Sharon Regional Health System Shuts Hospital; Former Counselor Says Tenor Health Owes $3,600

Sharon Regional Health System closed its hospital, leaving employees without jobs just before the holidays, Yahoo reported. Former behavioral health counselor Kristin Carroll, who worked at the hospital for seven years, said Tenor Health owes her $3,600 in back pay and paid time off.

Kristin Carroll Describes The Sharon Regional Closure

Carroll spoke from the front porch of her Sharon home about the closing. "I was devastated. I was, you know, afraid of what was going to happen to all of us in terms of, you know, this being right before the holiday, what that was going to look like. A lot of us were already dealing with financial struggles of playing catch up because of, you know, our checks not being on time," she said.

Carroll said Tenor Health officials were not upfront about the company's troubles and that she never saw any of Tenor's top officials. "If they would have been more honest and more upfront about that, I think that things absolutely could have been different," she said.

Carroll and many of her former coworkers have filed for unemployment, but Tenor has not reported wages, so people are being delayed in collecting compensation. She said she has two interviews for a new job.

Carroll said Tenor Health failed to pay for health insurance for November, so anyone who had medical procedures between November 1 and the closing on November 5 is responsible for the bill in its entirety. "We're entitled to that money. That money is ours. We worked for that. And so the fact that we have no information as to when we're going to get paid, if we're going to get paid," she said.

Sharon Regional's Reopening Under Tenor Health Foundation

Sharon Regional reopened in March 2025 as a nonprofit hospital under Tenor Health Foundation, according to akta.pro company records, following the January 2025 closure of Sharon Regional Medical Center and a transition from Steward Health. The same records show the hospital was operating at roughly 60% of previous capacity as of September 2025, with emergency department visits of approximately 1,250-1,300 patients per month and 200 admissions per month.

The records list Casey Fatch as CEO, Dr. Jeremy Mashburn as chief medical officer, Dr. Valeri Roth as president of the medical staff and Dr. Christopher Conti as medical director of emergency services. Sharon Regional's own site describes it as a nonprofit community hospital serving Mercer County and the Shenango Valley.

What Former Workers Say Comes Next

Carroll said she has two interviews for a new job and is hopeful to find something soon. "We need people to be involved. We need people to stay on this. We need people to hold them accountable for, you know, what they've done to our community, what they've done to us," she said.