Care New England said Tuesday that it is eliminating more than 30 jobs in a restructuring move, citing financial pressures.<\/p>\n
The hospital network said the jobs are in leadership and non-clinical positions.<\/p>\n
Care New England said it faces a $20 million budget gap.<\/p>\n
“Current financial conditions have made additional cost-saving measures unavoidable, but decisions like these that affect our workforce are especially difficult because they impact valued employees, colleagues, and the patients and communities we serve,” Dr. Michael Wagner, the president and CEO said in a release. “However, the financial realities facing healthcare providers in Rhode Island require immediate action to preserve essential services and maintain long-term stability for a system uniquely committed to caring for even the most vulnerable Rhode Islanders.”<\/p>\n
Care New England said it will offer assistance to the workers losing their jobs.<\/p>\n
“This difficult decision comes as hospitals across the state face unprecedented economic challenges driven by inadequate Medicaid reimbursement rates, rising labor and supply costs, and the increasing need to provide uncompensated care,” Care New England said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Care New England’s facilities include Kent Hospital, Women and Infants Hospital, Butler Hospital, and The Providence Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Care New England said Tuesday that it is eliminating more than 30 jobs in a restructuring move, citing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[163,521,85,46],"class_list":["post-461431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}