Hackensack Meridian Health, Carrier Clinic Merge To Improve Behavioral Health

Psychiatry and addiction disorder treatment provider organization The Carrier Clinic (Carrier) and Hackensack Meridian Health (Hackensack Meridian) recently merged to improve behavioral health care. The combined entity forms the first in the state of New Jersey to offer a full range of mental health services integrated into a statewide hospital.

Reports that the two organizations were considering a partnership initially emerged in March, as the two considered the possibility of being able to deliver 24-hour access to care that included services such as urgent care, outpatient, residential, and inpatient care for mental health and addiction disorder. With that merger . . .