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The future of the Steward Health Care hospitals currently operating in Massachusetts may be in doubt and bankruptcy a real possibility under discussion among health officials, but the state is ready for even that dire circumstance and working to prevent similar problems from occurring in the future, according to officials.
State officials and company leaders have emphasized that little will change in the short run and that patients should continue getting care as usual.
The move comes amid growing concern about a potential bankruptcy by cash-strapped Steward and its impact on eight community hospitals in Boston and north and south of the city.
State officials created an incident command structure to coordinate their response to the company's ongoing financial crisis and monitor Steward facilities.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has activated its "Emergency Operations Plan" as the Bay State continues to respond to Steward Hospitals' financial crisis.