It never ceases to amaze those of us who have read the research and know the truth, just how "uninformed" many hospital administrators claim to be. This is not a guess or an estimate; there is well-documented research showing that safe staffing is best for patients, nurses and even the hospitals, themselves.
Former employees of bankrupt Steward Health Care may soon collectively lose tens of millions of dollars in retirement savings, as financial reckoning continues for the system that once operated eight hospitals in Massachusetts. Those employees put their trust — and their savings — with the company, only to see their retirement funds revert to Steward as it works to resurrect a viable business from what was the largest private, for-profit hospital network in the country.
Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton is being renamed Boston Medical Center - South (BMC South) and St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton will become Boston Medical Center - Brighton (BMC Brighton). Boston Medical Center Health System assumed operations of both hospitals last October after St. Elizabeth's was seized by the state of Massachusetts using eminent domain. Both hospitals were owned by Steward Health Care, which filed for bankruptcy in May 2024.
Five Palm Beach County-based hospitals have filed a federal lawsuit against the nonprofit Leapfrog Group, accusing the watchdog group of publishing misleading safety rankings. According to the lawsuit, Leapfrog Group pressures hospitals to volunteer their data and pay for memberships. The claims indicate that Leapfrog's highest-rated hospitals are paying members.
OHSU and Legacy Health have mutually agreed to walk away from a deal that would have combined the two health systems. Last August, OHSU agreed to acquire Legacy's eight hospitals and $3 billion in assets, with a promise to spend $1 billion on upgrades to Legacy's facilities. "After careful consideration of the evolving operating environment, the organizations have determined that the best way to meet the needs of the communities they serve is to move forward as individual organizations," an OHSU spokesperson wrote in an email. The statement does not detail why the acquisition was called off. Leaders at Legacy and OHSU declined a request for an interview about the decision.