Attorney General Peter Neronha’s office has rejected a turnaround plan by the new owners of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, determining it was insufficient to keep them afloat.
“The runway, if they don’t get it turned around quickly, it’s not extensive,” Neronha said in an interview Monday morning. “I think everybody should be concerned.”
In a late Friday afternoon email to attorneys for CharterCARE Health of Rhode Island, the local subsidiary for owner The Centurion Foundation, Neronha said the initial plan submitted “relies on unrealistic and unsupported assumptions.” Neronha gave CharterCARE until Friday, Oct. 2, to turn in a revised plan…