HR Team Member Handbook 2025

Equal Employment Opportunity AtlantiCare is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy and practice that all persons be treated without regard to protected classes under New Jersey and/or federal law, which include race, skin color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, nationality, mental or physical disability, perceived disability, age, creed, ancestry, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, actual or perceived affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, military service, or AIDS and HIV related illnesses. The foregoing are sometimes referred to as “legally protected classifications.” This policy of non-discrimination applies to all privileges and conditions of employment including recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal of employment, rate of compensation, selection for training of apprenticeship, demotion, layoff, transfer, discharge, discipline, tenure or terms. See Policy 375 Equal Employment Opportunity, Non-Discrimination and Code of Conduct. Corporate Compliance Program AtlantiCare Health System and its member organizations are dedicated to maintaining excellence and integrity in all aspects of their operations and business conduct. Accordingly, AtlantiCare Health System entities strive to be fully compliant with all of the complex rules and regulations governing the healthcare industry and its business affairs. The Corporate Compliance Program was developed as an extension of this commitment. 7 It is the personal responsibility of all who are associated with AtlantiCare Health System including its employees and vendors/contractors to honor this commitment in accordance with the policies, procedures, and standards developed by AtlantiCare Health System in connection with its Corporate Compliance Program. As an employee of AtlantiCare Health System, we would like to alert you to some pertinent compliance issues that pertain to our employees, vendors, contractors, and consultants. Deficit Reduction Act On February 8, 2006, the Deficit Reduction Act was signed into law by President Bush in an attempt to drastically reduce the national deficit. One way the Deficit Reduction Act seeks to reduce the deficit is through increased emphasis on detecting and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse within the states’ Medicaid Programs. In order to increase awareness of the laws regarding false claims under the Medicaid program, Section 6032 of the Deficit Reduction Act requires entities that receive or pay annual Medicaid payments of $5 million or more, such as AtlantiCare Health System, to establish new written policies for all their employees, and the employees of their contractors and agents, which provide:

Information regarding the federal False Claims Act The administrative remedies for false claims and statements Any state law with civil or criminal penalties for false claims or statements The whistleblower protections under such laws