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Study finds no evidence of care quality declines after private equity acquisitions

Nov 26, 2024

An analysis of California assisted living community and nursing home data is challenging the belief that care standards decline after ownership changes and private equity-funded mergers and acquisitions, according to the authors.


 

REITs Show Healthy Debt and Affinity for Health Care, Telecommunications Assets

Nov 26, 2024

The real estate investment trust (REIT) marketplace is finishing 2024 on a strong and encouraging note as investment capital flocks into data centers and telecommunications, while industry-wide leverage ratios and balance sheets remain healthy, according to two new reports from NAREIT.


 

St. Anne’s Hospital

Healey celebrates Brown University Health's Saint Anne's Hospital takeover after Steward bankruptcy

Nov 20, 2024

After unveiling new signage making visible the shift to new owner Brown University Health on Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Maura Healey toured Saint Anne's Hospital and celebrated that Massachusetts did "something that no other state was able to do" as Steward Health Care collapsed.


 

Glenwood Regional Medical Center

Glenwood Regional Medical Center receives “A” grade in Hospital Safety

Nov 15, 2024

Glenwood Regional Medical Center has earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group (TLG).

TLG is a national nonprofit that collects, analyzes, and publishes data on the safety and quality of hospitals.


 

The sign for Norwood Hospital, a Steward Health Care hospital

Brown Health Takes Over Steward-Linked Foxboro Clinics

Nov 13, 2024

Two outpatient clinics in Foxborough that were expected to close last week have gained a new owner and remain open, marking the latest reshuffling of health care operations in Massachusetts amid the Steward bankruptcy saga.


 

Norwood Hospital, Massachusetts

A Last Ditch Effort on Norwood Hospital

Nov 4, 2024

State Rep Marcus Vaughn from Wrentham has joined two lawmakers representing Norwood still trying to save the last vestiges of Steward Health Care's network in Norwood and Foxborough. The two filed proposals nearly a month ago to keep outpatient clinics open as they also seek to revive construction at Norwood Hospital, but the bills have idled and the license central to the operations is set to expire on Tuesday.


 

Axios Future of Health Care

Sept 27, 2024

Relieving patients of medical debt is en vogue around the country, but preventing it from accumulating in the first place is much harder because it requires addressing some of the U.S. health system's fundamental problems.