The Wu administration announced the 32 members who will sit on a working group dedicated to studying the impacts of Steward Health Care’s decision to close Carney Hospital and planning for future healthcare access at the Dorchester site. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Read original article here … Read more
The CEO of a hospital operator that filed for bankruptcy protection in May will step down after failing to testify before a U.S. Senate panel. Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre has overseen a network of some 30 hospitals around the country. The Texas-based company’s troubled recent history has drawn scrutiny from elected … Read more
If Steward Health Care wants to cancel their lease they have to give up their hospitals, the company’s landlords say as Steward moved to delay its sales hearing again. The drama surrounding Steward Health Care’s decision to close a pair of its Massachusetts hospitals and sell a half-dozen others seemed to be coming to a … Read more
Politics isn’t cheap in Massachusetts. For the cost of a state Senate campaign these days, a person could probably buy or put a solid down payment on a house. Not in Boston, of course. Don’t kid yourself. Maybe in Texas if anywhere. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. … Read more
House lawmakers voted Thursday to ban the type of lease agreements between hospitals and health care real estate investment trusts that Beacon Hill legislators argue helped push the distressed Steward Health Care system into bankruptcy. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! … Read more
Massachusetts politicians have benefitted from the deep pockets of embattled Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre, who spent years funneling tens of thousands to Democratic political causes before mostly switching allegiances to conservative movements, according to campaign finance records. Federal and local filings detail de la Torre’s past interest in local Democrats, including … Read more
