Optum Closing Medical Offices, Including In Northern Ocean County: See Where

TOMS RIVER, NJ ? Optum, a health provider owned by UnitedHealth, is set to close dozens of medical offices across New Jersey and lay off as many as 572 workers in the coming months, including some Toms River area offices.

The company began sending letters to patients on Monday informing them of medical practices that will close as of Nov. 30 ? including some pediatric and specialty offices, and all of the company's mental health practices statewide.

In northern Ocean County it includes the following offices, according to NJ.com:

• Gastroenterology, 475 Route 70, Suite 103, Lakewood, NJ 08701
• Primary care, 475 Route 70, Suite 104, Lakewood, NJ 08701
• Podiatry, 1868 Hooper Ave., Toms River, NJ 08753
• Cardiology and Dermatology, 1314 Hooper Avenue, Bldg. B, Suite 2B, Toms River, NJ 08753
• Primary care, 40 Bey Lea Road, Suite C103, Toms River, NJ 08753
• Endocrinology, 254 Brick Blvd., Suite 7, Brick, NJ 08723
• Pediatric, 525 Route 70, Suite 1C, Brick, NJ 08723

According to four notices filed with the state of New Jersey on Oct. 1 ? required in advance of mass layoffs ? Optum Care will lay off 390 employees statewide, with most paid through Feb. 2. Separately, Optum Medical Care will lay off 122 employees just in Secaucus by February and March. And Optum Select Services and Optum Management are laying off 60 workers total.

Patients who want to request their medical records can visit optum.com/record-request-RIV or email MedicalRecordsRIV@riversidemedgroup.com, they said.

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This article includes reporting by Caren Lissner.