HonorHealth is assuming operational control of multiple Steward Health hospitals and outpatient facilities, following the healthcare company’s bankruptcy filing, the CEO announced Wednesday.
Todd LaPorte, CEO of HonorHealth, stated that effective immediately, the following facilities would be impacted: Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, St. Luke’s Hospital in Tempe, Steward Mesa Hospital – Emergency Room, Florence Hospital in Florence, and multiple outpatient physician practices. The most notable absence from that list? St. Luke’s Behavioral Health Center in Phoenix.
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The mental health hospital in downtown Phoenix has been under severe scrutiny for over a month , amid the Arizona State Department of Health Services investigation into its HVAC failure, health code violations, and subsequent shutdown of the facility.
When asked about St. Luke’s BHC in Phoenix, LaPorte explained, “We were never asked to assume the management responsibilities for that facility. It was understood that they had a more national strategy for what to do with behavioral health facilities throughout the steward national footprint.”