Q&A page<\/a> about the decision on St. Joseph\u2019s website. <\/p>\n\u201cUnfortunately, Horizon\u2019s current reimbursements to St. Joseph\u2019s Health have not kept up with inflation and are overwhelmingly inadequate to account for the cost of providing safe and quality care,\u201d the page states. <\/p>\n
Although St. Joseph\u2019s Health has notified Horizon that they intend to leave the network, Horizon Spokesman Thomas Wilson said the two parties \u201chave a long and positive relationship\u201d and \u201care still working together to reach an agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, if they can\u2019t reach an agreement, then St. Joseph\u2019s Health will be out of network with Horizon starting March 1, 2026. The decision impacts both doctors\u2019 offices and hospitals. <\/p>\n
The move could affect nearly 100,000 patients that have used St. Joseph\u2019s facilities or received services from St. Joseph\u2019s Health Medical Group providers over the past 18 months.<\/p>\n
St. Joseph\u2019s Health is advising patients to explore their insurance options to ensure that they can continue to see trusted providers and avoid any disruption in care. It remains in network with the following commercial insurance companies:<\/p>\n
United HealthcareAetnaAmeriHealthFidelis CareClover HealthWellPoint<\/p>\n
St. Joseph\u2019s Health is comprised of: St. Joseph\u2019s University Medical Center\/St. Joseph\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital; St. Joseph\u2019s Wayne Medical Center, an acute care community hospital in Wayne; St. Joseph\u2019s Healthcare and Rehab Center, a long-term residential facility in Cedar Grove; Visiting Health Services of New Jersey, based in Totowa; and outpatient facilities located across northern New Jersey. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of New Jersey patients may need to reconsider their health care options in light of a major…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[163,521,85,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-188072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}