MONDAY: THE COUNTY OF BERGEN OFFICIALLY WELCOMES CARE PLUS BERGEN AS THE NEW OPERATOR OF NEW JERSEY’S LARGEST PUBLIC HOSPITAL

(Hackensack, NJ) – The County of Bergen will hold a ceremony to officially welcome Care Plus Bergen Inc. as the new operator of New Jersey’s largest public hospital and the fourth-largest publically-owned hospital in the nation. Care Plus Bergen, an innovative alliance between three world-class partners in Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Integrity House, and Care Plus NJ Inc., will manage the day-to-day operations of the medical center beginning on October 1, 2017.

Who:                     James J. Tedesco III, Bergen County Executive

Joseph Masciandaro, Care Plus Bergen Interim Board Chairman

Deborah Visconi, President & CEO Care Plus Bergen

Tracy Silna Zur, Bergen County Freeholder Chairwoman

When:                  Monday, October 2, 2017

Start time:  11:00 a.m.

Where:                Bergen County’s hospital campus (formerly known as Bergen Regional Medical Center)

230 E Ridgewood Ave

Paramus, NJ 07652

Media planning to attend, please contact Alicia D’Alessandro, Director of Communications, Office of the Bergen County Executive at 201.336.6979 or via e-mail: adalessandro@co.bergen.nj.us

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