Here are four hospitals and health systems that plan to lay off employees, as reported by Becker’s:
1. Renton, Wash.-based Valley Medical Center will make service consolidations and other changes to 50% of its workforce over the next two months due to financial challenges, state and federal government uncertainties, and private sector reimbursement.
The news comes after the hospital laid off 101 employees in late March after federal Medicaid benefits halted Dec. 31 without notice. Valley Medical will be closing its Northwest Pavilion inpatient adult and pediatric units June 27. Valley Medical’s Kent primary care, maternal fetal medicine clinic, occupational health services, and pediatric neurology and pediatric sleep medicine clinics will also close June 27.
2. New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian plans to lay off 2% of its employees, or 1,000 people. In a May 8 statement shared with Becker’s, the system said that the decision was due to “current macroeconomic realities and anticipated challenges ahead.”
The news also follows a $750 million May 5 settlement with Columbia University, also of New York City, and its affiliate NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, after 576 patients reported misconduct or sexual abuse at the hands of a former gynecologist.
3. Columbia University is also laying off 180 researchers whose work was funded by now-terminated federal grants. The university attributed the layoffs to increasing budget constraints and uncertainty regarding future research funding levels.
4. Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare shared plans to lay off 115 positions May 2 as part of operational and workflow changes across its Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center and Long Beach-based Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital. The layoffs will include nurses, technicians and other clinical and administrative staff.
The post 4 hospitals, health systems laying off employees appeared first on Becker’s ASC.
