A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Thursday ordered Steward Health Care not to take immediate action to close a Pennsylvania hospital that is perilously short on funds, while allowing the company to proceed with two just-announced closures in Ohio.
Asante Ashland Community Hospital will not be closing, Asante’s Chief Executive Officer Brandon Mencini confirmed in an email to an unknown number of Asante employees recently, matter-of-factly addressing concerns about the future of Asante Ashland Community Hospital aired by medical professionals at an Ashland City Council meeting last week.
Despite their community-focused missions, the CEOs in charge of these nonprofits command large paychecks, that now top $1 million, on average. And their salaries keep rising.
Less than a month after Ascension announced plans to sell nine Illinois hospitals to Prime Healthcare, the systems are asking the state for permission to close one of those hospitals.
The 49-page report and its accompanying 30-page appendix of sources comprise the first academic summary of Mission's staffing tumult since HCA Healthcare bought the system for $1.5 billion in 2019.
Saint Anne's Hospital, Good Samaritan Medical Center, the Holy Family Hospitals and Morton Hospital would be transitioned to new operators while the Healey administration would use eminent domain to transfer control of Saint Elizabeth's to a new owner.