Optum to close offices, lay off 572
Thousands of patients to scramble to find providers
By: Scott Fallon
NorthJersey.com
USA Today Network - New Jersey
..... Optum, one of North Jersey's largest primary care and pediatrics providers, is shutting down several offices and laying off more than 500 employees.
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The sudden move to close offices - many by December 1, [2025] some by December 5 [2025] - has forced thousands of patients to scramble to fine new providers, especially parents whose children were cared for by many of Optum's pediatricians.
..... Among the offices closing are ones in Ridgefield Park, Teaneck, Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook, North Arlington, Secaucus, North Bergen, Nutley, Belleville and Florham Park and certain specialty practices in Maywood, Rutherford and other locations.
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Some patients revived emails about the closures beginning on November 3. [2025]
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Others have said they received no word directly from Optum and learned of the news from other parents on social media. the company, a subsidiary of health care giant UnitedHealthcare, will lay off 572 employees among its four divisions and many offices in New Jersey, according to documents field with the state.
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That includes 122 at its Secuacus office.
..... The company said in a statement that its executives regulatory review "our services, footprint and staffing levels to ensure they meet the needs of the people we serve, our business and evolving market dynamics."
..... The company will continue to provide pediatric, primary, cardiology, hematology and urgent care in certain locations across New Jersey, the statement said. Optum made its mark to North Jersey in recent years by acquiring practices, such as the locally owned Riverside Medical Group, which had more than a dozen offices in Bergen and Hudson counties.
..... It expanded rapidly at a time when New Jersey's helaht care industry continues to boom, especially with hospital networks pouring billions into expansion projects including physicians; offices.