Carrier Clinic & Hackensack Meridian Health To Merge, Expand Addiction Treatment

The Carrier Clinic (Carrier) and Hackensack Meridian Health (Hackensack Meridian) recently announced they are merging. The combined entity will bethe first in the state of New Jersey to offer a full range of mental health services integrated into a statewide hospital.

With a merger between the two now official, Hackensack Meridian will become the largest provider of inpatient psychiatric care in the state. The resulting expansion in treatment options come at a timely moment, as opioid overdoses resulted in six deaths per day in New Jersey in 2017. Additionally, the new system will strive to round out services for consumers . . .