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https://seekingalpha.com/news/4542778-unitedhealth-stock-tumbles-q4-results
https://www.ft.com/content/02bc222e-4a66-4440-adb8-517c3ebdc0c0
https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/unitedhealth-books-hefty-charges-issues-soft-full-year-revenue-outlook-ef81d948
layoffs coming
Teton Valley Health Care laid off 26 employees and will close its infusion clinic. The critical access hospital faces significant financial losses due to Medicaid cuts and reduced patient volumes. The infusion clinic provides vital, often life-saving, care for many patients. High-cost medications are not reimbursed for 12 months, creating cash flow problems. TVHC is actively seeking long-term solutions, including potential partnerships with larger health systems.
https://www.tetonvalleynews.net/news/health/teton-valley-health-care-announces-layoffs-infusion-clinic-closure/article_fa113187-5d88-49ad-b30e-8ba7664d2c14.html
On November 17th nurses were told by upper management that we could work outside our state license and no longer had to adhere to licensure requirements.
Then on 12/9/2025 those directions were retracted and told to work only in states we are licensed in. How scary that a company cares less about the nurses and our licenses which is our livelihood!
Stan McLaren, CEO of Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, resigned in mid-December. His departure followed internal dissent over staff layoffs and mission concerns. The nonprofit laid off 25 people and closed a 20-bed medical respite facility. These actions were taken as the organization faces significant Medicaid funding cuts. Dr. Denise De Las Nueces, the chief medical officer, is now serving as interim CEO.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/22/metro/bhchp-boston-medicaid-homeless-layoffs-cuts/
Boston, Massachusetts
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/01/some-health-care-staff-laid-off-in-washtenaw-county-as-trinity-health-outsources.html
Ann Arbor, MI
Alameda Health System Faces Layoff Opposition
Alameda Health System intends to cut 300 healthcare jobs. The reductions will occur by March 2026. External consultants made these decisions without clinical input. Medical staff and community members reject the planned layoffs. A public session with Supervisors is scheduled for January 26.
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/01/23/18883347.php
Tough times peeps, it's depressin
Trinity Health Outsourcing Leads to Revenue Cycle Layoffs
Trinity Health is cutting 10.5% of its revenue cycle department jobs. These non-patient-facing roles are being outsourced to an external partner. The exact number of affected employees is currently unknown. The hospital system cited industry challenges and cost reduction as reasons. These challenges include low reimbursement rates and rising care costs.
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/01/some-health-care-staff-laid-off-in-washtenaw-county-as-trinity-health-outsources.html?outputType=amp
https://fb.watch/EPm6kmUn3N/?
Hold them all accountable.
Former marketer at Elevance Health, now aiming to transition into UnitedHealth Group. Eight-plus years in healthcare marketing, with parallel consulting work for Medicare organizations.
A pattern keeps surfacing: a meaningful share of U.S. healthcare marketing roles are being placed in India. This is difficult to reconcile with the reality of the work. These are American companies serving American patients, operating under U.S. regulations, and handling highly sensitive U.S. health data. Yet core marketing execution and channel leadership are increasingly offshore.
Elevance followed the same trajectory.
This is not framed as xenophobia or talent denial. It is a structural contradiction. Healthcare marketing is inseparable from CMS rules, state-specific nuances, cultural context, compliance risk, and real-time coordination with U.S.-based legal, product, and clinical teams. Offshoring these functions optimizes cost while quietly increasing operational and regulatory fragility.
Job reference illustrating the pattern:
Associate Director – Channel Lead – Digital/Social
Requisition: 2339060
Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
This reflects a broader corporate strategy shift, not an isolated posting. Whether it is cost arbitrage, shareholder optics, or internal margin engineering, the outcome is the same: American healthcare expertise displaced from American healthcare execution.
Any confirmation of layoffs within Home and Community Care (NaviHealth)
Blue Cross of Idaho has implemented organizational changes aimed at improving efficiency and reducing costs for its customers.
The company, which has been committed to Idaho for over 80 years, stated that these changes will help it focus on serving nearly 600,000 members and continue transforming the healthcare experience in the communities it serves.
Blue Cross confirms that fewer than 90 employees were affected by the changes.
The Blue Cross previously announced layoffs effecting approximately 135 employees during April of 2025, following the early termination of a decade-long dual eligible contract with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW) in June 2025.
The company said it has built a dedicated team over the past ten years to serve the dual population, providing personalized care coordination for Idahoans with complex and costly medical needs. The loss of the contract led to the closure of that exclusive operating unit.
https://idahonews.com/news/local/blue-cross-of-idaho-announces-organizational-changes-to-enhance-efficiency
Was just told by someone in that department that on Friday 1/23 they are laying off 17% of the team.
Heads up...Just saw this job rec and it actually says in job description "Lead the globalization of our healthcare revenue cycle (RCM) business. The person in this role will be essential in hitting our goal of globalizing 1900 employees within 2026 and expedite our remaining global workforce goals for 2027."
Heads up...Just saw this job rec and it actually says in job description "Lead the globalization of our healthcare revenue cycle (RCM) business. The person in this role will be essential in hitting our goal of globalizing 1900 employees within 2026 and expedite our remaining global workforce goals for 2027."
A North Country health care system is preparing to lay off more than 100 employees.
North Star Health Alliance made the announcement Monday afternoon.
The layoffs include management, clinical, and non-clinical employees.
https://www.wwnytv.com/2026/01/19/north-star-lay-off-100-employees/
Hoskinson was hit with another wave of layoffs toward the end of last week. According to a report from WyoFile on Friday, the Hoskinson Health and Wellness Clinic plans to eliminate roughly 40 positions. The layoffs follow a separate round of job cuts just weeks earlier, when more than 120 workers were let go from Hoskinson Contracting.
https://newslj.com/gillette-clinic-expanded-too-quickly-co-owner-says-after-dozens-laid-clinic
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona has had layoffs as of early January 2026 and cut benefits to current employees.
Maybe those of us with working Edison machines can get an adapter kit for our machines.
That would give us the added ability to do Alzheimer's diagnosis, in addition to the standard suite of tests we can do now.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5y85e8d2xo
Which large contract did Optum/UHG lose in Texas to make so many Housecalls NPs lose our jobs?
Society Domino: What Happens When Essential Workers Quit: What would likely fail, in rough order, if all essential workers across sectors collectively stopped working:
Essential work is the actual backbone of society. Remove it, and the system can’t run on emails, spreadsheets, or meetings alone. Saying "stakeholder" or "circle-back" all day, believing you are important in the big picture, is delusion.
Domino Chain of Societal Failure
Immediate life-threatening services fail (hours–days)
Healthcare: hospitals, clinics, emergency response collapse
→ No nurses, paramedics, lab techs, or doctors → patients can’t get care → preventable deaths rise quickly
Safety & emergency services: police, firefighters, ambulance crews stop
→ Fires spread, crime response slows → public safety crisis
Critical utilities monitoring: electricity, water treatment operators stop
→ Immediate risk of blackouts, contaminated water
Food and basic supply disruption (1–3 days)
Grocery staff & supply chain: stock shelves, warehouse workers, truckers halt
→ Stores empty → people start hoarding → food insecurity rises
Farmers & food production: crops and livestock aren’t tended
→ Harvests lost → supply drops further → prices spike
Infrastructure & logistics breakdown (2–7 days)
Public transit operators: buses, trains, subways halt
→ Commuters stranded → office/industry work slows
Electricians, water repair crews: no one to fix emergent failures
→ Small problems cascade → blackouts, broken water systems
Garbage & waste management: trash piles up → sanitation crisis
Education & childcare collapse (3–7 days)
Teachers, aides, childcare workers stop: schools close
→ Parents can’t work → ripple effect on every sector
→ Child safety and nutrition affected
Office/administrative : IRRELEVANT
Corporate reporting, spreadsheets, “coordinating” roles.
mostly continues — office worker absence doesn’t trigger collapse
Government & emergency response overwhelmed (1–3 weeks)
Unable to coordinate hospitals, utilities, supply chains effectively
Emergency backups strained → ad hoc crisis management
Potential for martial law or forced labor orders in extreme cases
Long-term restructuring & reckoning (weeks–months)
Major layoffs at Alameda Health System have caused disarray. The system cut 247 employees, roughly four percent of its staff. These cuts are attributed to federal Medicaid funding reductions. Staff report overflowing trash and delayed lab tests due to the changes. Many doctors and nurses urge the board to halt the reductions.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/alameda-health-system-hospital-layoff-21297646.php
Trump's new healthcare plan aims to give money directly to the consumer and not to the health insurance companies. I wonder how this is going to work.
On Wednesday, January 14, Noridian Healthcare Solutions announced staff reductions.Noridian is a Medicare administrative contractor that processes aspects of Medicare services, including including Medicare Part A and Part B medical claims and Durable Medical Equipment claims for Medicare Fee-For-Service beneficiaries in select states.
https://www.inforum.com/business/noridian
Trumps Healthcare Bill
Trump announced today a plan to reduce healthcare costs (great!). He seemed to take aim at taking money out of the hands of insurance companies. Do you think this will mean more layoff at UHG/Optum?
Trump announced today a plan to reduce healthcare costs (great!). He seemed to take aim at taking money out of the hands of insurance companies. Do you think this will mean more layoff at UHG/Optum?
My schedule is only full over the next 2 weeks. After that, it starts to be 1/2 full at most. How is everyone else’s? I’m guessing I’m on of the ones being laid off? Texas FNP.
It seems like there are some disagreements about my previous post on capitalism. Let me explain more, and you don’t have to agree with it — that’s totally fine.
In the last post, some of you said there are many welfare abusers in this country. I do agree there are abusers, but that’s only a small percentage of people. If you work at BNY, you are probably not eligible for any type of benefits.
The government pays for the benefits, but where do the benefits go? Most of them go to the healthcare industry and food stamps. As we all know, healthcare is notoriously expensive in the US because the priority goal for hospitals is to chase maximum profits. Isn’t this capitalism at its peak?
By now, most people would think, “Oh, so you just want communism.” The answer is no. The opposite of capitalism is not communism. We need to fix our current system so that most profits won’t go to the top 1 percent. The benefits that the government spends on people are bananas compared to the taxes that the top 1 percent have avoided.
Capitalism chases monopoly. In this country, our food, water, electricity, banks, and healthcare industries are dominated by very few companies. If you really like competition, then how is this a fair game?
For most companies, there is only one goal for CEOs — the stock price. When companies make money, most of it goes to executives and stock buybacks. Just use our company as an example: our main business hasn’t grown for years, but the stock price is going up. Why? That’s because the executives cut back our benefits and outsourced. They used the money being saved to buy back stock.
We have the most Fortune 500 companies, and yet they only pay 9 percent of all government income taxes. Let that sink in for a moment. Where did all the money go?
Let’s take insulin as an example. The price of insulin is 8 to 10 times higher than in other countries, yet the cost to make insulin is extremely low. The same logic can pretty much apply to other industries as well.
Overall, if this is really capitalism, then it’s not functioning very well — at least for 90 percent of Americans.
The U.S. feels like it’s entering the late stage of capitalism.
The cost of living—housing, healthcare, and insurance—has gone through the roof. The government takes50% of your income before you even see your paycheck.
Wages can’t keep up with inflation, which has been over 5% for years. People are getting poorer even while working full-time.
The job market is broken. Entry-level jobs are being outsourced to India, while workers over 50 face constant age discrimination.
The corporate ladder is basically dead.
Corporate culture- What is that? Everyone is toxic af
What’s the point of all this? We are fu---d
Let the games begin!
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/08/congress/insurer-ceos-testifying-before-house-health-subcommittee-jan-22-00716104
You don’t use to forfeit this money. I believe you can still use the FSA while on COBRA
https://news.sky.com/story/tpg-closes-in-on-1bn-plus-deal-for-gp-patient-records-system-supplier-13491127
TPG closes in on £1bn-plus deal for GP patient records system supplier
The buyout firm is close to buying Optum UK, which supplies the systems used by NHS doctors to manage patient records, from US giant UnitedHealth, Sky News learns.
Optum purchased a large home health group plenty of positions posted.
According to a letter I got today from Vz, my health coverage official end date was 12/31/25. Directed me to enroll in COBRA or sign up for marketplace insurance (Obamacare). Obviously this was a major sc--w up by corp but it will wreck any claims for care received after 1/1/26.
These clowns can’t even execute a RIF correctly.
https://njbiz.com/optum-layoffs-nj-medical-clinic-closures/
https://njbiz.com/optum-layoffs-nj-medical-clinic-closures/
https://x.com/gebaidc/status/2004931798279586072?s=46
But yet if u go to Good Rx and compare prices for meds : Optum prices are
Higher than everyone else’s.
That’s why that
Poor kid died because they jacked up his rescue inhaler up to over 500 dollars and they lost a lawsuit when they denied a ulcerative colitis member his dr-gs and he had to drop out of college cause his condition worsened till he couldn’t get out of bed. Story after story.
Patient Data Tracking: A class-action lawsuit claims Elevance used website trackers to intercept and share private patient health info with third parties without consent.
Medicare Advantage Fraud: A federal judge allowed a DOJ lawsuit to proceed, alleging the company submitted false data to boost Medicare Advantage reimbursements.
Behavioral Health Denials: A settlement was approved for a lawsuit accusing them (as Anthem) of improperly denying mental health/substance use treatment.
Provider Reimbursement: Subsidiaries faced numerous lawsuits for failing to pay healthcare providers for medically necessary services. Recent Allegations & Lawsuits
Why is the union negotiating for an extension? Why not get a new contract. They have to fix retiree Healthcare. Then the union should try to get everyone a pension or at very least a bump in the match in 401K plans.