A number of hospitals and health systems are reducing their workforces amid ongoing financial strain. Executives have cited a mix of factors — including lower reimbursement, rising labor and supply costs, and the need to realign operations — as drivers of these decisions. For many organizations, the moves are part of broader efforts to stabilize finances and preserve long-term sustainability.
Below are job eliminations announced in 2026.
Editor’s note: This webpage was created Jan. 23 and will be continually updated.
February
1. Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health is eliminating 117 corporate positions — less than 1% of the five-hospital system’s workforce. Affected employees have been notified and provided with support resources.
2. Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth shared plans to lay off 94 employees in Washington state, including nurses and other clinical staff. The cuts, representing 1% of the health system’s workforce, will affect roles at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham and United General Medical Center in Sedro-Woolley, Wash.
3. New York City-based One Brooklyn Health cut more than 50 roles, including leadership and nonclinical administrative positions. It is part of a broader realignment aimed at ensuring long-term financial sustainability at the safety-net system, which includes two hospitals. No core clinical services or essential community-based programs were cut, the system said.
January
4. Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, N.Y., is laying off about 3% of its workforce and requiring unpaid, one-week furloughs for nonunion employees in 2026, citing inflation, reimbursement shortfalls and other financial challenges. The reduction affects approximately 150 of the hospital’s 4,125 employees, a spokesperson told Becker’s. Affected roles are primarily in nonclinical areas.
5. Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health shared plans to eliminate 31 positions, effective March 31. The reduction is tied to the end of government funding for North Carolina’s Healthy Opportunities Pilots program, a system spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. The affected roles support HOP through the nonprofit Access East and ECU Health.
6. Driggs, Idaho-based Teton Valley Health Care laid off 26 employees — about 10% of its 276-person workforce — and plans to close its infusion clinic due to financial pressure. The layoffs affected staff across departments, including management, Nancy Osmundson, chief public relations officer and foundation executive director, told Becker’s.
7. Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare is making service line changes that will eliminate about 100 positions, citing efforts to stabilize finances and preserve core clinical services. The health system said Jan. 26 it will close or integrate several standalone clinics and services. The cuts come as the system seeks at least $50 million in savings during the first quarter of 2026.
8. Pomona (Calif.) Valley Hospital Medical Center shared plans to eliminate 265 positions amid significant state and federal funding cuts. The 427-bed nonprofit community medical center said the cuts affect management, clinical and nonclinical roles, including seven registered nurses.
9. Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based North Star Health Alliance shared plans to eliminate more than 100 positions across its clinical and nonclinical and management teams. The health system comprises Carthage (N.Y.) Area Hospital, Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center and Medical Campus, and Watertown, N.Y.-based North Country Orthopaedic Group, according to its website.
10. Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health is transitioning certain nonpatient-facing revenue cycle functions to an external partner, resulting in a 10.5% reduction in positions across the department, the health system confirmed in a statement shared with Becker’s. The health system, which has about 133,000 employees across 25 states, declined to provide further details, including how many employees will be affected.
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