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Bergen Regional could be up for sale
The Bergen County Improvement Authority is considering selling Bergen Regional Medical Center, the 1,000-bed behemoth, because it treats too many patients from outside the county and could need $13.2 million in upgrades this year, the authority’s executive director said this week.
Robert S. Garrison requested a litany of financial and operational information from the for-profit company that manages the Paramus hospital to determine if the county should continue to own the hospital, established to serve as the safety net hospital for the county’s neediest residents. Bergen Regional provides acute services, behavioral health care and has the largest nursing home in the state. (Layton and Ensslin, The Record)