Bankrupt Steward Health Care has again postponed a sale hearing for its hospitals in Massachusetts and other states, this time to Aug. 22, according to court filings.
A hearing on the sale of five Massachusetts properties belonging to a Dallas-based health care company was scheduled for Friday, according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston.
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The hearing was also scheduled to address Steward-owned hospitals in Arkansas and Louisiana.The documents filed late Wednesday did not explain the reason for the delay.
Steward said deals have been closed on five Massachusetts properties but has not disclosed the bidders.
Administrators have already received court permission to close Kearney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer.
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Company officials told the court that they had received “binding bids from local operators to acquire six hospitals in Massachusetts, including St. Elizabeth Medical Center, St. Ann’s Hospital, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Holy Family Hospital-Haverhill, Holy Family Hospital-Methuen and Morton Hospital.”
State officials have agreed to a deal, approved by a U.S. bankruptcy court, in which the state will make an upfront Medicaid payment of $30 million to keep Steward Hospital open through August, as it is expected to be sold.
