February 18, 2020, Morristown, NJ – Atlantic Health System is leading the way in delivering innovative, high-quality health care in an award-winning workplace that cares for patients and caregivers alike. For the 12th consecutive year, Atlantic Health System was once again named to Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For®,” ranking number #89 on the prestigious list.
“Our 17,000 talented team members deliver extraordinary caring to all who enter our system,” said Brian Gragnolati, President and CEO of Atlantic Health System. “The remarkable culture of our workplace encourages trust, collaboration and respect, which in turn drives patient satisfaction. Our twelfth year of Fortune recognition reflects our longstanding commitment to encouraging diversity of thought, experience and perspective.”
“Being on Fortune’s list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For sets us apart and showcases our commitment to caring for those who care for others,” said Nikki Sumpter, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Atlantic Health System. “We ask our team members to bring their authentic selves to work every day to strengthen our performance through their diversity and unique talents. It’s their camaraderie and joy of being in the Atlantic Health family that enables us to attract and retain the best workforce in health care.”
With 400 sites of care including five medical centers, Goryeb Children’s Hospital, Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute, Atlantic Medical Group and one of the largest Accountable Care Organizations in the country, each Atlantic Health System location and team has an outstanding local culture to be celebrated. Across the system, team members’ positive experiences and high levels of engagement drive innovation and fuel success. Atlantic Health's team is committed to working together to ensure that everyone is valued in our work to improve patient, employee and community satisfaction.
As the only New Jersey-based health care company on the Fortune list, Atlantic Health System appears alongside some of the country’s best-known and most successful organizations, such as Hilton, Wegmans and American Express. The entire Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list can be viewed here.
Unique Benefits for Team Members and Their Families
Atlantic Health System has developed holistic benefit programs to meet its team members’ diverse needs. In addition to medical, dental and vision benefits, the system offers voluntary benefits, such as pet, auto, home, and critical care insurance, legal services, identity theft protection and more.
The Atlantic Health System Wellness Rewards program is also focused on overall well-being, including health and financial wellness, and provides financial benefits for achieving personal wellness goals. We offer tools, education and resources to help our team members and their families build long-term financial well-being to achieve their personal financial goals. This is a suite of financial tools and apps, including a budgeting and savings app at no cost to the team member. In addition, team members can save for their children’s college with a 529 college savings plan, as well as a retirement savings plan – which they are eligible for on their first day! On-site Retirement Education Counselors provide advice and help ensure retirement planning is on track - at no cost to team members. Knowing that many Atlantic Health team members have either young children or care for an elderly parent, Atlantic Health offers on-site and discounted daycare, elder care, back-up care, and even preferred pricing and access at local daycares. Understanding that team members lead busy lives, Atlantic Health brings convenience to them with a host of on-site concierge services, such as car wash and detailing, dry cleaning, full-service dental care, fitness classes, massages and more.
To enhance team member engagement and development, Atlantic Health also offers tuition reimbursement, career coaching and extensive opportunities for professional training and education, including online and instructor-led classes in technology, management, leadership, diversity and customer experience.
About Atlantic Health System
Atlantic Health System has a long-standing tradition of providing exceptional patient outcomes and experiences. Home to seven award-winning hospitals including Morristown Medical Center, the number one hospital in NJ according to U.S. News & World Report, Castle Connelly and Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals, the system has been ranked first in New Jersey in consumer preference by Monigle and first among health systems in New Jersey as a “best workplace” by both Modern Healthcare and Fortune Magazine.
Many of the system’s programs have received national accolades and designations, including Morristown Medical Center’s Cardiology and Heart Surgery program ranked among the top 30 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report; Morristown Medical Center’s Orthopedics program ranked among the top 35 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report and Atlantic Health System’s Cancer Care program, New Jersey’s first and only National Cancer Institute National Community Oncology Research Program. Additionally, Atlantic Health System Neuroscience at Overlook Medical Center, working with Atlantic Mobile Health, was the first in the nation to deploy and use portable Telestroke technology in ambulances for routine pre-hospital assessment of stroke patients.
Powered by a passionate workforce of 17,000 team members and 4,800 affiliated physicians dedicated to building healthier communities, Atlantic Health System serves more than half of the state of New Jersey, including 11 counties and 4.9 million people. The system provides care for the full continuum of health needs across a wide array of settings, including Atlantic Medical Group, one of the largest multi-specialty practices in New Jersey with more than 1,000 physicians and providers, 12 urgent care centers, Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute, Atlantic Home Care and Hospice and Atlantic Anywhere’s Virtual Visits. Facilitating connections between these services on both land and air is the transportation fleet of Atlantic Mobile Health.
About The FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®
Great Place to Work based its ranking on a data-driven methodology applied to anonymous Trust Index™ survey responses from more than 650,000 employees at Great Place to Work-Certified organizations across the country. To learn more about Great Place to Work Certification and recognition on Best Workplaces lists published with Fortune, visit Greatplacetowork.com.
About Great Place to Work
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. They help organizations quantify their culture and produce better business results by creating a high-trust work experience for all employees. Emprising®, their culture management platform, empowers leaders with the surveys, real-time reporting, and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. They use their unparalleled benchmark data to recognize Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies and the Best Workplaces™ in the US and more than 60 countries, including the 100 Best Companies to Work For® list published annually in Fortune.