Nashoba Valley Medical Center Explained
Nashoba Valley Medical Center is a 46-bed community hospital located in Ayer, Massachusetts.[3] In 1994, Deaconess Hospital of Boston purchased what was then called Nashoba Community Hospital.[4] The hospital was purchased by Essent Healthcare in 2001, and sold to Steward Health Care System in 2011.[5]
On May 6, 2024, Steward Health Care filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, raising uncertainty for the hospital's future.[6] [7] [8] Over the next several months, Steward began searching for potential buyers for all of its hospitals across the country through court-guided auctions. Despite reports from state government that Steward had received bids for all of its hospitals in Massachusetts,[9] the system reported in late July that Nashoba Valley Medical Center, along with Carney Hospital in Boston, would close on or around August 31 having received no "qualified bids."[10] This was met with resistance by the public and government officials who planned to fight the hospital's closure, with emphasis specifically on the planned closure date being at odds with state requirements of 120 days' notice of any cessation of essential health services.[11] On August 1, 2024, a Texas bankruptcy judge approved for the closure of Carney Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center.[12]
Notes and References
- Web site: Massachusetts Licensed or Certified Health Care Facility/Agency Listing. 26 March 2016.
- Web site: Nashoba Valley Medical Center. 26 March 2016.
- Web site: 2024 . Massachusetts Hospital Profiles - Data Through Fiscal Year 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240515044233/https://www.chiamass.gov/assets/docs/r/hospital-profiles/2022/FY22-Massachusetts-Hospital-Profiles-Compendium.pdf . May 15, 2024 . Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis .
- Web site: Patient demand drives Nashoba Valley plans new 100-bed hospital. 26 March 2016.
- Web site: Massachusetts Hospitals: Closures, Mergers, Acquisitions and Affiliations. 26 March 2016.
- News: Weisman . Robert . Bartlett . Jessica . May 6, 2024 . Steward files for bankruptcy, leaving its eight Massachusetts hospitals in limbo . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506143916/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/06/business/steward-bankruptcy/ . May 6, 2024 . May 6, 2024 . The Boston Globe.
- News: Schooly . Matt . Kaplan . Michael . May 6, 2024 . Steward Health Care files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506183708/https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/steward-health-care-bankruptcy/ . May 6, 2024 . May 6, 2024 . CBS News . en.
- Web site: May 6, 2024 . Steward Carney Hospital, Inc. Files For Bankruptcy . July 24, 2024 . BKData . en.
- News: Weisman . Robert . July 24, 2024 . Healey presses Steward to move forward quickly in selling Massachusetts hospitals . https://web.archive.org/web/20240725163426/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/24/business/steward-hospitals-bids/?p1=BGSearch_Overlay_Results . July 25, 2024 . July 25, 2024 . The Boston Globe.
- News: Pressman . Aaron . Laughlin . Jason . July 26, 2024 . Steward closing hospitals in Boston, Central Mass. . July 29, 2024 . The Boston Globe.
- News: Antelman . Dakota . Kruczynski . Eliza . July 29, 2024 . ‘We want a better result’: Local leaders promise to hold Steward accountable amid plans to close hospitals . https://web.archive.org/web/20240729174756/https://whdh.com/news/we-want-a-better-result-local-leaders-promise-to-hold-steward-accountable-amid-plans-to-close-hospitals/ . July 29, 2024 . July 29, 2024 . WHDH (TV).
- Web site: Steward can shutter Carney, Nashoba Valley hospitals, bankruptcy judge rules. Micek. John. August 1, 2024. August 1, 2024. Mass Live. en.
