More than 1,000 people joined Mayor Hector Lora and his family recently to celebrate the updated location.

“For 45 years, Joe has been a tireless mental health advocate, a political force and an exceptional leader. The values he instilled when founding CarePlus NJ in 1978 will continue to guide the organization for decades to come,” Jeremy Piccini, chair of the board of trustees, said in a statement. 

The Secaucus-based company will now provide testing for physicians and patients previously served by the former business of Ohio-based Summa Health.

A recent spinal procedure was the inaugural complex surgery for the partnership between the two health care providers that was announced in March 2021.

The move follows a scathing report filed by inspectors that led to a Nov. 22 deadline to correct the problems or risk being stripped of federal funding by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which would likely result in the closing of the facility.

According to authorities, John Klein was charged with wire fraud for his role in a scheme at Teaneck-based Cambridge Therapeutic Technologies.

The Camden-based provider denies the federal office's findings regarding its hiring practices but wanted "to avoid spending millions of dollars on further legal proceedings rather than patient care."

The transaction would be the second within a year for the East Rutherford-based company, following its addition of Q1 Scientific.

The target is a California-based biopharmaceutical company that focuses on developing treatments for myeloproliferative neoplasm and other bone marrow diseases.

As part of the effort, the brand will donate $20,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County and work with the group to identify a dozen families who will receive an exclusive sick day care package.

The Montclair facility said it is the first in New Jersey to offer Pluvicto, a treatment for the prostate that "limits damage to other cells and improve[s] outcomes for patients."

The diagnostic tool can detect even the smallest of lesions and in the furthest corners of the lobes, according to the Browns Mill health care facility