In New Jersey the Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Services Corporation (MONOC), with offices located in Wall Township and Union Township, New Jersey, regretfully announces that the following Mobile Intensive Care Units (MICU) will soon be placed out of service or on a limited operating schedule:

· Marlboro Township - Medic Unit 208, Out of Service

o Affecting Marlboro, Englishtown and Manalapan

· Lacey Township - Medic Unit 215, Out of Service

o Affecting Lacey and Waretown

· Belleville - Medic Unit 256, Out of Service

o Affecting Bellville, Nutley and North Newark

· Kearny - Medic Unit 257, Limited Service (7:00 a.m. - 11:00
p.m.)

o Affecting Kearny, Harrison, Lyndhurst, East Newark and North Arlington

The Office of Emergency Medical Services in the Department of Health and Senior Services (OEMS) has been notified of the decision to cease Advanced Life Saving Service operations in these municipalities.

Vince Robbins, President and CEO of MONOC, explains, "New Jersey is facing an emergency response crisis. Medicare billing regulations and outdated state laws have long strained MICU operations statewide. Over the past few years, MICU operations have sustained heavy financial losses as a result of these regulations and are left with no choice other than to reduce services or begin billing Medicare recipients directly." He continues, "These thirteen towns are only the beginning of what has become a frightening state health crisis unless the government makes immediate changes to our current system."

MONOC is the largest provider of emergency medical services in New Jersey with more than 800 employees serving 17 hospitals and over 100 municipalities.

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For additional information, please contact Jeff Behm, Vice President of Operations, MONOC, 732-919-3045, extension 1162, or David De Simone, Vice President of Administration, 732-919-3045, extension 1118.