Secaucus, N.J.-based Hudson Regional Health will suspend non-essential services at Heights University Hospital in Jersey City, N.J. should the state and other government entities not provide it “substantial financial support,” according to a Sept. 26 news release shared with Becker’s. Hudson Regional Health was formed in late May as part of Bayonne, N.J.-based CarePoint Health System’s bankruptcy exit. It comprises four hospitals, which were rebranded in mid-September: Heights University Hospital, Bayonne University Hospital, Hoboken (N.J.) University Hospital and Secaucus University Hospital.
Nizar Kifaieh, MD, CEO of Hudson Regional Health, said in the release that despite investing more than $300 million in 10 months, with many of the funds dedicated to Heights University, the hospit