Here are four hospitals and health systems laying off employees in the month of April, as reported by Becker’s:
1. San Antonio-based Laurel Ridge Treatment Center, a 330-bed behavioral health facility owned by King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, will lay off approximately 648 employees weeks after CMS terminated its Medicare provider agreement.
2. Burlington, Vt.-based University of Vermont Health eliminated nine positions April 14 at Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone, N.Y., and Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh, N.Y. The layoffs affected two employees at Alice Hyde and seven at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital.
3. Portland, Ore.-based Oregon Health & Science University laid off 59 employees at its Knight Cancer Institute across multiple research projects. The layoffs affected 30 employees at the Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center and 12 at the Serial Measurements of Molecular and Architectural Responses to Therapy project. An additional 17 positions were eliminated in other areas due to a lack of independent research funding.
4. Greenwood (Miss.) Leflore Hospital filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection April 15 as it faces a potential closure or acquisition by a larger health system. The filing comes after the hospital shared plans to lay off 86 employees — about 17% of its workforce — and eliminate several service lines. The layoffs include 46 full-time and 40 part-time employees, and a WARN notice indicates the hospital could close as soon as June 15 if its finances are not stabilized.
5. Advanced Specialty Hospitals of Toledo (Ohio), a long-term acute care hospital, shared plans to close May 1, affecting all 116 employees. Affected roles include a director of nursing, 45 registered nurses, a therapy manager, four pharmacy technicians, a human resources manager, a physical therapist and four speech-language pathologists.
6. Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, the insurance arm of Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health, plans to eliminate 321 jobs as it exits the Texas Medicaid managed care market and phases out individual marketplace plans. Affected employees will have priority access to other roles within the organization.
7. West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health is transitioning some IT and revenue cycle functions to third-party vendors, including eliminating 207 IT roles. The changes affect less than 1% of UnityPoint Health’s 31,000-member workforce.
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