Tenor and CHS signed a purchase agreement in October<\/a> for the two Scranton hospitals and Wilkes-Barre General, expecting to close the deal by year’s end if it secured funding. <\/p>\nOn Tuesday, Savitala told WVIA News that Tenor applied for state Department of Health approval on Nov. 6, 2025, and requested an expedited review.<\/p>\n
The department said the review continues, but did not say when it will be complete. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Pennsylvania Department of Health continues to review the change-in-ownership application submitted by the Tenor Health Foundation regarding its interest in purchasing the hospitals currently owned by Commonwealth Health Systems. The process is ongoing,\u201d the department told WVIA News in a statement.<\/p>\n
Legislators continue to monitor hospital deal<\/p>\n
In an interview, state Rep. Bridget Kosierowski (D-Lackawanna) said she\u2019s been in regular contact with the Department of Health.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know they are laser-focused on it. They’ve got all hands on deck. The Department of Health is well aware of how important this decision is for the community and the workforce and the patients. So the delay isn’t really a delay. It’s more about, okay, we’ve gotten through this part A, part B, part C, but we need a little bit more information,\u201d Kosierowski said.<\/p>\n
She said the department is “moving as fast as they can.”<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have to do a thorough process, and I’m being very patient and letting them do their work, because this is an important thing to approve,” Kosierowski said. “It’s an important thing to approve a reasonable deliverer of care when it comes to a hospital. They have to do their due diligence, and we have to be patient.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kosierowski remains hopeful a decision will happen by the end of the month.<\/p>\n
In a statement, U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Luzerne) said he hopes the state approves soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy team and I have been working to find a solution for the hospitals since the beginning, and we will continue to do so until we cross the finish line,\u201d said Bresnahan. \u201cI implore the governor and his administration to do what is best for the people of Northeastern Pennsylvania and ensure a continuity of care. Regional, Moses Taylor, and Wilkes-Barre General play a key role in our region\u2019s healthcare and are a strong backbone of Northeastern Pennsylvania\u2019s workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kosierowski said she\u2019s grateful for the support of community partners through the sale process, including the local foundations that stepped in to financially support the struggling hospitals after an initial deal collapsed<\/a> and Bresnahan\u2019s team.<\/p>\n\u201cAs a whole, we’ve been kind of working across party lines on this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A month after Tenor Health Foundation expected to take over three local hospitals, the nonprofit’s leader issued a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-98827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}