRINOLOGY; GYNECOLOGY; AND NEPHROLOGY. HEALTHGRADES AMERICA'S 50 BEST HOSPITALS 2013 (SEVEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS). HEALTHGRADES DISTINGUISHED HOSPITAL AWARD FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE (11 CONSECUTIVE YEARS). AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ONE OF THE FIRST TWO DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN THE NATION. LEAPFROG TOP HOSPITALS LIST (THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS). THE LEAPFROG GROUP- GRADE "A" PATIENT SAFETY RATING. THE JOINT COMMISSION 19 GOLD SEALS OF APPROVAL - MORE THAN ANY HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW 100 GREAT HOSPITALS CEO CANCER GOLD STANDARD. AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS "HOSPITAL OF CHOICE" NATIONAL RESEARCH CORPORATION (NRC) CONSUMER CHOICE AWARD (17 CONSECUTIVE YEARS SINCE AWARD'S INCEPTION). AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW 2013 100 BEST PLACES TO WORK IN HEALTHCARE PRACTICE GREENHEALTH 2013 "PARTNER FOR CHANGE" AWARD. "SAFETY SUPERSTAR" BY AARP THE MAGAZINE AND THE LEAPFROG GROUP. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE: DON IMUS/WFAN PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR TOMORROWS CHILDREN SARKIS AND SIRAN GABRELLIAN WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S PAVILION JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER HEART & VASCULAR HOSPITAL JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT GREGORY M. HIRSCH HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY CENTER DAVID JOSEPH JURIST RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOMORROWS CHILDREN JEFFREY M. CREAMER EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA CENTER DONNA A. SANZARI WOMEN'S HOSPITAL SARKIS & SIRAN GABRELLIAN CHILD CARE AND LEARNING CENTER AUDREY HEPBURN CHILDREN'S HOUSE HEKEMIAN CONFERENCE CENTER CENTER FOR ASTHMA, ALLERGY AND IMMUNE DISORDERS BEYOND DAY SPA BLOODLESS MEDICINE BETTY TORRICELLI INSTITUTE FOR BREAST CARE EXECUTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM INSTITUTE FOR SLEEP-WAKE DISORDERS DEIRDRE IMUS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CENTER CENTER FOR ABNORMAL PLACENTATION THE COMPREHENSIVE STROKE CENTER MOLLY DIABETES EDUCATION/MANAGEMENT CENTER FOR ADULTS & CHILDREN DAVE WINFIELD NUTRITION CENTER JOINT COMMISSION: THE JOINT COMMISSION, AN INDEPENDENT, NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT ACCREDITS AND CERTIFIES MORE THAN 19,000 HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS IN THE U.S., AWARDED HACKENSACKUMC WITH 17 GOLD SEALS OF APPROVAL. THE SEALS RECOGNIZE HACKENSACKUMC'S PERFORMANCE IN: ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, ASTHMA, BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, DEPRESSION PROGRAM, END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE, HEART FAILURE, HIP REPLACEMENT, INPATIENT DIABETES PROGRAM, KNEE REPLACEMENT, PEDIATRIC ASTHMA, PNEUMONIA DISEASE, PRIMARY STROKE CENTER, TRAUMA, BREAST CANCER, AND GERIATRIC DELIRIUM. PATIENT CARE MAGNET STATUS: HACKENSACKUMC RECEIVED ITS FOURTH MAGNET DESIGNATION FROM THE AMERICAN NURSES CREDENTIALING CENTER FOR NURSING EXCELLENCE (AN AWARD GIVEN EVERY FOUR YEARS) IN APRIL 2009. IN 1995, HACKENSACKUMC WAS FIRST IN NEW JERSEY TO RECEIVE MAGNET RECOGNITION FOR NURSING. EVERY ORGANIZATION HAS ITS HONORS AND AWARDS TO RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELD, THE PURSUIT OF THE HIGHEST VALUES, AND THE ATTAINMENT OF GOALS TO WHICH ALL OTHERS ASPIRE. IN NURSING, THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION THAT A HOSPITAL OR HACKENSACKUMC CAN ATTAIN IS THE AMERICAN NURSES CREDENTIALING CENTER'S MAGNET AWARD - AN AFFIRMATION THAT AN INSTITUTION ATTRACTS AND RETAINS WELL-QUALIFIED NURSES, UPHOLDS STRINGENT STANDARDS FOR NURSING PRACTICE, AND PROMOTES EXCEPTIONAL PATIENT CARE. TO BE A MAGNET HOSPITAL MEANS THAT A NEVER-ENDING CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE EXISTS AT HACKENSACKUMC. IT IS EVIDENT IN THE WAY WE CARE FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, RECOGNIZING THAT EACH PATIENT HAS INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, CONCERNS, AND WAYS OF COPING WITH ILLNESS. TO BE A MAGNET HOSPITAL MEANS THAT HACKENSACKUMC VALUES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITS NURSES AND SEEKS THEIR INPUT IN ALL ADMINISTRATIVE AND PATIENT CARE DECISIONS. TO BE A MAGNET HOSPITAL MEANS THAT OTHER LEADING HOSPITALS - SUCH AS MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, THE CLEVELAND CLINIC, AND JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL - TURN TO THEM FOR EXTENSIVE MENTORING. HACKENSACKUMC IS PROUD OF ITS MANY INNOVATIONS, TECHNOLOGIES, RESEARCH PROJECTS, AND MEDICAL EXPERTISE. BUT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST IS THE ENTITY THAT OFTEN MEANS THE MOST TO THE PATIENTS - UNPARALLELED NURSING EXCELLENCE THAT MAKES HACKENSACKUMC STAND TALL OVER ALL OTHERS. HACKENSACKUMC PURPOSE, GOAL, AND BELIEFS: PURPOSE - HACKENSACKUMC IS A TEAM COMMITTED TO PROVIDING AN EXCEPTIONAL PATIENT EXPERIENCE THROUGH QUALITY PATIENT-CENTERED CARE, EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. GOAL - QUALITY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AS THE NUMBER ONE, NON-NEGOTIABLE VALUE THAT DRIVES HACKENSACKUMC'S MISSION AND ACTIONS. HACKENSACKUMC INCORPORATES EMERGING BUSINESS MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS TO REFLECT A VISION THAT PUTS PATIENTS IN CHARGE. BELIEFS - HACKENSACKUMC IS GUIDED BY THE FOLLOWING BELIEFS: - QUALITY - ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT-CENTERED CARE AND SERVICE. - SERVICE - COMMITTING TO ANTICIPATE AND FULFILL THE NEEDS, REQUESTS, AND WISHES OF THE CUSTOMERS. - PATIENT - CENTERED CARE - PROVIDING CARE THAT IS COMPASSIONATE, EMPATHIC, AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS, VALUES, AND PREFERENCE OF INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS AND THE FAMILIES OF PATIENTS. - INNOVATION - ADVANCING THE DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE THROUGH THE USE OF CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND PROCESSES THAT ACHIEVE DESIRED OUTCOMES. - COMMUNICATION - PROVIDING TIMELY, RELIABLE INFORMATION WHICH RESULTS IN UNDERSTANDING. - INTEGRITY - ACTING IN A RESPONSIBLE AND ETHICAL MANNER. - PROFESSIONALISM - ACCEPTING INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN OUR ROLES, AS DEFINED BY THE STANDARDS OF THE PROFESSION. - RESPECT - LISTENING TO, AND VALUING, DIVERSE OPINIONS. - SATISFACTION - CREATING A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE, AND HEALING ENVIRONMENT THAT INSPIRES US TO EXCEED THE NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS OF PATIENTS, THE FAMILIES OF PATIENTS, PHYSICIANS, AND EMPLOYEES. MEDICAL SPECIALTIES/SERVICES: IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE ARRAY OF SECONDARY LEVEL PATIENT CARE, THE MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY SERVICES TO A WIDE REFERRAL AREA. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE: CARDIAC CARE: THE MEDICAL CENTER IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE PROVIDERS OF CARDIAC CARE IN THE STATE OFFERING A FULL-RANGE OF STATE-OF-THE-ART INVASIVE AND NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT SERVICES INCLUDING PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY WITH ULTRA FAST COMPUTERIZED ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY, NON-INVASIVE CARDIOLOGY LABORATORY, PACEMAKER CENTER, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION PROGRAM, CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PROGRAM, CARDIAC SURGERY, AND CARDIAC REHABILITATION. HACKENSACKUMC'S EIGHT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORIES ARE USING RADIO-FREQUENCY FOR TOTALLY BLOCKED ARTERIES, INTRACORONARY ULTRASOUND, AND NEURO-INTRAVASCULAR PROCEDURES. RECENTLY THE ABILITY TO TEMPORARILY PLACE A CATHETER-BASED HEART ASSIST DEVICE ALLOWS THE PERFORMANCE OF INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES EVEN IN THE HIGHEST-RISK PATIENTS. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY INCLUDES ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATIONS, LEAD EXTRACTIONS, AND ELECTRO ANATOMICAL MAPPING WITH CARDIOMERGE TECHNOLOGY. THE HEART CENTER IS AN OUTPATIENT CARDIAC DEPARTMENT THAT OFFERS STRESS TESTING, ECHOCARDIOGRAMS, HALTER MONITOR SERVICES, A PACEMAKER CENTER, ELECTRON-BEAM TOMOGRAPHY, ENHANCED EXTERNAL COUNTER PULSATION, AND OUTPATIENT DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES. A NEW PICTURE ARCHIVING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND REPORT-GENERATING SYSTEM HAS RECENTLY BEEN INSTALLED. THE NEW HEART AND VASCULAR HOSPITAL IS CHARTING THE FUTURE OF CARDIOVASCULAR CARE IN NEW JERSEY. HACKENSACKUMC HAS EMBARKED ON A MISSION TO RECRUIT THE VERY BEST CARDIOLOGISTS IN THE COMMUNITY TO ENHANCE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT SERVICES OFFERED AT THE NEW, CUTTING-EDGE HEART & VASCULAR HOSPITAL. THIS "HOSPITAL WITHIN A HOSPITAL" PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SPACE, SUPERIOR PATIENT CARE, AND ACCESS TO LEADING TECHNOLOGY. |
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CANCER CARE: THE JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER AT HACKENSACKUMC ("THE CANCER CENTER") IS NEW JERSEY'S LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE CENTER DEDICATED TO THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, MANAGEMENT, RESEARCH, SCREENINGS AND PREVENTIVE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH ALL TYPES OF CANCER, AND IS AMONG THE NATION'S TOP PROVIDERS IN PATIENT VOLUME. THE CANCER CENTER RECORDED APPROXIMATELY 55,448 ACTIVE TREATMENTS DURING 2013. EACH WEEK, APPROXIMATELY 150 NEW PATIENTS SEEK OUT HACKENSACKUMC'S SERVICES. ITS ADULT BLOOD AND MARROW STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAM, NOW ONE OF THE TOP IN THE UNITED STATES, TREATS MORE THAN 268 PATIENTS A YEAR. HOUSED WITHIN HACKENSACKUMC, THE CANCER CENTER PROVIDES STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES, COMPASSIONATE CARE, RESEARCH INNOVATIONS, MEDICAL EXPERTISE, AND A FULL RANGE OF AFTER CARE SERVICES THAT DISTINGUISH THE CANCER CENTER FROM OTHER FACILITIES. THE CANCER CENTER HAS EXPERIENCED STEADY GROWTH IN ITS CANCER CARE PROGRAMS. IT OFFERS PATIENTS ACCESS TO ONE OF FOURTEEN SPECIALIZED DIVISIONS: BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION, BREAST, GASTROINTESTINAL, GENITOURINARY, GYNECOLOGICAL, HEAD AND NECK, LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE, MULTIPLE MYELOMA, NEURO-ONCOLOGY, SKIN AND SARCOMA, SUPPLEMENTARY CARE AND PAIN MANAGEMENT, THORACIC, AND RESEARCH. IN ADDITION, IT IS ONE OF ONLY 50 PROGRAMS IN THE NATION DESIGNATED AS A COMMUNITY CLINICAL ONCOLOGY PROGRAM (CCOP) BY THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (NCI) OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. A CCOP IS A GROUP OF COMMUNITY HOSPITALS AND PHYSICIANS FUNDED BY A PEER-REVIEWED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN NCI-SPONSORED CANCER TREATMENT, PREVENTION, AND CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS. THE CANCER CENTER ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE RANGE OF ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CAPABILITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ONLY AT MAJOR HOSPITALS SUCH AS HACKENSACKUMC. THESE INCLUDE ALL TYPES OF IMAGING STUDIES, INCLUDING PET SCANNING, MRI, CT SCANNING, AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ADVANCED MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL DIAGNOSTICS, SUCH AS STEREOTACTIC BIOPSIES AND SENTINEL LYMPH NODE MAPPING; ROBOTIC AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STATE-OF-THE-ART RADIATION THERAPY, INCLUDING INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT), TOMOTHERAPY, IMPLANT AND HIGH-DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY, AND STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; NON-SURGICAL TREATMENTS, INCLUDING RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; ADVANCED CHEMOTHERAPY USING NEW MEDICATIONS AND COMBINATIONS; HORMONAL THERAPY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AND HIGHLY PROMISING IMMUNOTHERAPY USING VACCINES TO DESTROY CANCER CELLS. HOWEVER, AT THE CANCER CENTER, HACKENSACKUMC IS NOT SATISFIED TO PROVIDE THE MOST ADVANCED, STATE-OF-THE-ART SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TODAY. NOR IS IT SATISFIED TO PROVIDE CUTTING-EDGE BASIC RESEARCH, CLINICAL TRIALS, AND INNOVATIVE TREATMENT METHODS THAT ARE NOT FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE IN NEW JERSEY. WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING PEOPLE FACE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF THEIR LIVES - A DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER - HACKENSACKUMC REACHES BEYOND ITS FACILITIES, ITS EQUIPMENT, AND ITS TREATMENTS AND OFFERS PATIENTS THE BEST OF HACKENSACKUMC, THE CANCER CARE TEAM OF DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS. NO TREATMENT CAN WORK WITHOUT THE SKILLS, EXPERTISE, AND COMPASSION OF HACKENSACKUMC'S EXTRAORDINARY TEAM OF CANCER CARE EXPERTS. ITS MISSION TO PROVIDE EXTRAORDINARY CARE STARTS WITH EACH MEMBER OF ITS TEAM. HACKENSACKUMC PLEDGES TO PARTNER WITH PATIENTS IN THE FIGHT OF THEIR LIVES, AND TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO SUPPORT THEM DURING THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH HACKENSACKUMC. PATIENTS ARE NOT A NUMBER TO HACKENSACKUMC, BUT A MOTHER, FATHER, SISTER, BROTHER, AUNT, OR UNCLE. HACKENSACKUMC CARES FOR PATIENTS WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT AS HACKENSACKUMC MAKES THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER WITH PATIENTS. THE CANCER CENTER WORKS CLOSELY WITH SEVERAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE THAT OFFER DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CAPABILITIES THAT ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE AT OTHER CANCER FACILITIES IN NEW JERSEY. THESE INCLUDE THE WORLD-RENOWNED ADULT BLOOD AND MARROW STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAM; THE PROSTATE CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY; THE BETTY TORRICELLI INSTITUTE FOR BREAST CARE; THE INSTITUTE FOR RADIOSURGERY; THE COLON CANCER PREVENTION CENTER; AND THE DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY. THE CANCER CENTER IS THE FIRST CANCER CENTER IN NEW JERSEY TO ACQUIRE A NEW, CUTTING EDGE RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM THAT ENABLES A RADICALLY DIFFERENT APPROACH TO TREATING CANCER WITH IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY (IGRT) KNOWN AS THE TRUEBEAM SYSTEM. THIS STATE-OF-THE-ART RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM ALLOWS THE JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER TO OFFER EVEN FASTER TREATMENTS, ENHANCED ACCURACY, AND QUICKER IMAGING AT LOWER DOSES. BASIC RESEARCH: BASIC RESEARCH STUDIES AT THE CANCER CENTER AND HACKENSACKUMC'S ON-SITE DAVID JOSEPH JURIST RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOMORROWS CHILDREN ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO THE ORIGINS OF CANCER AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL, HOW AND WHY CELLS PROGRESS INTO CANCER, AND THE BASIC BIOLOGY OF GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE, A COMMON AND POTENTIALLY FATAL SIDE EFFECT OF STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION. STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IS USED TO TREAT HEMATOLOGICAL (BLOOD) CANCERS, SUCH AS LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA; CANCERS THAT INVOLVE SOLID TUMORS, SUCH AS BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER; SERIOUS BLOOD DISORDERS; AND IMMUNE SYSTEM DEFICIENCIES. CLINICAL TRIALS OFFER INNOVATIVE TREATMENTS: AS A WORLD-CLASS FACILITY AND ACADEMIC HOSPITAL, THE CANCER CENTER IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN CLINICAL TRIALS THAT BRING RESEARCH ADVANCES DIRECTLY TO PATIENTS. THE CANCER CENTER PARTICIPATES IN MORE THAN 100 INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS THAT GIVE PATIENTS ACCESS TO PROMISING INVESTIGATIONAL MEDICATIONS, TREATMENT PROTOCOLS, AND SURGICAL TECHNIQUES THAT ARE OFTEN NOT AVAILABLE AT OTHER FACILITIES IN NEW JERSEY. KEY AREAS OF CANCER RESEARCH THAT ARE CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE INCLUDE TARGETED THERAPIES THAT PINPOINT CANCER CELLS AND SPARE NORMAL CELLS, GENE THERAPY TO MUTATE CANCER, ADVANCES IN STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION, NEW COMBINATIONS OF CHEMOTHERAPY, NEW RADIATION ONCOLOGY CANCER CELLS AND SAFE VIRUSES TO MAKE VACCINES THAT COMBAT CANCER. BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAM: THE ADULT BLOOD AND MARROW STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAM PROVIDES AUTOLOGOUS AND ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN THE TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT AND NON-MALIGNANT DISEASES INCLUDING USE OF BONE MARROW, PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELLS, AND UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD STEM CELLS. THIS PROGRAM ALSO SERVES AS A COLLECTION FACILITY FOR NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM DONOR CENTERS. THE ADULT BLOOD AND MARROW STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAM, WAS THE FIRST CENTER IN THE COUNTRY TO RECEIVE A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT DISEASE SPECIFIC RECOGNITION BY THE JOINT COMMISSION (FORMERLY THE JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS, THE "JOINT COMMISSION") A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT ACCREDITS AND CERTIFIES OVER 15,000 HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES. AN AFFILIATION HAS BEEN FORMED WITH THE TRANSPLANT PROGRAM AT THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, WHICH ENABLES SHARING OF PROTOCOLS. THIS PROGRAM HAS OVER TWENTY-ONE OPEN TRANSPLANT PROTOCOLS IN USE AT THIS TIME AND EIGHT MORE AWAITING APPROVAL. THE INSTITUTE FOR BREAST CARE: STAFFED BY RADIOLOGISTS, PATHOLOGISTS, NURSES AND TECHNOLOGISTS SPECIALLY TRAINED IN BREAST CARE, THE INSTITUTE FOR BREAST CARE OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE BREAST DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE SCREENING AND DIAGNOSTIC MAMMOGRAPHY, BREAST ULTRASOUND, BREAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING ("MRI"), STEREOTACTIC GUIDED CORE BIOPSIES, ULTRASOUND GUIDED PROCEDURES (FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION AND CORE BIOPSY), NEEDLE LOCALIZATIONS FOR EXCISIONAL BIOPSIES, AND RADIOLOGIC SECOND OPINIONS. THE ONSITE PATHOLOGY LABORATORY PERMITS IMMEDIATE EVALUATION OF THE SPECIMENS WHEN NEEDED. THE INSTITUTE FOR BREAST CARE ALSO CONDUCTS BREAST CANCER RESEARCH, INCLUDING PREVENTION, AND PROVIDES PATIENT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND SUPPORT. |
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SPECIALIZED PEDIATRIC CARE: THE MEDICAL CENTER IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN ITS SERVICE AREA THAT OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY AND SUBSPECIALTY SERVICES AT ONE LOCATION. AS A RESULT OF ITS EXTENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES, THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS AN INSTITUTIONAL MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS, AS A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BY THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES (NJDHSS), AS A REGIONAL PERINATAL CENTER BY NJDHSS AND AS A REGIONAL DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTER FOR ABUSED CHILDREN BY THE LEGISLATURE OF NEW JERSEY. THE MEDICAL CENTER'S PEDIATRIC SERVICES AND PROGRAMS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, NEONATOLOGY AND PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCES, RHEUMATOLOGY, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, RENAL TRANSPLANTATION, NEPHROLOGY, GASTROENTEROLOGY, CARDIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, DERMATOLOGY, ENDOCRINOLOGY, CHILD DEVELOPMENT (AUTISM), AND THE ONLY BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT PROGRAM IN NEW JERSEY. THE MEDICAL CENTER IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN BERGEN COUNTY THAT IS DESIGNATED AS A REGIONAL PERINATAL CENTER. A REGIONAL PERINATAL CENTER PROVIDES ALL LEVELS OF PRE- AND POST-NATAL MEDICAL, SURGICAL, AND SUBSPECIALTY SERVICES FOR MOTHERS AND BABIES. THE MEDICAL CENTER IS EQUIPPED AND STAFFED TO HANDLE HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES AND COMPLICATIONS OF FULL-TERM AND PREMATURE NEWBORNS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES 24-HOUR, SEVEN-DAY-A-WEEK COVERAGE BY PERINATOLOGISTS, NEONATOLOGISTS, AND PEDIATRICIANS. THE MEDICAL CENTER OPERATES A NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU) WHICH PROVIDES 24-HOUR COVERAGE BY BOARD-CERTIFIED NEONATOLOGISTS. THE MEDICAL CENTER ALSO OPERATES A PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (PICU), WHICH PROVIDES CARE FOR CHILDREN WHO REQUIRE CRITICAL MONITORING AND INTENSIVE MEDICAL INTERVENTION. TRANSPORT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FOR CHILDREN FROM OUTLYING HOSPITALS WHO ARE REFERRED TO BOTH THE PICU AND THE NICU. AN ADJACENT PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY MONITORING UNIT TO THE PICU IS THE ONLY LEVEL 4 (THE HIGHEST LEVEL) EPILEPSY CENTER IN THE STATE ACCREDITED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EPILEPSY CENTERS. THE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA PROGRAM PROVIDES EMERGENCY CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH ACUTE ILLNESSES AND TRAUMATIC INJURIES. IT IS PHYSICALLY SEPARATE FROM THE ADULT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND IS STAFFED BY TRAINED PEDIATRIC PHYSICIANS AND NURSES. IN 2013, THERE WERE 32,180 VISITS TO THE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY ROOM. THE TOMORROW'S CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE FOR CANCER AND BLOOD DISORDERS PROVIDES SPECIALIZED CARE TO CHILDREN WITH HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY DISORDERS. THE INSTITUTE FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS. IT IS ALSO A STATE-FUNDED CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. THE PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY PROGRAM IS THE LARGEST IN THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA. THE PROGRAM PRIMARILY RECEIVES REFERRALS FROM PHYSICIANS IN BERGEN, HUDSON, AND PASSAIC COUNTIES BUT ALSO ATTRACTS PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY. THE MEDICAL CENTER IS A REGIONAL DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTER FOR ABUSED CHILDREN, AND IS ONE OF THREE SUCH CENTERS IN THE STATE. THIS CENTER IS HOUSED IN ITS OWN FACILITY, KNOWN AS AUDREY HEPBURN CHILDREN'S HOUSE, LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE MEDICAL CENTER. WHILE AT AUDREY HEPBURN CHILDREN'S HOUSE, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WHO ARE SUSPECTED VICTIMS OF ABUSE AND/OR NEGLECT RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES, AND UNDERGO EVALUATION BY A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT RATHER THAN UNDERGOING A TRAUMATIC PROCESS OF MULTIPLE EVALUATIONS IN A HOSPITAL SETTING. THE MEDICAL CENTER'S OTHER ASSOCIATED/SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN INCLUDE THE CJ FOUNDATION FOR SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME ("SIDS") AND THE NEW JERSEY SIDS CENTER, DEDICATED TO FUNDING RESEARCH INTO AND COUNSELING FAMILIES STRICKEN BY SIDS; THE MOLLY FOUNDATION FOR DIABETES RESEARCH, WHICH FUNDS RESEARCH IN THE TREATMENT AND POSSIBLE CURE FOR JUVENILE DIABETES; THE STEVEN AND RICHARD BADER IMMUNOLOGICAL CENTER, WHICH PROVIDES A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN WITH SUSPECTED OR PROVEN DIFFICULTIES IN FIGHTING INFECTION BECAUSE OF IMMUNE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS; AND THE JUDY CENTER FOR DOWN'S SYNDROME, WHICH PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH THIS GENETIC DISORDER. GERIATRIC CARE: ALMOST 40 PERCENT OF THE BED-DAYS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER ARE COVERED BY MEDICARE. GIVEN THE NEED TO PROVIDE PERSON-SPECIFIC RATHER THAN SITE-SPECIFIC CARE, THE GERIATRIC SERVICE CARES FOR ELDERS AT THE GERIATRIC CENTER, IN THE HOSPITAL, IN POST-ACUTE CARE AND LONG TERM CARE SETTINGS AND AT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION: THE MEDICAL CENTER PERFORMS ADULT KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS, PEDIATRIC KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS AND PANCREAS TRANSPLANTS (IN CONJUNCTION WITH KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS). THE KIDNEY AND PANCREAS TRANSPLANT PROGRAMS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER ARE THE ONLY SUCH PROGRAMS IN BERGEN, PASSAIC OR HUDSON COUNTY. IN 2013 THE MEDICAL CENTER PERFORMED 28 KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS/HARVESTS. THE CENTER FOR ALLERGY, ASTHMA AND IMMUNE DISEASES: THE CENTER OFFERS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND MANAGEMENT OF DISORDERS AND ILLNESSES OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. STAFFED BY A TEAM OF BOARD-CERTIFIED ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY SPECIALISTS, THE CENTER PROVIDES EXPERT CARE IN RESPIRATORY ALLERGIES, FOOD AND DRUG ALLERGIES, ASTHMA, PERSISTENT SINUSITIS AND OTHER RECURRENT INFECTIONS IN ONE LOCATION. SERVICES ALSO INCLUDE PATIENT EDUCATION PROVIDED BY CLINICAL NURSE EDUCATORS AND LICENSED NUTRITIONISTS; THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN CLINICAL RESEARCH TRIALS; DOUBLE BLIND ORAL FOOD CHALLENGES, ASPIRIN CHALLENGES AND DESENSITIZATION; AND ASSESSMENT OF MEDICATION REACTIONS. THE CENTER RECEIVED 13,500 VISITS IN 2013. UROLOGY AND UROLOGIC ONCOLOGY: THE DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE DIAGNOSTIC, THERAPEUTIC AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES FOR PATIENTS WITH BOTH MALIGNANT AND NONMALIGNANT GENITOURINARY DISORDERS. CENTERS FOR BLADDER, PROSTATE AND PELVIC FLOOR HEALTH, MALE REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE AND HUMAN SEXUALITY, ENDOUROLOGY AND STONE DISEASE, CRYOSURGERY, PEDIATRIC UROLOGY AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE UROLOGIC SURGERY ARE ESTABLISHED TO TREAT BOTH INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT POPULATIONS. THE DAVINCI ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM IS USED FOR UROLOGIC SURGERY AND FOR TRAINING OF SURGEONS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PROSTATE HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND AND FLUORESCENCE BASED CYSTOSCOPY FOR BLADDER CANCER. THE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATED IN CLINICAL TRIALS WITH PROVENGE, A NEWLY APPROVED DRUG FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER, AND IS USING NEW RADIATION BASED TECHNOLOGY WITH TRUE BEAM SOFTWARE AND WIRELESS RADIATION SENSORS KNOWN AS DVS. DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES: THE DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING DEPARTMENT PROVIDES A FULL SPECTRUM OF IMAGING SERVICES. THESE INCLUDE 3T (MAGNET STRENGTH) MRI, 64-SLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ("CT"), POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY ("PET/CT"), BREAST MRI, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, ULTRASOUND, AND DIGITAL X-RAY. THE DEPARTMENT OPERATES IN A FULLY INTEGRATED PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ("PACS"), A FILM-LESS ENVIRONMENT. PHYSICIANS CAN LOG INTO THE PACS REMOTELY TO VIEW IMAGING STUDIES ANYWHERE THERE IS INTERNET ACCESS. THE STAFF PERFORMS COMPLEX ADVANCED PROCEDURES SUCH AS CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY, CARDIAC MRI, AND ADVANCED PET/CT APPLICATIONS. ALL RADIOLOGISTS ARE FELLOWSHIP TRAINED IN VARIOUS SUBSPECIALTIES AND AN ATTENDING RADIOLOGIST (NOT A RESIDENT IN TRAINING) IS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES FOR INTERPRETATION AND CONSULTATION, PRODUCING VERY RAPID REPORT TURN-AROUND TIMES. EMERGENCY SERVICES/TRAUMA: THE JEFFREY M. CREAMER EMERGENCY/TRAUMA CENTER ("ETC") IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND TREATS ALL AGES AND ALL MEDICAL CONDITIONS. IN 2013, 50,336 PATIENTS VISITED THE ETD WHICH RESULTED IN 19,846 ADMISSIONS. THERE IS ALSO A SEPARATE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT THAT SAW 32,180 VISITS IN 2013, WHICH RESULTED IN 2,635 ADMISSIONS. THE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS STAFFED BY PHYSICIANS AND NURSES SPECIALTY-TRAINED IN PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE. THE TAKE-A-BREAK PROGRAM NOW SEEMS LIKE AN OBVIOUS IDEA. THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ACCOMPANY THEIR LOVED ONES TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS CAN ALMOST ALWAYS BENEFIT FROM A SHORT BREAK - WHETHER TO PICK KIDS UP AT SCHOOL, MAKE A FEW PHONE CALLS OR JUST GRAB A CUP OF COFFEE. WHEN THE PROPOSAL WAS FIRST MADE TO SET UP A NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS WHO COULD SUPPORT FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND REPRESENT THEM IN THEIR ABSENCE, THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE IT ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. TODAY 50 VOLUNTEERS COVER EACH OF THE EMERGENCY TRAUMA CENTER'S THREE SHIFTS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. |
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EMERGENCY SERVICES OPENED A SATELLITE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT HACKENSACKUMC NORTH IN OCTOBER 2008. SEE "HACKENSACKUMC AT PASCACK VALLEY" HEREIN. IN 2013, THIS SITE HAD 4,095 VISITS, WITH 172 ADMISSIONS SENT TO THE MEDICAL CENTER. HOWEVER BEGINNING ON JUNE 1, 2014, THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT HACKENSACKUMC NORTH IS BEING RUN BY HACKENSACKUMC AT PASCACK VALLEY. THE ETC IS DESIGNATED BY THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AS A LEVEL II TRAUMA CENTER. THE ETC IS ALSO CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS AND IS AN ACCREDITED CHEST PAIN CENTER AS PER THE SOCIETY OF CHEST PAIN CENTERS. SINCE 2006, THE ETC HAS RECEIVED $14.6 MILLION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM THAT WILL ENHANCE THE LEVEL OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. THE MOBILE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTOTYPE PRODUCED ENCOMPASSES TWO 7-BED MOBILE EMERGENCY TRAUMA UNITS, A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS VEHICLE AND A BIOLOGICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE VEHICLE. AMBULATORY SURGERY: THE MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES SAME DAY SURGERY SERVICES ON ITS MAIN CAMPUS IN THREE DISTINCT LOCATIONS; THE CENTER FOR AMBULATORY SURGERY, THE PEDIATRIC SURGICAL SUITE, AND THE CENTER FOR PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. SPECIALTIES INCLUDE DENTAL, GENERAL, PLASTIC, ORTHOPEDIC, PEDIATRIC, VASCULAR, GYNECOLOGICAL, UROLOGICAL AND PODIATRIC SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; AND OPHTHALMOLOGY. THE MEDICAL CENTER PERFORMED 16,125 SAME DAY SURGERIES IN 2013. RESEARCH: RESEARCH IS WHAT DISTINGUISHES HACKENSACKUMC FROM OTHER AREA COMMUNITY HOSPITALS. RESEARCH GIVES HACKENSACKUMC'S STAFF THE ABILITY TO EXPLORE THE NEWEST AND MOST PROMISING MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES. THIS PURSUIT GIVES HACKENSACKUMC AND OTHER ALLIED STAFF THE EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY TO EXPLORE NEW AND BETTER APPROACHES TO MEDICINE - TO UNCOVER AND DELIVER NOVEL TREATMENT BREAKTHROUGHS. RESEARCH CENTERS ATTRACT GIFTED PHYSICIANS AND SCIENTISTS WHO COLLABORATE WITH LEADING INVESTIGATORS IN THEIR FIELD. THIS IS TRUE OF RESEARCHERS AT HACKENSACKUMC. THE DAVID JOSEPH JURIST RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOMORROW'S CHILDREN IS A FIVE-STORY, 55,000-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING WHICH HOUSES THE DAVID AND ALICE JURIST INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH. THE RESEARCH CENTER CONSOLIDATES ALL OF HACKENSACKUMC'S ONGOING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES INTO ONE LOCATION. THE FACILITY ENHANCES THE TIRELESS WORK THAT THE HACKENSACKUMC'S SCIENTISTS AND PHYSICIAN-INVESTIGATORS ARE PURSUING AS PARTNERS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MULTI-CENTER TRIALS. HACKENSACKUMC PARTNERED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING CENTERS FOR RESEARCH ON THE DISEASE. HACKENSACKUMC PATIENTS WITH TYPE 1, OR JUVENILE DIABETES WILL TAKE PART IN A TRIAL IN WHICH INSULIN-PRODUCING ISLET CELLS ARE TRANSPLANTED TO THEIR ABDOMENS. THIS TRIAL HAS THE PROMISE OF BEING AN IMPORTANT STEP ON THE WAY TO A CURE FOR THIS DISEASE. THE RESEARCH CENTER IS ALSO HOME TO THE DEIRDRE IMUS ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY. THE JURIST INSTITUTE IS NAMED FOR DAVID JOSEPH JURIST, CO-PRESIDENT OF THE TOMORROW'S CHILDREN'S FUND FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER AND THE FATHER OF EILEEN JURIST, WHO WAS TREATED FOR HODGKIN'S DISEASE AT HACKENSACKUMC'S TOMORROW'S CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE FOR CANCER AND BLOOD DISORDERS. MR. JURIST AND HIS WIFE, ALICE, ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN ALL OF THE TOMORROW'S CHILDREN'S FUND INITIATIVES. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAVID JOSEPH JURIST RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOMORROW'S CHILDREN INCLUDE LABORATORIES FOR BASIC AND CLINICAL RESEARCH; ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES; A "VIVARIUM"; STATE-OF-THE-ART OPERATING ROOMS; AND A LECTURE HALL EQUIPPED WITH AUDIO-VISUAL TECHNOLOGY AND A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. SCIENTISTS AND PHYSICIANS AT HACKENSACKUMC FREQUENTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DISEASES, MEDICAL CONDITIONS, TREATMENT ADVANCES, TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS, QUALITY-OF-LIFE ISSUES, AND OTHER PERTINENT RESEARCH ISSUES THROUGH PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS, ABSTRACTS, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND OTHER WRITTEN MATERIALS. SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE HACKENSACKUMC'S MISSION AND A VITAL COMPONENT OF THE WORLD-CLASS CARE AVAILABLE AT HACKENSACKUMC. HACKENSACKUMC'S CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAMS HAVE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE OPENING IN 2000 OF THE DAVID JOSEPH JURIST RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOMORROW'S CHILDREN. RESEARCH STUDIES GREW FROM 75 IN 1987 TO TODAY'S 709 OPEN PROTOCOLS. HACKENSACKUMC PROTOCOLS ARE SUPPORTED BY SOME OF THE NATION'S TOP FUNDING SOURCES, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, AND THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, AND FROM PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONS SUCH AS PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES. IN 2013, $5,961,777 WAS RECEIVED FOR RESEARCH STUDIES. RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION: THE DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH CONSOLIDATES ALL BASIC AND CLINICAL RESEARCH THAT IS UNDER WAY AT HACKENSACKUMC. THE DEPARTMENT CENTRALIZES THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF RESEARCH, INCLUDING FINANCIAL, LEGAL, AND PROFESSIONAL OVERSIGHT, AND GUIDES THE INVESTIGATOR THROUGH THE MAZE OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REGULATION. RESEARCH PARTNERS: SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY THROUGH RESEARCH IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF HACKENSACKUMC'S MISSION. RESEARCH AT HACKENSACKUMC IS CONDUCTED IN NEARLY EVERY FIELD, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PEDIATRIC AND ADULT CANCERS, CHILDHOOD DISEASES, CARDIOLOGY, ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY, ORTHOPEDICS, UROLOGY, PULMONARY MEDICINE, NEUROLOGY, AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES. INVESTIGATORS AT HACKENSACKUMC COLLABORATE WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS AT OTHER HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS AND RESEARCH FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK ("CUNY") MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER, AND ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY. OUTSTANDING RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS ALSO ARISE FROM HACKENSACKUMC'S ROLE AS A MAJOR TEACHING AFFILIATE OF UMDNJ-NJMS. HACKENSACKUMC IS DESIGNATED BY THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AS A COMMUNITY CLINICAL ONCOLOGY PROGRAM SITE, ONE OF ONLY 50 IN THE NATION AND THE ONLY SUCH PROGRAM IN NEW JERSEY. CLINICAL TRIALS, PROTOCOL STUDIES, AND CANCER CONTROL GROUP RESEARCH ARE CONDUCTED THROUGH THE EASTERN COOPERATIVE ONCOLOGY GROUP, THE SOUTHWEST ONCOLOGY GROUP, THE CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY GROUP, THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER CANCER CENTER, AND THE NATIONAL SURGICAL ADJUVANT BREAST AND BOWEL PROJECT. OUTLOOK: HACKENSACKUMC, A NONPROFIT ACADEMIC, RESEARCH AND MEDICAL CENTER, IS THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES IN NEW JERSEY. IT WAS THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN NEW JERSEY AND SECOND IN THE NATION TO BECOME A MAGNET RECOGNIZED HOSPITAL FOR NURSING EXCELLENCE. HACKENSACKUMC IS THE HOMETOWN HOSPITAL OF THE NEW YORK GIANTS AND THE NEW YORK RED BULLS, AND REMAINS COMMITTED TO ITS COMMUNITY THROUGH FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. UNDER ROBERT C. GARRETT'S LEADERSHIP, HACKENSACKUMC RANKS AMONG THE BEST HOSPITALS IN THE NATION AND ENJOYS NUMEROUS CLINICAL, RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS WITH WORLD-RENOWNED PARTNERS. IN MAY 2012, HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK BROKE GROUND ON ITS EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA CENTER (ETC) CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AN APPROXIMATE $45 MILLION PROJECT THAT IS EXPECTED TO SPAN THREE YEARS. ONCE COMPLETE, THE ETC PROJECT WILL CONVERT THE NETWORK'S EXISTING SEMI-PRIVATE CURTAINED CUBICLES INTO PRIVATE TREATMENT SUITES, INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE ETC, AND OFFER SPECIALTY CARE AREAS FOR CARDIAC, CANCER, GERIATRICS AND TRAUMA PATIENTS. INITIAL PHASES OF THIS PROJECT REMAINS ON TARGET TO BE COMPLETED BY THE SPRING OF 2014. IN EARLY 2014, HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK OPENED FITNESS & WELLNESS: POWERED BY THE GIANTS; A NEW, STATE-OF-THE-ART WELLNESS CENTER IN MAYWOOD, NJ. THIS DYNAMIC CENTER IS THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN NEW JERSEY. FITNESS & WELLNESS FEATURES AN INDOOR AQUATIC CENTER, MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD, PHYSICAL THERAPY AND REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT, STATE-OF-THE-ART GYM AND MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES. |
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WHO HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER BENEFITS TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION: HACKENSACKUMC IS RECOGNIZED BY THE IRS AS AN INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C) (3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. PURSUANT TO ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES, HACKENSACKUMC PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS IN A NON-DISCRIMINATORY MANNER REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION OR ABILITY TO PAY. MOREOVER, HACKENSACKUMC OPERATES CONSISTENTLY WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA OUTLINED IN IRS REVENUE RULING 69-545: 1. HACKENSACKUMC PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY, INCLUDING CHARITY CARE, SELF-PAY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PATIENTS. 2. HACKENSACKUMC OPERATES AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TRAUMA CENTER FOR ALL PERSONS, WHICH IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS PER YEAR. 3. HACKENSACKUMC MAINTAINS AN OPEN MEDICAL STAFF, WITH PRIVILEGES AVAILABLE TO ALL QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS. 4. CONTROL OF HACKENSACKUMC RESTS WITH ITS BOARD OF GOVERNORS WHICH IS COMPRISED OF INDEPENDENT CIVIC LEADERS AND OTHER PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. 5. SURPLUS FUNDS ARE USED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE, EXPAND AND RENOVATE FACILITIES, AND ADVANCE MEDICAL CARE, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. HACKENSACKUMC'S STANDING AS ONE OF NEW JERSEY'S AND THE NATION'S HEALTHCARE LEADERS IS DRIVEN BY A COMMITMENT TO QUALITY. AT HACKENSACKUMC, QUALITY MEANS ALWAYS STRIVING TO DELIVER THE BEST MEDICINE TO ITS PATIENTS. IT MEANS ALWAYS RE-EVALUATING THE DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE TO ENSURE THAT HIGH STANDARDS ARE ACHIEVED. IT MEANS NEVER TURNING AWAY FROM A COMMUNITY NEED, BUT INSTEAD REDOUBLING EFFORTS AND COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO THOSE NEEDS. TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES, FREE CARE AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT: CONSISTENT WITH REVENUE RULING 69-545 AND PROVIDING MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS AS OUTLINED ABOVE AND IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS EXEMPT PURPOSES, HACKENSACKUMC PROVIDES A WIDE ARRAY OF SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING VARIOUS COMMUNITY-BASED SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS, SUCH AS FREE CLINICS, HEALTH SCREENINGS, TRAUMA SERVICES, TRAINING FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL, SOCIAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT COUNSELING FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES, PASTORAL CARE, CRISIS INTERVENTION, AND TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM HACKENSACKUMCUMC. ADDITIONALLY, A LARGE NUMBER OF HEALTH-RELATED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING HEALTH ENHANCEMENTS AND WELLNESS, CLASSES ON SPECIFIC CONDITIONS, MEDICAL EDUCATION, TELEPHONE INFORMATION SERVICES, AND PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE GENERAL STANDARDS OF THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY. HACKENSACKUMC ALSO PROVIDES MEDICAL CARE WITHOUT CHARGE OR AT REDUCED COSTS TO RESIDENTS OF ITS COMMUNITY WHO MEET THE CRITERIA UNDER THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY PUBLIC LAW 1992 (CHAPTER 160) SYSTEM FOR CHARITY CARE AND ALSO INCURS BAD DEBTS. INCLUDED IN HACKENSACKUMC'S DEFINITION OF CHARITY CARE ARE THE FOLLOWING: (A) SERVICES PROVIDED AT NO CHARGE TO THE UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED AND (B) SERVICES PROVIDED TO PATIENTS EXPRESSING WILLINGNESS TO PAY BUT WHO ARE DETERMINED TO BE UNABLE TO PAY BECAUSE OF SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS. HACKENSACKUMC MAINTAINS RECORDS TO IDENTIFY AND MONITOR THE LEVEL OF CHARITY CARE IT PROVIDES. SUCH FORGONE CHARGES AMOUNTED TO APPROXIMATELY $268,296,627 IN 2013. THE NEW JERSEY HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 1992 PROVIDED FOR CERTAIN SUBSIDY PAYMENTS FROM THE STATE TO QUALIFIED HOSPITALS TO PARTIALLY FUND UNCOMPENSATED CARE AND CERTAIN OTHER COSTS. SUBSIDY PAYMENTS RECOGNIZED AS REVENUE AMOUNTED TO APPROXIMATELY $9,183,544 IN 2013; HOWEVER AS MORE FULLY OUTLINED BELOW ESTIMATED COSTS RELATING TO PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT INSURANCE TOTALED APPROXIMATELY $64,374,299; FOR A NET DEFICIT OF APPROXIMATELY $55,190,755. BASED UPON THESE STATISTICS HACKENSACKUMC HAD APPROXIMATELY THE EIGHTH LARGEST CHARITY CARE PROGRAM IN THE STATE IN TERMS OF CHARITY CARE DOLLARS STATED AT MEDICAID RATES AND THE LARGEST NET LOSS OF ALL NEW JERSEY HOSPITALS FROM THE CHARITY PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY WITH A LOSS OF $54,118,751. IN ADDITION, HACKENSACKUMC PAID THE HIGHEST HOSPITAL PROVIDER TAXES TO THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY FOR THE FUNDING OF CHARITY CARE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE; IN 2013 HACKENSACKUMCUMC'S PAYMENTS TOTALED $8,044,415. DURING 2013 HACKENSACKUMC, THROUGH ITS AFFILIATION WITH UMDNJ, ALSO HAD THE ONE OF THE LARGEST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY WITH 145 MEDICAL AND DENTAL RESIDENTS IN VARIOUS MEDICAL SPECIALTIES. COMMUNITY BENEFIT CONTINUED: HACKENSACKUMC'S OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO BENEFIT A WIDE CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH NO INSURANCE OR ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE NECESSARY MEDICAL SERVICES AND TREATMENT. HACKENSACKUMC ALSO HAS A PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH NO INSURANCE WHICH LIMITS THE AMOUNTS TO BE BILLED TO NO MORE THAN THE MEDICARE FEE SCHEDULE FOR INPATIENT SERVICES AND TWO TIMES THE MEDICARE FEE SCHEDULE FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES. THIS DISCOUNT PROGRAM IS OFFERED TO ALL INDIVIDUALS WITH NO INSURANCE. THERE IS NO APPLICATION OR MEANS TESTING. FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO CANNOT AFFORD THESE FEES, THERE ARE MEANS TESTED DISCOUNTS WHICH CAN REDUCE BILLS TO ZERO. COMMUNITY BENEFIT - COSTS: FOR PURPOSES OF FORM 990, SCHEDULE H REPORTING AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT IRS RULES AND REGULATIONS, HACKENSACKUMC UTILIZED THE CATHOLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION ("CHA") MODEL WHEN QUANTIFYING COMMUNITY BENEFIT COSTS. UNDER THE CHA METHODOLOGY FOR QUANTIFYING COMMUNITY BENEFIT COSTS, HACKENSACKUMC'S 2013 NET COMMUNITY BENEFIT COSTS WERE APPROXIMATELY $95,998,532 OR APPROXIMATELY 8.37% OF ITS TOTAL 2013 EXPENSES. THE CHA METHODOLOGY DOES NOT INCLUDE MEDICARE SHORTFALLS AND CERTAIN COSTS RELATED TO BAD DEBT. UTILIZING THE MODEL ADOPTED BY THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION ("AHA"), WHICH HACKENSACKUMC BELIEVES MORE CLEARLY REPRESENTS ACTUAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT, WHEN QUANTIFYING ITS ESTIMATED TOTAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT COSTS FOR THE 2013 YEAR WOULD RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER COMMUNITY BENEFIT PERCENTAGE. UNDER THE AHA MODEL, A HOSPITAL MAY INCLUDE BOTH MEDICARE SHORTFALLS (THE AMOUNT BY WHICH THE COSTS EXCEED REIMBURSEMENTS) AND COSTS RELATED TO BAD DEBT. UNDER THE AHA MODEL DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2013, HACKENSACKUMC INCURRED NET COMMUNITY BENEFIT COSTS OF APPROXIMATELY $214,751,613; WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 17.36% OF ITS TOTAL 2013 EXPENSES. NET COSTS MEANS COSTS AFTER ALL ASSOCIATED REIMBURSEMENTS. HACKENSACKUMC ALSO PAID DIRECTLY $3,625,680 IN REAL ESTATE TAXES DURING 2013. COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS: BUILDING A STRONG COMMUNITY: HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HELPS TO BUILD A STRONG, SAFE COMMUNITY BY INVESTING IN A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS TO IMPROVE HOUSING AND THE ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOP BUSINESSES, SUPPORT COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENTS, MENTOR CHILDREN, BUILD COALITIONS, AND INCREASE THE WORKFORCE. THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS: HACKENSACKUMC UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER BELIEVES WE ARE ALL PART OF ONE LARGER COMMUNITY - ONE DEDICATED TO PROGRESSING EVEN FURTHER IN OUR MISSIONS OF HEALTHCARE, COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND RESEARCH, ONE THAT BRINGS HEALTHCARE DIRECTLY INTO THE COMMUNITY IF NEEDED. PROMOTING A HEALTHY COMMUNITY: HACKENSACKUMC IS COMMITTED TO OUR COMMUNITY'S EDUCATION AND WELLNESS. THROUGH OUR SPEAKERS BUREAU AND HEALTH AWARENESS REGIONAL PROGRAM (HARP), WE WORK WITH LOCAL CITY AGENCIES, SCHOOLS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS. SPEAKERS TOPICS INCLUDED: NUTRITION, GRANDPARENTING, AIDS AWARENESS, HEART HEALTH, STRESS, DIABETES, KEEPING YOUR MIND SHARP, CANCER PREVENTION, FOOD ALLERGIES AND MEDICATION INTERACTIONS. (REFERENCED IN SCHEDULE H). MANY HEALTH FAIR BOOTHS WERE RELATED TO: BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS, FITNESS & NUTRITION, RUN HEALTH, FLU SHOOTS AND SUN SAFETY. (REFERENCED IN SCHEDULE H). ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS: HACKENSACKUMC CONTRIBUTED TO OTHER COMMUNITY- BASED ACTIVITIES SUCH AS: MELANOMA AWARENESS PREVENTION CAMPAIGN, CANCER AWARENESS PROGRAMS EDUCATED 4,060 STUDENTS ON SUN SAFE BEHAVIORS, TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH, CHRONIC DISEASE SELF MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, PROJECT HEALTHY BONES, CORPORATIONS, HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMS, LOCAL HEALTH AGENCY PARTNERSHIP, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, HAVE F.U.N. IN GARFIELD AND FLU IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS. 2013 CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS: HACKENSACKUMC ASSISTS AND CONTRIBUTES TO MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. SOME OF THE NOTED SPONSORS ARE AS FOLLOWS: MORRIS ARTS, AWCA, THE GIANTS FOUNDATION, GILDA CLUB NORTHERN NJ, PARNTERS FOR HEALTH, DEMAEREST PTO, HACKENSACK BLUE & GOLD SCHOLARSHIP FUND, AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION AND BERGEN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (REFERENCED IN SCHEDULE H). |
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HACKENSACKUMC'S AIDS OUTREACH PROGRAM SPONSORED A WORLD AIDS DAY CONFERENCE. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM BERGEN, PASSAIC AND HUDSON COUNTIES ATTENDED THE PREVENTION-FOCUSED CONFERENCE ENTITLED, "GETTING BACK TO ZERO," WHICH ADDRESSED WAYS YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BE PROACTIVE IN ENDING THE AIDS EPIDEMIC. IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE SANDY, HACKENSACKUMC HAS BEEN PROVIDING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO NUMEROUS COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. SPECIFICALLY, IT HAS DEPLOYED THE NEW JERSEY MOBILE SATELLITE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (NJ-MSED) UNITS TO BERGEN, OCEAN AND SOMERSET COUNTIES. HACKENSACKUMC WAS THE PRESENTING SPONSOR FOR THE SHOPS AT RIVERSIDE'S MONTH-LONG PAINT THE MALL PINK INITIATIVE. ONE OF THE EVENTS INCLUDED A FASHION SHOW, IN WHICH THE MODELS WERE BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS, FEATURING APPAREL FROM STORES AT THE SHOPS AT RIVERSIDE. A WOMEN'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR FEATURED A WIDE VARIETY OF INFORMATIVE INTERACTIVE AND ENGAGING HEALTH EXHIBITS SHOWCASING WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE SERVICES OFFERED AT HACKENSACKUMC. HACKENSACKUMC'S HEART & VASCULAR HOSPITAL HAS FORMED AN ALLIANCE WITH THE ACTIVE INTERNATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE AT GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, A MEMBER OF BON SECOURS CHARITY HEALTH SYSTEM. THE NEW RELATIONSHIP WILL INCREASE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TWO AWARD-WINNING CARDIAC AND VASCULAR CENTERS TO IMPROVE THE SERVICES AND CARE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITIES OF ROCKLAND AND ORANGE COUNTIES. BIKERS RODE IN FULL FORCE TO SUPPORT HACKENSACKUMC'S PATIENTS AND PROGRAMS IN THE HACKENSACKUMC FOUNDATION'S 13TH ANNUAL MOTORCYCLE CHARITY RUN. BREAKING A RAINY STREAK THAT PERSISTED THE PAST FEW YEARS, SKIES WERE SUNNY AND THE PAVEMENT WAS DRY AS MORE THAN 600 BIKERS TOOK TO THE STREETS FOR A GREAT CAUSE. IN ALL, WHETHER THEY RODE A MOTORCYCLE OR JUST CAME TO ENJOY THE DAY, MORE THAN 800 PEOPLE JOINED IN THE EVENT THAT RAISED $487,000. THE TRAUMA/SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE AND INJURY PREVENTION SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY AT HACKENSACKUMC HOSTED ITS 10TH ANNUAL SPRING HIGH SCHOOL TRAFFIC SAFETY CHALLENGE SEATBELT AWARDS CEREMONY LUNCHEON FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOLS. THE HACKENSACKUMC FOUNDATION WAS A PROUD SPONSOR OF THE SECOND ANNUAL ZABRANSKY HUGHES MEMORIAL RUN/WALK, HELD ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH IN SADDLE RIVER, NJ. WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH TITLE SPONSOR MCGRAW COMMUNICATIONS, THE RUN ATTRACTED ALMOST 800 COMPETITORS FROM ACROSS NEW JERSEY TO WALK AND RUN IN SUPPORT OF SUSAN ZABRANSKY HUGHES, A LONG-TIME SADDLE RIVER MOM WHO LOST HER BATTLE WITH CANCER IN JULY 2011 AT THE AGE OF 46. HACKENSACKUMC SUPPORTS BERGEN COUNTY MARCH OF DIMES WALK. MORE THAN 900 PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF BERGEN COUNTY'S ANNUAL MARCH FOR BABIES WALK TO BENEFIT THE MARCH OF DIMES FOUNDATION. THE EVENT RAISED MORE THAN $140,000 FOR THE FOUNDATION. GIVING BACK: NJ DEVILS PLAYERS SPREAD HOLIDAY CHEER AT THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN HACKENSACK. NEW JERSEY DEVILS PLAYERS VISITED PEDIATRIC PATIENTS AT THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. MATT TAORMINA, DAINIUS ZUBRUS AND CAM JANSSEN PRESENTED PATIENTS WITH GIFTS AND SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS. HACKENSACKUMC'S NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE AND THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PRESENTED ITS THIRD ANNUAL PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY SYMPOSIUM. MEMBERS OF HACKENSACKUMC AS WELL AS THE FORGET ME NOT FOUNDATION TOOK PART IN THE RESOLVE THROUGH TRAINING CONFERENCE AT HACKENSACKUMC. THIRTY HACKENSACKUMC STAFF MEMBERS ATTENDED THE TRAINING TO ENABLE THEM TO CARE FOR THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED A FETAL DEATH. THE EVENT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE FORGET ME NOT FOUNDATION. HACKENSACKUMC HOSTED ITS 23RD ANNUAL MEDICAL AND DENTAL STAFF SCHOLARSHIP CEREMONY. AT THE CEREMONY, 10 $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS WERE AWARDED. HACKENSACKUMC IS PROUD TO BE THE ONLY SITE IN BERGEN COUNTY OFFERING SAFE SITTER TRAINING, A ONE-DAY BABYSITTING COURSE FOR TEENS AGES 11 TO 13. THE HACKENSACKUMC EMERGENCY COMMUNITY OPERATIONS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT DONATED AN AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (AED) TO THE FIRST SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH OF TEANECK, NEW JERSEY. THE JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER AT HACKENSACKUMC, ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP 50 CANCER CENTERS, HOSTED ITS NINTH ANNUAL NEURO-ONCOLOGY SYMPOSIUM. EXPERTS FROM MD ANDERSON, MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER, PENN STATE MILTON S. HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER, AND THE CLEVELAND CLINIC WILL PRESENT ADVANCES IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE FOR CANCERS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. THE HACKENSACKUMC CLERKSHIP DIRECTORS FOR ST.GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (SGUSOM) ATTENDED THE ANNUAL CLINICAL MEETINGS IN GRENADA AND A SCHOLARSHIP BREAKFAST WITH PRIOR RECIPIENTS OF THE HACKENSACKUMC SGUSOM SCHOLARSHIP. WWE SUPERSTARS & NEW YORK GIANTS VISIT PEDIATRIC PATIENTS AT THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. PEDIATRIC PATIENTS IN THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL RECEIVED SURPRISE VISITS BY WWE (WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT) SUPERSTARS AND DIVAS BRODUS CLAY, TENSAI, CAMERON AND NAOMI WHO TOOK TIME OUT FOR A VISIT BEFORE THEIR WRESTLEMANIA EXTRAVAGANZA IN EARLY APRIL. THE WWE TEAM WAS ALSO JOINED BY NEW YORK GIANTS LINEBACKER MARK HERZLICH AND GIANTS LEGEND GEORGE MARTIN. HACKENSACKUMC IS THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY TO PARTNER WITH RECYCLING PIONEER TERRACYCLE TO KEEP DIFFICULT-TO-RECYCLE ITEMS SUCH AS KEYBOARDS AND MICE, DIAPER PACKAGING, CHIP BAGS AND WRITING UTENSILS OUT OF LANDFILLS. TERRACYCLE WILL RECYCLE THE ITEMS INTO AFFORDABLE, ECO-FRIENDLY CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS. AS PART OF ITS CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY, HACKENSACKUMC HAS LAUNCHED A NEW RECYCLING STATION IN ITS MAIN CAF, AND HAS ELIMINATED THE USE OF STYROFOAM FOOD WARE CAMPUS-WIDE. |
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EXPENSES INCURRED IN PROVIDING VARIOUS OTHER MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS IN A NON-DISCRIMINATORY MANNER REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION OR ABILITY TO PAY. |
| CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION A; QUESTION 2 |
J. FLETCHER CREAMER, JR. AND JOSEPH M. SANZARI - BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. |
| CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION A; QUESTION 4 |
THE ORGANIZATION AMENDED ITS BYLAWS TO REFLECT A CHANGE IN THE STRUCTURE OF ITS AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE. DURING 2013, THE ORGANIZATION NO LONGER MAINTAINED ITS OWN SEPARATE AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE. THE ORGANIZATION NOW REPORTS TO THE AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE OF HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ("HUHN"). HUHN IS HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER'S SOLE CORPORATE MEMBER AND IS THE TAX-EXEMPT PARENT OF AN INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. |
| CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION B; QUESTION 11B |
THE ORGANIZATION IS AN AFFILIATE OF HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, INC. ("NETWORK") AND AFFILIATES; A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM ("SYSTEM"). THE ORGANIZATION'S FEDERAL FORM 990 WAS PROVIDED TO EACH VOTING MEMBER OF ITS GOVERNING BODY, ITS BOARD OF GOVERNORS, PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ("IRS") AND FOLLOWING A REVIEW BY THE NETWORK'S AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE. THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF GOVERNORS HAS ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITY TO OVERSEE, REVIEW AND APPROVE THE FEDERAL FORM 990, INCLUDING THE PREPARATION, REVIEW AND FILING PROCESS. AS PART OF THE TAX RETURN PREPARATION PROCESS THE ORGANIZATION HIRED A PROFESSIONAL CPA FIRM WITH EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN BOTH HEALTHCARE AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT TAX RETURN PREPARATION TO PREPARE THE FEDERAL FORM 990. THE CPA FIRM'S TAX PROFESSIONALS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCE PERSONNEL AND VARIOUS OTHER INDIVIDUALS OF THE ORGANIZATION TO OBTAIN THE INFORMATION NEEDED IN ORDER TO PREPARE A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE TAX RETURN. THE CPA FIRM PREPARED A DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 AND FURNISHED IT TO THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCE PERSONNEL AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR REVIEW. THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCE PERSONNEL AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS REVIEWED THE DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 AND DISCUSSED QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS WITH THE CPA FIRM. REVISIONS WERE MADE TO THE DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 WHERE NECESSARY AND A FINAL DRAFT WAS FURNISHED BY THE CPA FIRM TO THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCE PERSONNEL AND VARIOUS OTHER INDIVIDUALS FOR FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO PRESENTATION OF THE FEDERAL FORM 990 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NETWORK'S AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE AND THEREAFTER TO EACH VOTING MEMBER OF ITS GOVERNING BODY PRIOR TO FILING WITH IRS. |
| CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION B; QUESTION 12 |
THE ORGANIZATION REGULARLY MONITORS AND ENFORCES COMPLIANCE WITH ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. ANNUALLY ALL MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF GOVERNORS, OFFICERS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE EXISTING CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND COMPLETE A QUESTIONNAIRE. THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES ARE RETURNED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR REVIEW. THEREAFTER THE CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER PREPARES A SUMMARY OF THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES WHICH CONTAINS INFORMATION DISCLOSED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. THE ORGANIZATION'S CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER THEN PRESENTS THIS SUMMARY TO THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE FOR ITS REVIEW AND DISCUSSION. |
| CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION B; QUESTION 15 |
HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER ("HACKENSACKUMC") IS AN AFFILIATE WITHIN HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK AND AFFILIATES; A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM ("SYSTEM"). HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ("HUHN") IS THE TAX-EXEMPT PARENT OF THE SYSTEM AND THE SOLE MEMBER OF HACKENSACKUMC. HUHN'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS AN EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE ("COMMITTEE"). THE COMMITTEE HAS ADOPTED A WRITTEN EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY WHICH IT FOLLOWS WHEN IT REVIEWS AND APPROVES OF THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS OF THE SYSTEM'S SENIOR MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER. THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE "TOTAL COMPENSATION" OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHICH IS INTENDED TO INCLUDE BOTH CURRENT AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND ALL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, BOTH QUALIFIED AND NON-QUALIFIED. THE COMMITTEE CONDUCTS ITS REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS AT LEAST ANNUALLY OVER SEVERAL MEETINGS, AND APPROVES ONLY "TOTAL COMPENSATION" THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS CONCLUDED DOES NOT EXCEED WHAT THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERS TO BE REASONABLE COMPENSATION. THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURES AND CONDUCTS ITS REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS SO AS TO QUALIFY FOR THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF REASONABLENESS UNDER THE INTERMEDIATE SANCTIONS RULES OF FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAW. THIS REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS APPLIES TO ALL FORMS OF COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PROVIDED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM. THE THREE FACTORS WHICH MUST BE SATISFIED IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF REASONABLENESS ARE THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT IS APPROVED IN ADVANCE BY AN "AUTHORIZED BODY" OF THE APPLICABLE TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION WHICH IS COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT HAVE A "CONFLICT OF INTEREST" WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT; 2. THE AUTHORIZED BODY OBTAINED AND RELIED UPON "APPROPRIATE DATA AS TO COMPARABILITY" PRIOR TO MAKING ITS DETERMINATION; AND 3. THE AUTHORIZED BODY "ADEQUATELY DOCUMENTED THE BASIS FOR ITS DETERMINATION" CONCURRENTLY WITH MAKING THAT DETERMINATION. THE COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, EACH OF WHOM IS "DISINTERESTED" AS DEFINED BY THE IRS IN ITS REGULATIONS DESCRIBING THIS STANDARD. THE COMMITTEE RELIED UPON APPROPRIATE COMPARABLE DATA; SPECIFICALLY THE COMMITTEE OBTAINED A WRITTEN COMPENSATION STUDY FROM AN INDEPENDENT FIRM WHICH SPECIALIZES IN THE REVIEW OF HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEM EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THIS DETAILED STUDY USES COMPARABLE GEOGRAPHIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC MARKET DATA FOR TAX-EXEMPT HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS OF A SIMILAR LEVEL OF NET ANNUAL OPERATING REVENUE IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC REGION. NO DATA FROM ANY FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES IS USED. THE COMMITTEE ADEQUATELY DOCUMENTED ITS BASIS FOR ITS DETERMINATION THROUGH THE TIMELY PREPARATION OF WRITTEN MINUTES OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE MEETINGS DURING WHICH THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS WAS REVIEWED AND SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED. THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS USED BY THE COMMITTEE, INCLUDING ALL ACTIONS DESIGNED TO QUALIFY FOR THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF REASONABLENESS, IS APPLIED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM OF THE SYSTEM, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED 'DISQUALIFIED PERSONS' UNDER THE INTERMEDIATE SANCTIONS RULES. IN ADDITION TO RELYING ON MARKET DATA, THE COMMITTEE APPLIES A WIDE RANGE OF BUSINESS JUDGMENT FACTORS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE, INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION FACTORS, AND THE UNIQUE DEMANDS OF PARTICULAR POSITIONS. |
| CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION C; QUESTION 19 |
THE ORGANIZATION HAS ISSUED TAX-EXEMPT BONDS TO FINANCE VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, RENOVATIONS AND EQUIPMENT. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THESE TAX-EXEMPT BONDS, THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE INCLUDED WITH THE TAX-EXEMPT BOND PROSPECTUS AND ARE, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR REVIEW. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION'S FILED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND ANY AMENDMENTS CAN BE OBTAINED AND REVIEWED THROUGH THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO MAKES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC VIA ITS WEBSITE, WWW.HACKENSACKUMC.ORG, ITS COMPLIANCE PLAN DOCUMENTS, CODE OF CONDUCT AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. |
| CORE FORM, PART VII, SECTION A |
This organization is AN AFFILIATE WITHIN HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, INC. AND AFFILIATES; A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM ("SYSTEM"). THE SYSTEM INCLUDES BOTH FOR-PROFIT AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. CERTAIN BOARD OF GOVERNOR MEMBERS, OFFICERS AND/OR DIRECTORS LISTED ON CORE FORM, PART VII AND SCHEDULE J OF THIS FORM 990 MAY HOLD SIMILAR POSITIONS WITH BOTH THIS ORGANIZATION AND OTHER AFFILIATES WITHIN THE SYSTEM. THE HOURS SHOWN ON THIS FORM 990, FOR BOARD MEMBERS WHO RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN A NON-BOARD CAPACITY, REPRESENT THE ESTIMATED HOURS DEVOTED PER WEEK FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. TO THE EXTENT THESE INDIVIDUALS SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF OTHER RELATED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SYSTEM, THEIR RESPECTIVE HOURS PER WEEK PER ORGANIZATION ARE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS REFLECTED ON PART VII OF THIS FORM 990. THE HOURS REFLECTED ON PART VII OF THIS FORM 990, FOR BOARD MEMBERS WHO RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN A NON-BOARD CAPACITY, PAID OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES, REFLECT TOTAL HOURS WORKED PER WEEK ON BEHALF OF THE SYSTEM; NOT SOLELY THIS ORGANIZATION. |
| CORE FORM, PART VII AND SCHEDULE J |
PART VII AND SCHEDULE J REFLECT CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS RECEIVING COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FROM THIS ORGANIZATION OR A RELATED ORGANIZATION. PLEASE NOTE THIS REMUNERATION WAS FOR SERVICES RENDERED AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES OF THIS ORGANIZATION OR A RELATED ORGANIZATION AND NOT FOR SERVICES RENDERED AS A VOTING MEMBER OR OFFICER OF THIS ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF GOVERNORS. |
| CORE FORM, PART XI; QUESTION 9 |
OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS OR FUND BALANCES INCLUDE: - PENSION RELATED ADJUSTMENTS - $121,944,101 - NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS - $3,979,095 - NET CHANGE IN TEMPORARILY AND PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS AND OTHER CHANGES IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS - $53,809,176 |
| CORE FORM, PART XII; QUESTION 2 |
THE ORGANIZATION'S SOLE CORPORATE MEMBER IS HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ("NETWORK"). AN INDEPENDENT BIG FOUR CPA FIRM PREPARED CONSOLIDATED AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR HUHN AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND CONTROLLED ENTITIES, FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012, RESPECTIVELY. THE INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM ISSUED AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION WITH RESPECT TO THESE CONSOLIDATED AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS EACH YEAR. THE NETWORK'S AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE HAS ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT OF THE HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK AUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR. |