The emergency room at the Quincy Medical Center will stay open for up to two years under a deal between Steward Heath Care and the Attorney General's Office.
"Maintaining emergency room care services and access to high-quality health care in Quincy is a priority for my office," Attorney General Martha Coakley said.
The 124-year-old hospital closed last month after Steward Health Care said it was losing $20 million a year. Under the settlement announced yesterday, Steward can close the emergency room after a year if it can show state health officials the services are not being used sufficiently by the public.
Steward can be fined $30,000 a month, up to $360,000, if it fails to provide emergency services.
"We believe that the conditions of the agreement are fair and consistent with the goals of maintaining access to high-quality health care services in the city of Quincy," said Steward spokeswoman Brooke Thurston in a statement. "We are committed to providing a convenient network of health care options to patients in Quincy."
The abrupt closure of the hospital appeared to violate Steward's 2011 agreement with Coakley to maintain services there for 10 years after it bought Quincy Medical in a bankruptcy auction. Quincy officials and residents have criticized the shuttering of the hospital and Chris Walker, a spokesman for Mayor Thomas Koch, yesterday said the city is still exploring its legal options.
The new settlement also requires Steward to relocate a Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic that had operated at the hospital and to provide primary care and specialty physician services in Quincy through Oct. 1, 2018.
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