Steward Health Care

Months after Steward Health Care’s bankruptcy forced the closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, first responders in the area are calling for help from Massachusetts leaders. Over a dozen fire chiefs from communities in the area say their emergency medical services are on the verge of collapsing. They signed a letter to Gov. Maura Healey last month,...

The closing of Nashoba Valley Medical Center is continuing to cause headaches for the community and first responders.

The state agency focused on health care information and analysis did not adequately monitor hospitals experiencing financial distress and failed to fine facilities and health systems for defying data reporting requirements, according to a new report from Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s office. DiZoglio’s examination of the Center for Health Information and Analysis, which also criticized the lack of information on...

This is the year that Steward Health Care’s bankruptcy dominated headlines, but its presence in the state began more than 14 years earlier. Here’s a timeline of Steward’s entry into the state, and its eventual forced exit this past year.

Massachusetts is still grappling with unresolved issues from the Steward Health Care crisis, but hospitals that were saved from closing during the bankruptcy process are adapting under new operators, Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein said Wednesday.

After unveiling new signage making visible the shift to new owner Brown University Health on Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Maura Healey toured Saint Anne’s Hospital and celebrated that Massachusetts did “something that no other state was able to do” as Steward Health Care collapsed. Saint Anne’s was one of eight Steward hospitals in Massachusetts whose futures were thrown into doubt...

Steward Health Care filed notice in bankruptcy court that Norwood Hospital, and its still-operating clinics, will soon officially close.

New operators have taken over at six former Steward medical centers in Massachusetts, and Gov. Maura Healey is calling the transition “a new chapter for health care” in the Bay State. Boston Medical Center has taken over at Good Samaritan in Brockton and St. Elizabeth’s in Brighton. Lawrence General Hospital is now operating both campuses of Holy Family, in...

​Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre filed a lawsuit Monday against a U.S. Senate committee that pursued contempt charges against him for failing to appear before the panel despite being issued a subpoena. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, named nearly all members of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, including Sen. Bernie Sanders,...

The new buyers will be provided with hundreds of millions of dollars in transition aid from the state to integrate the former Steward hospitals into their systems, and make much needed infrastructure upgrades. 
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Several Massachusetts hospitals are changing hands this week, and the CEO of Steward is expected to officially step down on Tuesday.

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The next chapter in the Steward Healthcare crisis is set to begin this week, with the embattled company’s CEO stepping down and hospitals being taken over by other healthcare groups. Steward, a Texas-based company that filed for bankruptcy in May amid financial crisis, has operated a handful of hospitals in Massachusetts. It recently shuttered the doors of two of...

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 officials in New England, where some of its hospitals are located....

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A spokesperson for de la Torre said Saturday that he “has amicably separated from Steward on mutually agreeable terms”

Steward filed for bankruptcy in May and began selling off their hospitals in Massachusetts.

The embattled CEO of Steward Health Care is stepping down from the company, his spokesperson confirmed Saturday.

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The embattled CEO of Steward Health Care is stepping down from the company, his spokesperson confirmed Saturday. Dr. Ralph de la Torre is a former heart surgeon who climbed the career ladder to become founder and CEO of the now struggling for-profit health care company. He has overseen a network of some 30 hospitals around the country, but the Texas-based…

Massachusetts used eminent domain to take over St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Gov. Maura Healey announced, blaming an asset management firm for refusing a bid from Boston Medical Center to purchase the hospital from bankrupt Steward Health Care.=

Massachusetts has seized St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood, using eminent domain in an effort to keep the Steward Health Care property open. Gov. Maura Healey plan involves transitioning operations of the hospital to Boston Medical Center. The governor says the move is necessary to avoid a public health emergency that would be set off by its...

The U.S. Senate approved a resolution Wednesday intended to hold Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre in criminal contempt for failing to testify before a Senate panel.