For months, 21 News has been looking into the background of Tenor Health, the company that bought Sharon Regional Hospital with the hope of reopening it soon. 

Questions about a lack of experience and money are among the issues surrounding the group, which is still in its infancy. 

Now, for the first time, Radha Savitala, the CEO of the Tenor Health Foundation,  is answering those concerns. She said despite these concerns, she's confident in Tenor Health's ability to sustain the hospital.

While the community and Medical Properties Trust both gave $10 million dollars to help reopen the hospital, Tenor Health did not bring money to the table. Even so, Savitala feels confident in their ability to keep the hospital doors open.

“So in our budget, we've been able to look at where we see the accounts receivables, where our spending is, so we've been, we feel comfortable that we're covered in that,” said Savitala. “Funding supplies as we accrue our receivables, as we provide services moving forward, so we’re trying to be really responsible with how we use that, but we know we have to hold our claims for a little while pending the reopening process.”

Tenor Health's past, or rather lack of one, also raised concerns. 

Savatila was a consultant for Thomasville Regional Medical Center, an Alabama hospital that closed five months after her involvement. The hospital was given foreclosure notice prior to her involvement.

“Thomasville actually had foreclosure notices that were received prior to Tenor’s involvement, and that’s how I really came into the picture was because of their insurance broker that said hey, you should really take a look at this hospital,” said Savitala.

When asked how she can assure the community that Sharon regional won't share the same fate, Savatila pointed out the differences in the situations.

“Here we have the working capital, right. In Thomasville we were trying to get working capital while the hospital was open. Here we started the project with having that working capital committed, which is a very different scenario as you can imagine,” said Savitala. “It’s just a different dynamic in Thomasville. The mayor having those strained relationships with the owners of the hospital just made it so much more difficult to operate.”

Savatila said Tenor Health has an arrangement to buy the building from MPT, but does not have any timeline as to when.

Instead, she's focusing on the hospital reopening. The final step before the doors can open is to get approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. 

The goal to reopen the hospital remains February 14, but there is no set opening date.