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Is bankruptcy affecting healthcare at these Miami-area hospitals? Tell us what it’s like

Steward Health owns five hospitals in South Florida.
Steward Health owns five hospitals in South Florida. Miami Herald staff

Have you noticed changes in care at Palmetto General, North Shore Medical Center and other South Florida hospitals managed by Steward Health Care System?

Reports of supply shortages, broken equipment and delayed payments have plagued hospitals across the country owned by the largest physician-owned healthcare network in the United States. Steward is in the midst of Chapter 11 bankruptcy and under federal investigation for possible corruption.

The Miami Herald is looking to speak with patients and employees for an article on what’s happening inside the halls of Steward’s Miami-Dade and Broward hospitals, which are up for sale but have remained open during the bankruptcy process.

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Are you a patient or an employee at Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, Coral Gables Hospital, Hialeah Hospital, or Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes? What about at North Shore Medical Center in North Miami-Dade, which has seen cutbacks and layoffs this year and is the epicenter of Steward’s financial crisis in South Florida?

Have you noticed any problems or changes since Steward purchased the hospitals from Tenet Healthcare in 2021? What’s it like to work or get care at Steward’s hospitals? Have your care or working conditions changed recently?

Fill out the form below to share your experience with us. The information you share won’t be published, although a reporter might contact you to learn more. (Can’t see the form embedded below? Click here.)

Michelle Marchante
Miami Herald
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription
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