Topics regarding layoffs at Ascension Health

Topics regarding layoffs at Ascension Health

Gutting Finance

More cuts to AP and the associated departments seem eminent. New org chart. Sr Director canned. C Suite is asking for process narratives, otherwise known as helping train cheap replacements. Not a good time to become unemployed either.

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Curmudgeons on Their Way Out

It seems the plan to lay off the curmudgeon leadership is finally in motion. Hopefully, this marks the start of a brighter and more productive future.

Early Retirement?

They don’t give us enough time to thinking about this. If we don’t accept are they going to just terminate us? How many are they looking to get rid off

Ransom paid?

Rumor spreading in IT that Ascension paid the ransom. Slowly systems are working again. They will never admit it, but outsourcing was a mistake costing millions...

"Pure chaos" at Indy

https://fox59.com/indiana-news/nurses-fed-up-with-ascension-healthcare-security-breach-issues/

And ANOTHER THING!

Another class action lawsuit filed from the TN: https://news.yahoo.com/news/ascension-saint-thomas-health-patient-152710264.html?guccounter=1

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Love overseas partners now?

One VP brags constantly about the outsourcing model. Officially known as overseas partners. They say in leadership meetings that Ascension will NEVER go back to in-house IT. Even after spending thousands flying executives to India for curry and... — read more 

Internet outage

So who knows details on why we lost internet at every location?

MyMichigan Health acquiring Ascension locations

Facilities in Saginaw, Standish, Tawas to be acquired this summer: MyMichigan Health and Ascension have signed a definitive agreement under which Ascension Michigan’s Northern Region will become part of MyMichigan Health within a few... — read more 

AH Via Christi Hospital

St. Louis-based Mercy plans to acquire ownership of Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. The proposed transaction includes the hospital, its locations and related physician practices. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals. ... — read more 

Fitch Ratings: Non-Profit Hospital Sector Souring

The more substantial shift for the nonprofit hospital sector—and “The biggest question long term for rating agencies” like Fitch—is whether the nonprofit hospital sector sees operating margins “reset” from the ideal of 3% or higher to a range of 1%... — read more 

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Joliet, Illinois: "ASCENSION NURSES TO WALKOUT A THIRD TIME"

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Hundreds of nurses at a hospital in Joliet could be walking off the job again next week. The 500 union nurses at Ascension Saint Joseph in Joliet notified the hospital on Monday they plan to walk off the job for two days on Feb. 8... — read more 

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin: "Ascension Hospital Stabbing"

An 18-year-old man was arrested after a security guard at Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital was injured in a stabbing Monday morning at the east-side hospital, according to the Milwaukee Police Department and Ascension Wisconsin. The... — read more 

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Healthcare CEO Pay: "Richer Than God?"

Just how lavishly well are America’s health care CEOs doing these days? In 2022, a down year for the stock market, the CEOs of over 300 publicly traded U.S. health care companies combined to make some $4 billion, analysts at STAT reported this past... — read more 

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Pediatricians to Ascension: "Bye-Bye"

All of the pediatricians at Ascension's Prospect Medical Commons, part of Columbia St. Mary's Hospital campus on Milwaukee's east side, have left, causing disruptions in care for some of its young... — read more 

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"Ascension's Chief Flack Abandons Ship"

Nick Ragone will take on the role of EVP, chief marcomms officer, across Jefferson Health, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health Plans. https://www.prweek.com/article/1856794/ascensions-nick-ragone-join-healthcare-company-jefferson

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"The Ascension Vampire"

Ascension has cut a quarter of its labor and delivery units in the past decade amidst a nationwide rise in pregnancy- and childbirth-related mortality, according to new analysis released today by National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union of... — read more 

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Austin, Texas: "More Solidarity"

Registered nurses in the resident and fellow programs at Ascension Seton Medical Center (ASMC) in Austin, Texas, voted 96% in favor of representation by the National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC), an affiliate of National Nurses United (NNU)... — read more 

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Joliet, Illinois: "Ascension's Alleged Hail Mary Pass"

The Bargaining team with Ascension Saint Joseph in Joliet will meet with the Illinois Nurses Association about a new contract deal on Friday. The hospital says the deal is its best and final proposal. Hundreds of nurses went on strike twice last... — read more 

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Lewiston, New York: "Ascension Nursing Home Sell-Off"

A nursing home in Lewiston, New York, owned by one of the country's largest nonprofit Catholic health systems, is set to be sold. Ascension Living, a senior care and living provider that is part of St. Louis-based Ascension, confirmed that it has... — read more 

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Waco, Texas: "Compromised Patient Information"

Ascension Providence warns cyberattack on contractor may have compromised patient info Christopher De Los Santos Dec 13, 2023 Ascension Providence is warning that ransomware attacks on a contractor’s networks in September might have exposed... — read more 

Ascension's Ugly Legal Battle: "Poor Texans"

Ascension is locked in a legal battle with an Austin agency over whether poor patients are actually getting the care they're entitled to. https://www.statnews.com/2024/01/02/ascension-texas-central-health-lawsuit/

Why are people still working at Ascension Health

There are many better and more ethical companies that are hiring right now. I left two years ago and I never regretted it. I feel bad for my former coworkers who are still working for that mess of a company. Hopefully, more and more people will... — read more 

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