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Steward, the largest privately owned hospital network in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy in May, seeking to sell all of its hospitals and address $9 billion in debt. The company has sold several ...
Ralph de la Torre is a Cuban American former health care executive and cardiac surgeon.The CEO of Steward Health Care from 2010 to 2024, and previously CEO of its predecessor Caritas Christi Health Care starting in 2008, de la Torre also founded and served as the first head of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's CardioVascular Institute from 2007 to 2008.
August 15, 2024 at 5:23 PM. A hospital network in Central Florida wants to buy several Florida hospitals owned by the troubled Steward Health Care System. Orlando Health is targeting the Space ...
A Senate committee voted Thursday to authorize an investigation into the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care and to subpoena the company’s CEO, Dr. Ralph de la Torre. The subpoena would compel de ...
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton, MA, which served as Steward's flagship hospital until it was sold in 2024 [19]. Steward Health Care was founded in 2010, when Caritas Christi Health Care was sold to New York private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, with Caritas CEO and former Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center heart surgeon Ralph de la Torre continuing as CEO of the new ...
Proponents of healthcare reforms involving expansion of government involvement to achieve universal healthcare argue that the need to provide profits to investors in a predominantly free market health system, and the additional administrative spending, tends to drive up costs, leading to more expensive provision.
The Steward Health Care System (SHCS) is a private, for-profit company that operates more than 30 hospitals in nine states, including 25 urgent care centers and 107 skilled nursing facilities ...
The U.S. healthcare system has been the subject of significant political debate and reform efforts, particularly in the areas of healthcare costs, insurance coverage, and the quality of care. Legislation such as the Affordable Care Act of 2010 has sought to address some of these issues, though challenges remain.