Episode Description
In this live episode of Bad Boys of Bankruptcy, Judge Elizabeth Gunn is joined by Sam Maizel and Andrew Troop to break down the Steward Healthcare Chapter 11, a case driven as much by personality as by financial engineering.
At the center is Dr. Ralph de la Torre, a surgeon turned executive who helped build a hospital empire through private equity, aggressive expansion, and a controversial strategy of selling the land beneath hospitals while taking billions in long-term lease obligations.
The result: a system burdened with debt, billions in rent, and allegations of value extraction, all while critical healthcare services were at risk.
This episode explores how one “bad boy” and a high-risk financial model collided with the realities of healthcare, leaving courts, regulators, and communities to deal with the fallout.
At the center is Dr. Ralph de la Torre, a surgeon turned executive who helped build a hospital empire through private equity, aggressive expansion, and a controversial strategy of selling the land beneath hospitals while taking billions in long-term lease obligations.
The result: a system burdened with debt, billions in rent, and allegations of value extraction, all while critical healthcare services were at risk.
This episode explores how one “bad boy” and a high-risk financial model collided with the realities of healthcare, leaving courts, regulators, and communities to deal with the fallout.