A Facebook post claiming that Connolly Dermatology is quietly reopening under the name Aiden LLC or Connolly Skin Care has stirred fresh anxiety among former employees and patients still reeling from the practice's abrupt shutdown. The post alleges the business has started seeing patients again even though, according to the same post, former workers are still waiting on wages they say they're owed and patients were left without continuity of care when the offices went dark.
The rumor lands months after Connolly Dermatology closed all of its locations across New Jersey, Delaware, and the Philadelphia area, a collapse that left more than 70 former employees seeking back pay and patients locked out of pending appointments and, in some cases, test results, according to 94.5 PST. Those former workers filed a class-action-style lawsuit in Atlantic County, and separately, commercial landlords have taken legal action against practice president Dr. Coyle S. Connolly over unpaid rent. One Connolly office location says the practice missed rent payments of $12,500 per month for at least part of the past year.
A Receptionist's Account of the Final Months
Tracy Piccaro, a former receptionist at the Linwood office, said that location went months without basic supplies including paper towels, toilet paper, and toner before the practice folded. Her account lines up with a wider pattern of financial strain documented across the company: workers at locations in three states, including South Jersey, began reporting missed paychecks as the practice's finances deteriorated. Piccaro went on to file a lawsuit in New Jersey Superior Court in Atlantic County alleging violations of the state's Wage Payment Law and Wage Theft Act, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment on behalf of more than 70 former employees, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The New Jersey Department of Labor opened its own investigation into the company after employees reported a missed payroll in February attributed to insurance delays, followed by a three-week pay lapse in May with no explanation offered to staff, the paper's reporting shows. At its peak, the practice founded in 1998 had grown from a single South Jersey office into 30 locations across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, employing roughly 150 workers, including 36 advanced practice providers and three physicians.
How a Medicare Policy Shift Gutted the Business
Connolly Dermatology's financial unraveling traces back to its reliance on a single, highly specialized procedure. The practice had been the country's top Medicare biller nationwide for three consecutive years for image-guided superficial radiation therapy, a non-surgical alternative to Mohs micrographic surgery used to treat basal and squamous cell carcinomas with targeted low-energy radiation, per the Inquirer's reporting.
That business model took a direct hit in 2024, when Medicare eliminated reimbursement for the ultrasound imaging component of the therapy. The change wiped out payments that had previously averaged $166 per ultrasound on top of $38 per radiation dose, triggering a roughly 40 percent cut in overall reimbursement for the procedure, the same reporting found. Profits at Connolly Dermatology declined sharply in the aftermath, a slide that preceded the missed paychecks, the landlord disputes, and eventually the shutdown of every office.
Creditor Claims and Corporate Ties Surface
Public filings with the New Jersey Secretary of State in May revealed Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and liens against Dr. Coyle Connolly, Aidan LLC, and Connolly Dermatology Delaware LLC from creditors including Ocean Funding Corp, according to Jersey Coast Emergency News. Separate property and mortgage records reviewed by Elementix show Connolly's involvement as an operator across at least 14 properties through corporate entities including Aidan LLC, Hawkeye LLC, and Linwood Commons LLC in the mid-Atlantic region.
Eddie Davis, who reported on the reopening rumor, said he could not verify the claims made in the Facebook post and noted that legal and ethical issues would need to be addressed before the practice could realistically restart. Davis was himself a Connolly Dermatology patient for about 20 years and said he now plans to stay with another local dermatology practice, where he has reconnected with a former Connolly dermatologist.
Patients Left Without Records or Explanation
For patients, the shutdown raised questions that go beyond rumor and speculation. Under New Jersey Administrative Code § 13:35-6.22, licensed physicians terminating patient relationships or closing a practice are required to give active patients at least 30 days' written notice by certified mail or proof of delivery to avoid claims of patient abandonment, according to the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. Separate state rules under § 13:35-6.5 require medical practices to maintain patient records for at least seven years from the last treatment date and to designate a records custodian when a practice closes.
Whether Connolly Dermatology met those obligations remains unclear. For now, former employees are pursuing their wage claims through the courts, landlords are pressing their own legal actions over unpaid rent, and patients like Davis have largely moved on to new providers rather than wait to see whether the reopening rumors amount to anything.
