The Steward Files

An investigation based on nearly 300,000 leaked internal documents reveals how Steward Health Care expanded while secretly sliding toward bankruptcy, with executives, private equity, and real estate investors allegedly siphoning funds as the company failed to pay vendors and meet patient needs; the Steward Files, shared with OCCRP, the Boston Globe, and the Times of Malta, detail efforts to conceal the chain’s financial distress and enrich insiders.