Steward sold its five Utah hospitals last year. A dozen vendors have claimed the health care company still owes them a combined $3 million.
Necessary test kits, pest control, temporary staffing are among services that Steward Health Care still hasn’t paid for, Utah vendors claim.
The most recent claim comes from the Utah Attorney General’s office on behalf of the state’s Department of Health and Human Services — and Utah taxpayers — the complaint says. Hunt’s Pest Control had worked with Salt Lake Regional Medical Center for years before Steward bought the hospital in 2017, he said.According to court documents, Steward stopped paying its invoices in 2019.
Steward did not respond to Hunt’s legal claims. A judge issued a default judgment last week against Steward for $24,610, which accounts for unpaid invoices and late fees, according to court documents. Deseret News, Utah’s oldest news publisher, sued Steward Health last November, claiming Steward owes them $76,800 in fees for eight months’ worth of advertising on the news outlet’s website and app.
Steward did not respond to the claims, and the court issued a default judgment in November. Thomas Cuisine applied for a writ of garnishment in January to collect the money from Bank of America, which Thomas’ attorneys believe is Steward Health Care’s bank. Steward has not yet responded to claims against it in this case. The company was served in October, according to court records; nothing has happened since then. Aeroscape is seeking at least $162,980 in damages.3D Medical Staffing has filed the largest claim so far against Steward Health, seeking more than $1.7 million. The nursing agency says it provided temporary staffing services to all five Utah hospitals between 2018 and 2023, but Steward stopped paying its invoices in 2021.
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