{"id":472342,"date":"2026-02-16T17:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/472342\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:44:11","slug":"axis-health-cuts-three-durango-staff-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/472342\/","title":{"rendered":"Axis Health cuts three Durango staff members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>13 positions eliminated system-wide in broader restructuring effort<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771263850_285_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Axis Health System cut 13 staff members on Thursday as part of a wider, multicounty restructuring effort. (Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald file)<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771263851_521_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Three staff members were laid off this week from Axis Health System\u2019s Durango Integrated Healthcare clinic as part of a broader restructuring effort that eliminated a total of 13 positions across 11 counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Axis Health is a Colorado-based nonprofit that provides integrated medical, behavioral health and dental services \u2013 largely to rural and underserved communities. The organization operates clinics across Southwest Colorado, including its Durango location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">\u201cLike other health care organizations, we have to make changes due to funding, structures, reimbursement (and) service lines,\u201d said Haley Leonard-Saunders, a spokeswoman for Axis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The restructuring follows several recent mergers, she said, and is the nonprofit\u2019s attempt to reorganize roles to ensure \u201cthe right people are in the right places.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The eliminated positions included a mix of administrative and patient-facing roles, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Although nonprofits nationwide have felt the effects of federal funding reductions in recent years, Leonard-Saunders said the latest layoffs were not tied to specific federal cuts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">\u201cBut of course with everything happening at the federal level, we have to keep a really close eye on what may shift that impacts our service delivery,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s just an uncertain time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Looking ahead, Leonard-Saunders said no additional layoffs are planned, but the organization will continue monitoring funding and operational dynamics to ensure resources support its level of service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">jbowman@durangoherald.com<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Copy article link\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"13 positions eliminated system-wide in broader restructuring effort Axis Health System cut 13 staff members on Thursday as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-472342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}