Hackensack Meridian Health, the largest not-for-profit healthcare organization in New Jersey, and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the largest health insurance company in the Garden State, have reached an agreement that will ensure patients with Horizon insurance plans will continue to have uninterrupted in-network access to Hackensack doctors, hospitals and facilities across the state.

The two titans had until June 1 to reach that agreement. If they hadn’t, Horizon patients would have had to pay out of…