NYC Health + Hospitals cuts 70 jobs months after new CEOs appointed
Public health system says layoffs meant to eliminate "redundancies."
Bellevue Hospital
New York City public health system NYC Health + Hospitals has cut 70 positions, the system confirmed Tuesday.
The system said in a statement that the positions were identified by senior management as "redundant managerial level, non-clinical" positions that were no longer essential, and were eliminated.
"It's part of routine, good business practices. No services are affected. There will be no impact to patient care, quality or safety," the system said in an emailed statement.
No additional information was provided.
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The layoffs come roughly five months after a number of changes in senior leadership within the system. In August, the system announced four new CEOs: William T. Foley, who now leads NYC Health and Hospitals-Jacobi; Christopher Roker, who now leads NYC Health and Hospitals-Queens; Alina Moran, CEO, NYC Health and Hospitals-Metropolitan; and Maureen Pode, CEO, NYC Health and Hospitals-North Central Bronx.
According to the system, the appointments represented the final phase of executive leadership changes. Other new leaders had been previously appointed to their Bellevue, Coney Island, Harlem and Elmhurst facilities.
"Senior executives were appointed to lead the three new service lines created to help strengthen and elevate post-acute/long-term care as a strategic area of opportunity to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and improve health outcomes," the system said on their website.
NYC Health and Hospitals is a network of 11 hospitals, trauma centers, neighborhood health centers, nursing homes and post-acute care centers. It also includes a home care agency and a health plan called MetroPlus. The system serves more than one million New Yorkers annually and employs 42,000 staff members, according to their website.
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