1. Memorial Health System lays off 15 employees, reassigns other workers
Marietta, Ohio-based Memorial Health System laid off 15 employees and reassigned an unspecified number of other workers as part of its reorganization plan, reports The News Center.
2. Conifer Health Solutions to lay off more than 80 Frye Regional Medical Center revenue cycle workers
Conifer Health Solutions, a subsidiary of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, will end debt collection services at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., affecting more than 80 employees, the Charlotte Business Journal reported. Frye has since said it plans to hire the laid-off workers.
3. Palomar Health reorganization prompts 42 layoffs
Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health laid off 42 of its approximately 4,000 employees, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
4. Texas specialty hospital to close, lay off 96 employees
Garland, Texas-based Select Specialty Hospital will close Feb. 9, resulting in 96 layoffs, according to The Dallas Morning News.
5. Tenet’s Detroit Medical Center to eliminate up to 300 jobs
Detroit Medical Center plans to cut up to 300 jobs as its parent company, Tenet Healthcare, continues its cost-cutting initiative, a source knowledgeable about the matter told Crain’s Detroit Business.
6. BCBS of Michigan lays off 70 employees as part of $300M cost-cutting plan: 3 things to know
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan cut 70 positions across several departments, BCBS corporate affairs director and spokesperson Helen Stojic told Becker’s Hospital Review.
7. Trios to lay off 9 employees in latest cost-cutting move
Kennewick, Wash.-based Trios Health revealed plans to lay off nine employees.
8. New Mexico hospital lays off 12 employees
Holy Cross Hospital in Taos, N.M., laid off 12 employees Jan. 12 amid financial struggles, according to The Taos News.
9. Massachusetts ambulance company lays off about 3% of staff
Fallon Ambulance Service in Quincy, Mass., laid off 23 employees, reducing its total workforce to 733, according to The Patriot Ledger.
10. Diagnostic Imaging of Salem to close, lay off 34 employees
Diagnostic Imaging of Salem (Ore.) revealed it will close, resulting in 34 layoffs, according to a Statesman Journal report.
11. Idaho long-term care hospital to close, lay off 135 employees
Boise-based Southwest Idaho Advanced Care Hospital will close in February, causing a total of 135 employees to lose their jobs, according to the BoiseDev.
12. U of Arkansas health center to cut 600 positions amid budget concerns
Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences notified affected employees of its plan to cut an estimated 600 positions to meet its budget for the upcoming fiscal year, according to KATV News.
13. Pfizer to cut 300 jobs, end drug research for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s
Pfizer will end research into treatments for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, resulting in 300 job cuts at the company’s Massachusetts facilities in Andover and Cambridge, and its Connecticut facility in Groton, reports The Wall Street Journal.
14. 5 drug and alcohol counselors laid off at Chicago hospital
Illinois’ Cook County laid off more than 300 employees Friday, including five drug and alcohol counselors at Chicago-based John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to ABC 7.
15. Healthgrades to lay off unspecified number of employees
Denver-based Healthgrades laid off an undisclosed number of employees, a company spokesperson told The Denver Post.
16. Chicago safety-net hospital lays off 35 employees
Chicago-based Roseland Community Hospital laid off 35 employees, or about 7 percent of its total staff, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
17. Oklahoma health department proposes 198 layoffs as part of budget rollback
The financially struggling Oklahoma State Department of Health plans to cut about one-third of its budget by proposing layoffs and program cuts, News OK reports.
