Radha Savitala

The state revoked the operating license from Sharon Regional Hospital, Tenor Health Foundation’s first acquisition in Western Pennsylvania. Local leadership and the health department on Friday sought to reassure the community that Tenor’s NEPA hospitals, which operate under the Commonwealth Health umbrella, will be unaffected by what happened at Sharon.

Tenor Health Foundation purchased Regional Hospital of Scranton, Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre General Hospital in February. Local leadership celebrated growth under the new ownership during a ceremonial reopening at Regional Hospital Monday morning.

Tenor Health Foundation purchased the financially struggling Community Health Systems-owned Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Regional Hospital in Scranton and Moses Taylor Hospital. Executives are optimistic about the hospitals’ futures three months after the sale.

Negotiations between Commonwealth Health Systems and Tenor Health Foundation are ongoing, but state Rep. Bridget Kosierowski and her partners remain optimistic that a deal will happen potentially as soon as this month.

Board asks Gov. Josh Shapiro's office and the region's legislative delegation to halt any sale of WBGH, which was announced earlier this week with the news that owner Commonwealth Health had signed a letter of intent with Tenor, a California-based nonprofit, to sell three facilities in NEPA.