CentraState Offers Movement Disorder Program to Help Slow Disease

June 3rd, 2020 Category: Announcements

CentraState Medical Center now offers a Movement Disorder Program that provides specialized treatment to patients with Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, tics, tremors, ataxia, dystonia, and other similar syndromes. The program, led by board-certified neurologist Jia Zhen Cheng, MD, and CentraState’s highly skilled team of physical therapists, and occupational therapists [...]

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CentraState Medical Center Reinstates Services as COVID-19 Cases Decline

May 26th, 2020 Category: Announcements

In accordance with directives from the New Jersey Department of Health and Governor Murphy, CentraState Medical Center will reinstate surgeries and invasive procedures on May 26, 2020 that had been previously suspended due to COVID-19. The suspension of these surgeries and procedures preserved the medical center’s capacity to handle [...]

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CentraState Staff Help Tell the Story of COVID-19

May 7th, 2020

The Asbury Park Press during two weeks in April interviewed and photographed nearly 80 workers at four hospitals, including CentraState. Read the full article here.

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CentraState Awarded for Nursing Excellence with Fourth Magnet® Recognition

April 27th, 2020 Category: Announcements

CentraState Medical Center attained Magnet recognition again in April 2020, a testament to its continued dedication to high-quality nursing practice. This distinction places CentraState in an elite group of less than 2% of hospitals in the nation to have earned Magnet recognition four consecutive times. The American [...]

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Solar Initiatives Earn County Recognition

April 13th, 2020 Category: Announcements

The Monmouth County Planning Board recently presented CentraState Healthcare System with the 2019 Planning Merit Award in recognition of its Solar Energy Initiative. The award recognizes initiatives that have significantly advanced planning and planning outcomes in Monmouth County. In addition to having a solar farm on the hospital property, [...]

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CentraState Medical Practices Offering New Telehealth Services

April 8th, 2020

A number of CentraState Healthcare System medical practices are now offering convenient virtual healthcare services, allowing current and new patients to access the services of our board-certified primary care and specialty physicians from the comfort of their homes and reducing their risk of exposure to coronavirus.  CentraState's telemedicine service [...]

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CentraState Initiates COVID-19 Response Team

April 3rd, 2020 Category: Announcements

CentraState Medical Center is addressing the current health crisis with the formation of a COVID-19 response team. The team takes a multidisciplinary approach and is comprised of: Primary Care Physicians Infectious Disease Physicians Pulmonary and Critical Care Physicians Residents Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) Infection Control, Pharmacy, Care Coordination and [...]

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CentraState Healthcare System Designated as Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield OMNIA Tier 1 Provider

April 1st, 2020 Category: Announcements

CentraState Healthcare System announces that it will be designated as a Tier 1 hospital for all Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (BCBSNJ) OMNIA health plan members effective April 1, 2020. For New Jersey patients with Horizon BCBSNJ OMNIA coverage, this means greater access to CentraState's care [...]

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CentraState’s Dr. James Matera Appears on “From the Mayor’s Desk” to Discuss COVID-19

March 25th, 2020

James Matera, D.O., Chief Medical Officer of Centrastate Healthcare System, sits down with Freehold Township Mayor Lester A. Preston Jr. to discuss COVID-19 and our community. The episode includes information for those looking to help and donate to the hospital staff, and how to reach CentraState's COVID-19 Community Info line [...]

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Presumptive Positive Test Result for COVID-19

March 12th, 2020

CentraState Medical Center is treating a patient who has presumptively tested positive for COVID-19. This case was confirmed through lab results performed by the New Jersey Department of Health. The sample was sent to the CDC for final confirmation. At this time, the patient, a man in his 50s, [...]

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