Steward owns and operates 33 community hospitals across nine states, serves over 800 communities, and has more than 40,000 employees. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.ĭownload the FREE Boston 25 News app for breaking news alerts.įollow Boston 25 News on Facebook and Twitter. Steward Health Care is a fully integrated national health care services organization committed to providing the highest quality of care in the communities where our patients live. For the time being, it is the largest private physician-led health care. “If appropriate staffing and supply levels cannot be met, we will take all actions necessary - in consultation with hospital leadership - to protect patients, including freezing admissions, closing beds, canceling procedures, and transferring patients to other hospitals,” wrote Healey.Ī Steward spokesperson responded the health care system has been working closely with state officials in providing financial records and finding a way to provide care for its patients. Nearly a decade ago, Steward Health Care set out to build an entirely different kind of healthcare company from the ground up that unlocks access to affordable, high-quality, and economically sustainable care and wellness in ways never before imagined. While that case is still tied up in appeals, Governor Healey just wrote a three-page letter, asking that Steward transition its facilities in Massachusetts as soon as possible. However, Steward hasn’t announced how long that will last.īack when Governor Healey was an Attorney General, she represented the Center for Health Information and Analysis, demanding Steward provide its financial information. As a stopgap measure, Steward announced the closure of a few facilities, but then announced at the beginning of February they found some bridge financing to keep the doors open. Steward just made it public a few months ago it was facing a tough financial situation.

Norwood Hospital is closed and still under construction after it flooded nearly four years ago. Call your doctor’s office today if you need an appointment. All you need is a smartphone, desktop, or laptop equipped with a web camera. Patients can continue to receive the medical care they need without going to the doctor’s office.

Representative Lynch will be touring Norwood Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton with local union members and also some Steward Health Care leadership. Steward Medical Group is offering telehealth video visits in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19). This comes after Governor Maura Healey asked Steward Health Care to hand over its hospitals to new owners if it doesn’t provide financial transparency and adequate patient care.

Representative Stephen Lynch will be touring two Steward hospitals on Wednesday.

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