Becker's Healthcare January 8, 2026
Kristin Kuchno

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health on Jan. 8 received final approval from the New Jersey Department of Health to build its 15th hospital.

Here are five things to know:

1. The decision allows the system to build an acute care hospital in Tinton Falls, N.J., and make improvements at its existing Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, N.J., according to a Jan. 8 statement from Monmouth Medical Center President and CEO Eric Carney that was shared with Becker’s.

2. The health department in October determined the system’s certificate-of-need application for the 252-bed hospital was complete. The facility will be built on the Vogel Medical Campus, located about five miles from the Long Branch site, and will feature all private inpatient...

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