The CEO of Tenor Health took Dr. Oz on a tour of hospitals in Scranton and discussed how to keep the doors open.

SCRANTON, Pa. — We are hearing from Tenor Health Foundation for the first time inside one of the three hospitals in our area it just purchased. 

Tenor’s CEO, Radha Savitala, speaking to Newswatch 16 at Moses Taylor Hospital on Thursday afternoon about the foundation’s goals for the three hospitals.

“These services that are being provided are so vital to the community, and so many services have decreased over the years, and we are here to invest in our employees and our providers, but also the physical plant. And recruit and retain  the staff to be able to provide the services. Confidence from the community is important, and they need to know we are here to make it a success,” said Savitala.

Savitala was joined by Congressman Rob Bresnahan, who helped broker the deal between Tenor and the hospitals’ previous owner, Commonwealth Health, and the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Mehmet Oz.

Bresnahan and Oz responded to concerns about cuts to Medicaid coming next year and how they might affect the hospitals.

“Just to be clear on what’s happening to Medicaid, we’re investing another $200 billion more into Medicaid. What we changed was a run on the bank. We’re optimistic that Pennsylvania will do well, especially with the rural health care transformation fund,” said Dr. Oz.

“Allowing them to fail wasn’t an option. Why we were able to work so closely with the administrator, with the administration, and like we want to do moving forward, making sure that you have the right resources and legislative priorities that we can take back and have all ships rise with the rising tide,” said Congressman Bresnahan (R), 8th District.

The CEO of Tenor Health told Newswatch 16 that the foundation is still working on its capital plan for the hospitals, but that she hopes to expand services to allow the hospitals to make more money.Â