Gov. Healey sends letter to Steward Health Care CEO saying time has come to transfer its hospitals Boston 25 News [Video]

BOSTON — Steward Health Care’s CEO is being called out by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey to transfer their hospitals to new operators ‘as soon as possible’ for lack of financial transparency when it comes to their ownership.

In a letter sent to Ralph de la Torre on Monday, Governor Healey accuses the embattled CEO of putting profits over patient care, which she claims has hindered the state’s ability to protect access to healthcare.

The governor demanded Steward provide the state with information about its finances — which all hospitals by law are required to submit to regulators — by the close of business on Friday. She also called on the system to properly staff and supply all of its Massachusetts facilities, comply with increased on-site state monitoring, and allow someone else to take over its seven hospitals in the Bay State.

“The time has come to move past our many …