A number of hospitals and health systems are reducing their workforces or jobs amid financial and operational challenges.
Below are workforce reduction efforts or job eliminations announced in 2025.
Editor’s Note: This webpage was created Jan. 22 and will be updated regularly.
March
1. East Ohio Regional Hospital, a 140-bed healthcare facility in Martins Ferry, eliminated jobs as it closed. The hospital announced the closure of its pharmacy and its long-term care and skilled nursing facility, along with the layoff of “ancillary services” to prioritize payroll disbursement. These closures came as the emergency department also shut down.
2. Warren, Ohio-based Insight Hospital and Medical Center Trumbull is eliminating jobs as it undergoes a “strategic realignment” to strengthen operations. Affected positions include full-time, part-time and furloughed roles.
3. Okland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente shared plans to cut 64 jobs in California, primarily affecting business function and IT positions. The layoffs are slated to occur by April 25, according to multiple WARN notices.
4. Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Hospitals shared plans to cut 143 jobs at Kindred Hospital Bay Area-Tampa (Fla.) and close the hospital to consolidate facilities. Kindred’s move consolidates three long-term acute care facilities and associated services in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area to two locations: Kindred Hospital St. Petersburg (Fla.) and Kindred Hospital Tampa Central.
February
5. Irving, Texas-based Christus Health filed a WARN notice for 479 employees at its Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-Medical Center in San Antonio. The hospital is scheduled to close April 25.
6. Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital in St. Louis cut jobs in February, citing “ongoing business challenges.” The cuts followed the hospital receiving approval from Missouri officials in December to temporarily suspend its license because of a blood supply shortage. The hospital voluntarily surrendered its license on March 17.
7. Orlando (Fla.) Health is cutting 940 jobs amid the planned closure of Rockledge Hospital and four hospital-based outpatient departments on April 22. Affected positions include a regional CFO, assistant COO, vice president and four director of nursing roles.
8. Washington, D.C.-based United Medical Center plans to close April 15 and lay off 485 employees. Layoffs affect nurses, physicians, administrators and support personnel.
9. Kindred Hospitals shared plans to cut more than 150 jobs as it consolidates four facilities and associated services in the greater Chicago area to two locations. Affected employees include 74 workers at Kindred Hospital-Lakeshore and 83 employees at Kindred Hospital-Sycamore, according to WARN notices filed with the state and shared with Becker’s. Additionally, 30 employees at both locations were offered and accepted transfers to another location.
10. Corewell Health, a 21-hospital health system based in Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich., made job cuts, the organization confirmed to Becker’s Feb. 20. The cuts affect non-patient-facing, administrative roles.
11. Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham shared layoff plans amid a projected $250M budget gap. The layoffs, which reportedly affect about 1,500 employees, come as the health system is consolidating certain management and administrative positions.
12. The Queen’s Health Systems in Honolulu shared plans to lay off about 100 workers. The layoffs affect about 1% of the health system’s workforce.
13. Baystate Health cut 98 corporate positions, representing a workforce reduction of less than 1% at the Springfield, Mass.-based health system. The cuts come as part of a $225 million transformation effort focused on core operations and strategic growth.
January
14. Evanston, Ill.-based Endeavor Health shared plans to eliminate inpatient psychiatric services at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Ill., affecting about 100 behavioral health employees. A small number of individuals in other parts of Endeavor Health were also notified of job cuts. On March 19, the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board blocked Endeavor’s plan, and it is unclear whether the hospital will file an appeal.
15. Kaiser Permanente shared plans to cut 52 California positions, most tied to its Educational Theatre outreach initiative. Affected locations include Los Angeles, Oakland, Pleasanton, Sun Valley, Corona, San Mateo, and San Jose, with an effective date of March 22, according to WARN notices filed with the state. Kaiser said the move is part of a broader shift to collaborate with community organizations for program delivery.
16. Galveston County (Texas) Health District laid off off 48 employees. CEO Philip Keiser, MD, told Click2Houston about half of the affected employees worked in the clinic, while the others worked in various areas throughout the district.
17. Cleveland Clinic plans to eliminate 114 administrative positions across various nonclinical areas. Affected roles include filled and vacant positions in multiple departments. Layoff dates vary depending on the position.
18. Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network shared plans to lay off about 100 workers. A spokesperson told Becker’s the health system has made “some changes in areas that provide outpatient care to align the staffing structure with community needs.”
19. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health shared plans to close the Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children in Canton, Mass., and relocate its programs to the Western Massachusetts Hospital in Westfield, Mass. The move affects more than 225 employees, with the state committed to assisting them in finding new job opportunities.
20. Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based Main Line Health eliminated about 200 administrative and management positions. The cuts primarily affect administrative support areas such as information technology, finance, human resources, revenue cycle, and accounting, according to CEO Jack Lynch.