#healthcare

OneCM sounds like the program may result in a reduction in the number of case managers and support colleagues needed.

Nine positions were eliminated at two North Country hospitals. Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital and Alice Hyde Medical Center are affected. President Michelle LeBeau announced the staff reductions. The health system faces rising costs and policy changes. These decisions aim to protect access to care for communities.

Plattsburgh, N.Y.

https://www.wcax.com/2026/04/27/2-north-country-hospitals-announce-layoffs/

Healthcare layoffs are increasing across the U.S. due to rising costs and restructuring. These job cuts, including thousands at Cigna and Viatris, reduce employer-sponsored health benefits. Patients losing coverage face fragmented and expensive healthcare systems. Many transition to freelance or part-time roles with limited benefits. Providers are responding by adopting membership-based models for more predictable care.

https://www.digitaljournal.com/life/layoffs-are-quietly-cutting-off-us-healthcare-access-what-should-patients-so/article

Anyone know if home and community or house calls will be impacted?

Resilience Healthcare laid off hundreds of employees from a suburban Chicago hospital. This action affected 670 workers at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park. The hospital cited financial and technological issues, specifically a failed electronic medical records system. CEO Dr. Manoj Prasad hopes to reopen the hospital with state financial assistance. A law firm is investigating Resilience for potential WARN Act violations.

Oak Park, Illinois

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/facing-financial-issues-illinois-hospital-shutters-lays-off-hundreds-of-workers/ar-AA21Cz5L?cvid=69ec2ff1899145a5b40b386714df05b5&ocid=DELLDHP

with the current state of the cost of medical coverage. Not just at Verizon, but nationwide. Could it be that when these multi millionaire Fox News hosts call us SoCialiSts for wanting universal healthcare here in the US, they might not not really have the working stiff's best interests at heart?

One Call has completed its acquisition of Data Dimensions. This acquisition aims to replace fragmented processes. It will create a unified system. The system connects data, workflows, and payments. This applies across the workers' compensation health care industry.

https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2026/04/15/one-call-completes-acquisition.html

UnityPoint Health announced job cuts due to outsourcing its IT and revenue cycle functions. The health system will eliminate 207 information technology positions. Further job reductions are planned for the revenue cycle department. Accenture will handle IT services, and Omega Healthcare will manage revenue cycle operations. This restructuring aims to reduce costs during a period of sustained financial pressure.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2026/04/15/unitypoint-layoffs-des-moines-outsourcing/89604998007/

ZoomCare is closing its Bellevue location. This closure will result in job losses. Exactly 36 workers are affected. Employees will lose their jobs next month. The job losses will occur over a two-week period.

Bellevue, Washington

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2026/04/17/zoomcare-bellevue-clinic-layoffs-closure.html

Does anyone know of Optum Infusion will be affected by layoffs anytime soon? Work seems to be dwindling

ECU Health Home Health and Hospice will permanently close. This closure is effective May 1, 2026. It will impact 161 employees across eastern North Carolina. The decision follows an agreement to sell the division to Liberty Home Care and Hospice. Financial pressures and declining reimbursements drove this strategic move.

Greenville, North Carolina

https://wcti12.com/news/local/ecu-health-closure-of-home-health-hospice-unit-to-impact-161-workers

Are they going to lay off technicians??

How much premium i would end up paying for me, wife and 3 kids if I elect COBRA. Is such a family option available ? How long we can continue COBRA ? Appreciate your inputs.

Greenwood Leflore Hospital issued a formal notice warning employees of potential large-scale layoffs. The hospital is preparing for a possible closure by June 15, complying with federal law. However, discussions continue with a larger health care system regarding a potential takeover. The 35-bed public hospital has faced serious financial challenges since the COVID-19 pandemic. A dispute with the Mississippi Division of Medicaid over outstanding debts has intensified these struggles.

Greenwood, Mississippi

https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/greenwood-leflore-hospital-warns-workers-mass-layoffs-ahead-expected-closure

UnityPoint Health will eliminate 207 IT positions later this year. Additional job cuts are planned for its revenue cycle department. The health system is outsourcing these functions to third-party vendors. Accenture will handle IT, and Omega Healthcare will manage revenue cycle. UnityPoint Health cites sustained financial pressure as the reason for these changes.

West Des Moines, Iowa

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2026/04/15/unitypoint-layoffs-des-moines-outsourcing/89604998007/

I'm hoping to get advice from Cigna employees as I am desperate to get medication for myself for a terrible autoimmune disease. I have spent countless hours on the phone and just keep getting transferred to someone else or face other delays/obstacles. Any advice for a patient for navigating this?

I’d really like clarity on what’s happening with HR at this company. I left on my own terms and have been repeatedly submitting tickets to understand my final paycheck. I only worked 3 days during the pay period, but my last check shows deductions for two full weeks of healthcare coverage, which significantly reduced my pay.
My HR representative had told me that healthcare coverage would end on my last day of employment. IF that’s accurate, I shouldn’t have been charged for the additional days. IF deductions are correct, then my coverage extended through the pay period. Either way,I am not getting answers and I may be owed pay.
My tickets have been closed mid-conversation twice and no calls back despite leaving voicemails.
Has anyone else experienced something similar? I essentially worked without being properly paid, and I’d like a clear explanation of how this was calculated.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/memorial-hermann-blue-cross-blue-shield-texas-in-network/285-ceceb89a-d299-47e7-868b-f4f58889cb4e

I hope they don’t keep doing this to us every year to try to juice their profits by Pennie’s. Maybe we can use some of that excess Iran war profit to improve benefits for employees

"65 is the new 55" as far as being able to retire goes. What's really a shame is that if the billionaire owned media didn't have us working class people at each other's throats over which political team we're on, (divide and conquer) we might have been able to get a handle on it before we reached this point.

A health care union protested layoffs at Extendicare Countryside in Sudbury. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) reported 21 workers received layoff notices. These layoffs reportedly include eight registered practical nurses and other staff. Extendicare stated no primary care roles or nurses have been impacted. The company attributes the changes to staffing realignment to match current needs.

Sudbury, Ontario

https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7158163?feature=random

Cigna wrecked Express Scripts. Used to be nice and simple when my health care coverage and my prescription coverage were separate. Now it's just one big cluster F. Service is terrible and all this waiting by the mail box for forced mail order prescriptions. I travel a lot and now I'm at the mercy for waiting for it to arrive in the mail, when ever that is. I hate having to schedule my departures because I'm waiting for the mailman. I can't skip medication or go for days without it. Something has to change! I miss the good old days when I could run to my local pharmacy and pick up my prescript at MY convenience. Now I have to WAIT and WAIT and hope the mailman arrives on time or whenever that is to get my meds. You can't reorder too early because the app will tell you it's too early to reorder!! There's been many times my supply runs out while I'm gone and the "maybe" arrival time is just after I'm gone. No meds for a week or two. They sit in the mailbox for anyone to take. In the heat or the cold. SOMETHING has to change!!!

A New Hampshire Senate committee heard a bill proposing executive pay freezes. The bill targets Coos County hospitals, specifically North County Healthcare (NCH). It would freeze executive pay and bonuses for 18 months after significant layoffs. Proponents argue for accountability of public Medicaid funds. Opponents claim the bill removes local control and could harm healthcare.

Concord, New Hampshire

https://indepthnh.org/2026/02/18/coos-county-hospital-execs-would-see-pay-frozen-in-some-layoffs-if-bill-passes/

my position is being eliminated (long story and it will not affect others). i am thinking about keeping cobra and wanted to see if anyone had experience with it. gracias...

When will it end?

A new bill in Maine seeks to limit hospital charges. Rep. Drew Gattine sponsors LD 2196 to cap prices. It requires insurers to pay 110% of Medicare rates for primary and behavioral health. Large hospitals would be capped at double the Medicare rate. Maine Health and Northern Light Health warn of thousands of layoffs.

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/health/2026/03/06/maine-bill-proposes-hospital-fee-caps--but-providers-warn-of-layoffs-and-closures

Title says it all. All of my doctors are with memorial hermann so I guess I will have to find new ones. Life just keeps getting better and better at excon. So far this year I have spent 1600.00 for a heart scan, 700.00 for specialized blood work and 200.00 for an emergency room co pay plus 10% 600.00. My co worker spent 1200.00 for a colonoscopy. Another exxon employee was denied GLP 1 medication because their a1c was too low for diabetes. Funny thing is without the glp1 medication their a1c was over 7 but with gp1 it was below 6.5. You would think with stock price and money exxon has made they could afford to take care of the employees health care not. I guess indian btcs don't need health care and it is cheaper in india. A company that does not care about the health of its employees is a shameful place to work at. It is not just exxon health insurance is getting worse for everyone in the usa.

Group RIF'd today. 8-12 people over 3 shifts.

How hard have medical case managers been hit?

Not an Oracle employee past or present, but in healthcare. Curious if the VA or health system clients were notified in advance of the layoffs and given assurances of a smooth transition. I've heard onsite staff were pulled immediately.

My bet is that the VA nor health systems were not told in advance and that reassurances haven't been issued.

Prove me wrong?

The VA EHRM rollout restarts this month, after a 2 year hiatus.

You also have to wonder about pipeline customers, how they are going to take this. My bet is that more will flee to Epic.

More for UHC but I wanted to know if anyone else got the ridiculous email about the “ Executive Complaints” email regarding appeals. For those not in the know basically if a Governor, share holder, state person or anyone else in the top 1% have UHC we are to work the case IMMEDIATELY and push it through and prioritize it above all the other cases to have a decision made ( and approved and paid for by UHG) within 24 hours. Must be nice to make more money than more than half the people at the company and demand a strict 24 hour turn around time while the disabled patient who actually needs care gets denied chemo therapy and their hospital stay because the company decided “ it wasn’t necessary”
God I F$)):& hate this company

Hi All - I need help from folks who are planning to retire or that went through the retirement process. Here is a thread on Chevron's page, it's customized I hope we can put together something similar to help our folks as well: https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmrb08g5 or @OP+1kmrb08g5 "So, you've started thinking about RETIREMENT"

If you have time chime in with bits or pieces and, after a week or two I will consolidate everything into a long master post named "Exxon: Retirement Planning Considerations".

I am sure I am missing some key points but here is what comes to mind right now:

1. Ret. eligibility details (thresholds, yrs, pts)
2. Key milestone impcts (what changes materially)
3. Equity / vesting rules (RSUs, timing)
4. Bonus treatment after one leaves
5. Pre-65 healthcare costs (monthly premiums, coverage)
6. Post-65 healthcare reality (medcare, supplements, totals)
7. Company contribution levels (amts, caps, trends)
8. COBRA transition experience (costs, surprises)
9. Retiree vs employee benefits (what gets better or worse)
10. Out-of-pocket expectations (deductibles, exposure)
11. Real monthly cost examples (individual??? family?)
12. Financial planning lessons (mistakes, what mattered most to u)
13. Longterm benefit risks (changes, reductions, uncertainty)
14. Timeline considerations (when staying longer helps)
15. Anything you wish known (critical hindsight insights)

Add what you can. Specific details are most useful.

Trinity Health is cutting jobs within its revenue cycle department. The healthcare system will outsource these non-patient-facing roles to an external partner. Approximately 10.5% of revenue cycle positions are affected by this change. The exact number of impacted employees has not been publicly disclosed. Financial challenges in the healthcare industry prompted these cost-saving measures.

Ann Arbor, MI

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/01/some-health-care-staff-laid-off-in-washtenaw-county-as-trinity-health-outsources.html

Does anyone know if get layoff, do you loss your healthcare benefit the same day? I heard Oracle will end your healthcare the same day. Is it true?

What's going on in pharmacy in reference to layoffs? I'm in the HD space...should I be concerned? It has changed so much.

https://memorialhermann.org/about-us/bcbstx-negotiations

In the latest endless hit to our benefits, all Memorial Hermann providers will not be in-network starting April 1st, unless thisis resolved.

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What are some good jobs for nurses? I work at a busy hospital and am really stressed out and a friend told me to check out insurance jobs.

In February 2026, Express Scripts was hit with a racketeering class action lawsuit alleging it used a Swiss company to disguise billions of dollars in kickbacks. The lawsuit claims this scheme diverted rebates meant for clients, violating federal racketeering laws (RICO) and inflating dr-g costs.

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/02/ftc-secures-landmark-settlement-express-scripts-lower-dr-g-costs-american-patients

https://open.substack.com/pub/healthcareuncovered/p/express-scripts-just-got-sued-for?r=4gx0u9&utm_medium=ios

I see many folks hanging around waiting for a severance package. I get that I mean a kicker to go would be ideal especially if you are retirement eligible and this is your last stop in your career. If you have another opportunity outside the phone factory that meets or exceeds current salary/bonus pay and you are not retirement eligible, yet. What do employees gain by achieving retirement eligibility? What would be at risk if you left payroll 3 years before becoming eligible for retirement?

Potential known risks:
3 years of Pension contributions (assuming eligible)
30% service discount
ability to participate in AT&T healthcare plans at your cost 100%

Are there any other meaningful "benefits" at risk by leaving before eligible?