Steward Health Care announces sale of four Massachusetts hospitals
Steward Health Care announced Thursday that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell four Massachusetts-based hospitals. Under the terms of the asset purchase agreements, Lifespan will purchase Morton Hospital and Saint Anne’s Hospital, and Lawrence General Hospital will purchase Holy Family Hospital-Methuen and Holy Family Hospital-Haverhill. The parties are finalizing an agreement to sell Steward’s Good Samaritan Medical Center and St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center operations to Boston Medical Center. “As Steward continues to progress through the ongoing Chapter 11 proceedings, we are thrilled to have identified such qualified acquirers for hospitals in the Commonwealth that are critical to the health of underserved populations,” John Castellano, Steward’s Chief Restructuring Officer, said. “This agreement accomplishes our goal of maintaining and protecting access to care and jobs in Southeastern Massachusetts and the Merrimack Valley while removing Steward Health Care from Massachusetts once and for all,” Gov. Maura Healey said. The for-profit, private equity-backed hospital group’s troubles exploded into view this year with the revelation that it owed about $50 million in unpaid rent. The Dallas-based group announced in July that it planned to sell the hospital and close Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer.The Healey-Driscoll administration said it would take control of Saint Elizabeth’s through eminent domain to facilitate the transition to a new owner and keep the hospital open.”We continue to work as quickly as possible to complete the agreement for another qualified operator to take over Good Samaritan, move forward on our plans to take control of St. Elizabeth’s through eminent domain, and support the communities impacted by the upcoming closures of Nashoba Valley and Carney Hospitals,” Healey said.The future of Norwood Hospital, which was under construction, remains unclear.
Steward Health Care announced Thursday that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell four Massachusetts-based hospitals.
Under the terms of the asset purchase agreements, Lifespan will purchase Morton Hospital and Saint Anne’s Hospital, and Lawrence General Hospital will purchase Holy Family Hospital-Methuen and Holy Family Hospital-Haverhill.
The parties are finalizing an agreement to sell Steward’s Good Samaritan Medical Center and St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center operations to Boston Medical Center.
“As Steward continues to progress through the ongoing Chapter 11 proceedings, we are thrilled to have identified such qualified acquirers for hospitals in the Commonwealth that are critical to the health of underserved populations,” John Castellano, Steward’s Chief Restructuring Officer, said.
“This agreement accomplishes our goal of maintaining and protecting access to care and jobs in Southeastern Massachusetts and the Merrimack Valley while removing Steward Health Care from Massachusetts once and for all,” Gov. Maura Healey said.
The for-profit, private equity-backed hospital group’s troubles exploded into view this year with the revelation that it owed about $50 million in unpaid rent.
The Dallas-based group announced in July that it planned to sell the hospital and close Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer.
The Healey-Driscoll administration said it would take control of Saint Elizabeth’s through eminent domain to facilitate the transition to a new owner and keep the hospital open.
“We continue to work as quickly as possible to complete the agreement for another qualified operator to take over Good Samaritan, move forward on our plans to take control of St. Elizabeth’s through eminent domain, and support the communities impacted by the upcoming closures of Nashoba Valley and Carney Hospitals,” Healey said.
The future of Norwood Hospital, which was under construction, remains unclear.
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