Healthcare premium cuts 100 roles in Illinois hospitals

Diving brief:

• Prime Healthcare reduces more than 100 roles in eight hospitals in Illinois which she acquired ascension earlier this year, confirmed a company spokesperson at Healthcare Dive.
• Most of the discounts took place on Friday, while the remaining cuts will take place until July, the spokesman said. Cups have an impact less than 1% of around 14,000 workers employed in the affected facilities – 13,000 people who remained thanks to the acquisition of premium and 1,000 in newly created roles.
• The discounts try to consolidate a “small number” of positions that have been duplicated or “not aligned on the care model and service line offers” after the acquisition, according to the spokesperson. Most reduced roles do not involve direct care of patients, and no union role is affected, they said.

Diving insight:

Comparable posts are offered to employees, and affected people are encouraged to apply for more than 900 open positions in Illinois bonus facilities, the spokesman said.

Ontario, California, announced its intention to acquire nine hospitals and four care sites in Illinois since Ascension in July for around $ 375 million. Ascension St. Elizabeth in Chicago, originally included in the agreement, was closed before the end of the agreement in March.

The acquisition, the largest in the history of bonus, has widened the presence of the health system in Illinois. Within the framework of the agreement, Prime agreed to invest $ 250 million in installations through upgrading of installations, substantial technological investments and system updates.

Prime, which operates more than 51 hospitals and 360 ambulatory installations in 14 states, claims to have started to make its investment commitment despite Illinois installations collectively losing nearly $ 200 million in the past year.

However, the health system caught the FLAK to close certain service lines after the acquisition.

Last month, the Democratic senators of Illinois, Richard Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, sent a letter to the CEO of Prime, Prem Reddy, after the hospital operator suspended the pediatric services in one of his hospitals, withdrew a designation of trauma in a medical center and canceled obstetrics and maternal care in another hospital Kankakee, in Illinois.

“Prime Healthcare only exploited these eight hospitals in Illinois for two months, and there are already deep concerns concerning patients who lose access to care,” said senators.

Other health systems have reduced roles in recent months, hospitals are faced with financial opposites, notably Peacehealth, Masse General Brigham, Jefferson Health and Lehigh Valley Health Network.