Ascension Health System, parent company of St. John- Providence hospitals, is nearly complete with its employee layoffs and management restructuring and has laid off 500 workers at its 14 hospitals in Michigan, according to Crain’s Detroit Business.
More layoffs are expected after Ascension completes employee-to-patient ratio reviews and notifies the Catholic health system’s 25 collective bargaining units, which account for 22 percent of its workforce, or 5,800 workers, according to Crain’s.
Over the past three weeks, Crain’s has reported hundreds of layoffs at Ascension hospitals in Michigan. Sources suggested layoffs could eventually total up to 1,000.