Change In Medicaid Rules Influence Vote Regarding Runnells Specialized Hospital

When Union County freeholders voted recently to continue talks to privatize the county nursing home, it was a little-known proposed change in the state’s Medicaid rules that tipped their decision, according to nj.com.

Already operating at a $13.5 million annual deficit, Runnells Specialized Hospital in Berkeley Heights is facing another $2.2 million in annual losses in the Medicaid revamp, according tonj.com.

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