Greater Boston’s Caritas Christi Health System has had a rough couple of years — fiscal difficulties at some of its hospitals and with its physician network, troubles with a former CEO, several failed attempts to sell itself to larger Catholic health care systems, and an anxious state attorney general looking over its shoulder.
Ralph de la Torre is reportedly coming on board as the new Caritas CEO — he is chief of cardiac surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess, with a proven management track record as head of the BI-Deaconess Cardiovascular Institute.
Bringing in a new CEO and making the governance changes planned by Caritas and viewed favorably by the AG’s office and its consultants will not solve Caritas’ problems, but will give it a fighting chance. Here’s hoping the Caritas board, the Archdiocese and the AG let the new CEO have a go at it.
