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Mass. hospital owner did not release financial docs to comply with Healey’s deadline, governor’s office says
"What Steward must do from this point forward is clear – complete an orderly transition out of Massachusetts,” a spokesperson said.
Gov. Maura Healey is reigniting calls for Steward Health Care — the troubled operator of nine area hospitals — to leave Massachusetts after the Dallas-based company did not comply with the state’s request to release their audited financial documents.
A spokesperson for the governor confirmed that Steward did not comply with the deadline to release the documents — which the state said have been illegally obscured for years.
“The financial information that Steward provided this week continues to be incomplete and insufficient. What Steward must do from this point forward is clear – complete an orderly transition out of Massachusetts,” spokesperson Karissa Hand said.
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Earlier this year, Steward’s financial situation became a cause for concern after the company, blaming the pandemic and low payout rates from federal healthcare, said care across their nine hospitals could be jeopardized.
Healey gave Steward’s CEO Ralph de la Torre until last Friday to release the requested financial statements, and said the hospital owner should begin transitioning their facilities to new operators.
Steward Health Care’s medical centers include New England Sinai Hospital in Stoughton, Morton Hospital in Taunton, Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, Carney Hospital in Dorchester, Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, Holy Family Hospitals in Haverhill and Methuen, Norwood Hospital, Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, and St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton.
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The hospital owner employs 16,000 Massachusetts employees.
“We have no insight into your allocation of resources across operating units or states, and therefore no clear sense of the financial viability of the hospitals serving Massachusetts residents,” Healey wrote last week.
After the request, Steward said in a statement that they have previously provided “extensive” financial records and are working with the state.
Steward did not reply to a request for comment Sunday night.
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