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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.
Overburdened Massachusetts hospitals are allowed through next April to keep using temporary beds to bolster their capacity to care for patients, state public health officials said in recently extended guidance
State officials have launched an incident command system as they brace for health care service disruptions amid the financial turmoil at Steward Health Care. The incident command system will be helmed by Dr. Gregg Meyer, senior vice president for quality and safety at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Overburdened Massachusetts hospitals are allowed through next April to keep using temporary beds to bolster their capacity to care for patients, state public health officials said in recently extended guidance as the Healey administration also braces for the unpredictable fallout from the Steward Health Care crisis.
The I-Team found the state is paying vendors millions without knowing what it is getting for its money.