Warren, Ohio-based Insight Hospital and Medical Center Trumbull, part of Flint, Mich.-based Insight Health Systems, has suspended operations and is not admitting new patients amid the Ohio Department of Health’s move to revoke its state license.
“We strongly disagree with the Ohio Department of Health’s assessment, insinuations and actions to publicly revoke the hospital license as the clinical and facility care has been outstanding,” a spokesperson for Insight said in a Nov. 26 statement shared with Becker’s. “However, from the beginning it has been Insight’s position that we respect the Ohio Department of Health’s authority in regulating health affairs. Because of the department’s inaccurate accusations and setting back the reopening process, the hospital is not able to function in a sustainable manner.”
In a Nov. 17 letter from the ODH, officials proposed revoking the hospital’s license due to violations such as “failing to properly heat the facility and facility to provide appropriate care for patients,” a department spokesperson said in a Nov. 26 statement shared with Becker’s.
“Hospital officials have 30 days to request a hearing, during which time the facility may remain open,” the statement said. “If a hearing is not requested, ODH will revoke state licensure.”
The Trumbull hospital reopened Oct. 14 after its operations were first halted in late March over ongoing bankruptcy issues tied to its former owner, Dallas-based Steward Health Care. Insight purchased the facility and Warren-based Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital, which remains closed, from Steward in November 2024.
In late November 2025, Insight said the Trumbull hospital had also not restored its Medicare agreement following an Oct. 10 termination due to multiple Medicare Conditions of Participation violations.
The Insight spokesperson said Steward’s bankruptcy “significantly affected healthcare” in the area the Trumbull facility serves, but despite Insight’s nonprofit approach to bring back the hospital and despite receiving public and government support, regulatory hurdles from the Ohio Department of Health remain.
“In fact, the department’s roadblocks affected the CMS certification, and then after affirming compliance with the state hospital license on October 14th prior to reopening, took additional adverse actions against the hospital,” the spokesperson said.
Insight submitted a response to the health department and said it will chart “the best plan forward” once all outstanding issues are resolved.
