Atlantic Health System
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]
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] In 2014 they were listed as 25th,[5] in 2015 they were ranked 39th and in 2016 they were ranked 79th.[6]
Facilities
Facilities of AHS include:
- Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey
- Goryeb Children’s Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey
- Overlook Medical Center, Summit, New Jersey
- Newton Medical Center, Newton, New Jersey
- Atlantic Rehabilitation Center, Morristown, New Jersey
- Chilton Memorial Hospital, Pompton Plains, New Jersey
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.[7] 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.[7]
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