Hi - curious about this. What positions are they laying off? Is anyone safe? Nurses??

I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. Ascension has been a horrible employer for years and a lot of us are at the end of our rope. I'm now at the point where being let go with a severance, even a modest one, is a better alternative to being... —  read more 

Just received a notice that I’m being let go. Anyone else impacted?

It is impossible for the manager not to know that such a large amount of work is unrealistic to be done in the expected period. However, he insists that we meet such unrealistic goals and tries to convince us that we are not overloaded at all... —  read more 

I don't know who the copy & paste king is but I wish they would stop!

2022 Was Hospitals’ Worst Financial Year in Decades, But 2023 Won’t Be Much Better Financial analysts have said that 2022 may have been the worst year for hospital finances in decades. This year looks like it will be yet another year of financial... —  read more 

Tens of thousands of Texans could potentially suffer from a major fallout between the state's largest insurance company and one of the country's largest health care networks, putting many providers and facilities out of network for patients... —  read more 

TOPEKA — A patient in mental health crisis undergoing treatment at the overcrowded Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph in Wichita brutally attacked a nurse checking his vital signs. “He comes off the bed and grabs her neck and he is intent on squeezing... —  read more 

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Wednesday night several dozen protesters braved the elements to urge Ascension Wisconsin to re-open labor and delivery services at St. Francis Hospital. Ascension shut down those services just before Christmas, creating a void... —  read more 

Indiana Ascension is closing Ascension St. Vincent Dunn, a critical access hospital in Bedford and nine medical practices in December, a move that will affect 133 employees.  Missouri Ascension Technologies, the IT subsidiary of St. Louis-based... —  read more 

Big Nonprofit Hospitals Expand in Wealthier Areas, Shun Poorer Ones Despite lucrative tax breaks for serving needy communities, many large systems focus growth on higher-income neighborhoods "Of hospitals divested or closed by St. Louis-based... —  read more 

Linda told Nurse.org that she has been personally threatened with potentially being “walked out” by hospital administration if she did not comply with her assigned patient assignments—ratios that were contractually inaccurate, forcing her to take... —  read more 

Ascension CONFESSES America's healthcare crisis is WORSE THAN MANY THINK!!! “It is not hyperbole to say that the entire U.S. health care system is in... —  read more 

“Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s is a first class structure on the outside, but THIRD WORLD INSIDE.” https://www.milwaukeemag.com/special-report-how-staff-shortages-are-undermining-care-at-columbia-st-marys-hospital/

One good indicator that this company has a culture of not valuing employees is that you can only have a problem here if you question something. How many times have you convinced yourself of that? Critical opinion, even if it is very... —  read more 

"...Ascension’s (Indiana) pricing is roughly 40% higher than the national average..." https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/indianapolis/organization-calls-on-indianapolis-hospital-systems-to-lower-cost-of-healthcare Rand... —  read more 

Despite growing evidence of the harm caused by medical debt, hundreds of U.S. hospitals maintain policies to aggressively pursue patients for unpaid bills, using tactics such as lawsuits, selling patient accounts to debt buyers, and reporting... —  read more 

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/hospitals-created-own-staffing-woes-6118338/

MD here, with Ascension. The point that nobody wants to talk about. Hundreds of Nurses left the system when it mandated the COVID vaccine. The "Ministry" refused any religious exemptions. Odd for a Catholic organization. I personally know of... —  read more 

In 2019, Ascension received an award from a company called AvaSure. The “AvaPrize” was bestowed upon the hospital chain because of its embrace of a new cost-cutting innovation: robots. Traditionally, Ascension, like other hospitals, sent nurses’... —  read more 

New York Times article How a Sprawling Hospital Chain Ignited Its Own Staffing Crisis Ascension, one of the country’s largest health systems, spent years cutting jobs, leaving it flat-footed when the pandemic hit. Published Dec. 15, 2022Updated Dec... —  read more 

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The newly unionized nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita took their first action this week, addressing safety and security at the hospital. This follows the discharge of a g-n this month on the Ascension Via... —  read more 

"Where did the money go?" "Ascension had started cutting costs to avoid a predicted deficit, but in the end, the system was not in financial danger. “Over the five years in which Ascension executives had projected the $5.2 billion loss, the system... —  read more 

"While the pandemic was a breaking point for many healthcare workers, hospital policies implemented before 2020 in some ways laid the groundwork for the current staffing crisis. A recent New York Times investigation finds that large nonprofit... —  read more 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/business/hospital-staffing-ascension.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare A very sad article about how Ascension has become profit driven over patient care.

Former Ascension manager accused of theft: https://weartv.com/news/local/former-ascension-sacred-heart-pensacola-manager-charged-with-stealing-over-800000

https://builtin.com/brand-studio/ascension-strives-transform-healthcare-through-technology

St. Louis-based Ascension’s professional and general liability loss reserve grew more than 6% year-over-year in fiscal 2022, reaching $932 million as of June 30, 2022. Ascension could be on the hook for BILLIONS in legal fees after a judge determined... —  read more 

When she began working there about six and a half years ago, there were approximately 700 unionized nurses. Today, there are about 350, according to Batzloff. Part of that exodus can be attributed to the pandemic, but much of it is rooted in low... —  read more 

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/ascension-vs-commonspirit-vs-trinity-how-the-3-largest-nonprofit-systems-finances-compare.html The largest nonprofit health systems, Ascension, CommonSpirit Health and Trinity Health, reported net losses... —  read more 

https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/finance/sp-slaps-negative-view-not-profit-health-sector S&P Global Ratings has revised its view of the U.S. not-for-profit health sector to "negative" as a result of continuing operating pressures and volatility in... —  read more 

Ascension reported total liabilities of $16.95 billion as of June 30, including long-term debt of $6.4 billion. The St. Louis-based system had $19.1 billion total liabilities at the same time last... —  read more 

Throw the entire department away. They are of no help when it comes to issues in Pay. You ask for management and you get peons.

Several hospitals and health systems are trimming their workforces or jobs due to financial and operational challenges. Below are workforce reduction efforts or job eliminations that were announced within the past two months and/or take effect over... —  read more 

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/amp/article/news/crime/hundreds-of-patients-injured-by-jacksonville-orthopedic-surgeon-could-receive-punitive-damages/77-870bf16d-4c54-401c-ad3f-4b956127ac81 “Hundreds of patients injured by an orthopedic surgeon from... —  read more 

https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/strategy/ascension-health-close-st-vincent-dunn-hospital Ascension Health announced it would close St. Vincent Dunn Hospital in Bedford, Indiana, only days after posting a fiscal year, system-wide loss of $1.8... —  read more 

https://www.builtinchicago.org/2021/04/20/ascension-agile-process-faith-based-mission

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/rankings-and-ratings/where-are-the-22-leapfrog-straight-a-hospitals-2.html?utm_campaign=bhr&utm_source=website&utm_content=most-read Here are 22 hospitals that have achieved 22 consecutive "A" grades since... —  read more 

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/policies-to-hold-nonprofit-hospitals-accountable/ "Some nonprofit hospitals engage in aggressive debt collection, surprise billing, and patient dumping— practices that add to patients’ financial stress and... —  read more 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/11/17/1136201685/medical-debt-high-interest-credit-cards-hospitals-profit “How banks and hospitals are cashing in when patients can't pay for health care”