Workforce and leadership shifts to watch: layoffs, severance and pay insights.

January 2, 2026

1. 93 hospitals, health systems cutting jobs Full story

2. Report: What does a competitive severance package look like? Full story

3. 95% drop in patient acquisition costs — how AI agents are reshaping chronic care, here.

 

4. Illinois hospital joins Mercyhealth; Chief HR director to depart Full story

5. 51 hospitals, health systems raising workers' pay Full story

6. 57,000 physicians now work locums. Find out what that means for staffing in 2026 here.

 

7. States ranked by physician communication Full story

8. HCA TriStar hospital taps new vice president of HR Full story

9. What a Texas hospital did to cut first-year staff turnover Full story

10. Amazon's pay for 12 health tech jobs Full story

11. Legacy Health APPs end 4-week strike Full story

 

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12. 1 in 10 physicians face substance-use challenges. The models that protect your workforce here.

13. Staffing inefficiencies were adding up — see how 1 academic system cut costs 3.6% here.

14. Some hospitals are getting 4x–8x ROI on locums. See what they're doing differently: here.

15. Becker’s resources don’t stop here — explore more webinars and whitepapers.

 

 

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