Orlando Health to cut record number of jobs to save money --400 jobs cut!--OBAMACARE IN ACTION--Happening Nationwide! Over 2000 cuts just now

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For the first time in its nearly 100-year history, Orlando Health is reducing its workforce by up to 400 positions starting immediately, hospital officials announced this morning.

The elimination of 300 to 400 jobs will occur in two phases, and represents a 2- to 3-percent decrease in the system's 16,000 employees, said Orlando Health spokeswoman Kena Lewis. The reductions affect all departments and all eight of its hospitals, including Orlando Regional Medical Center and Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.

The first wave of employees affected by the "labor expense reduction" portion of the initiative received their notices Friday, said Lewis. The next wave of downsizing will happen after the first of the year


. . ."Health-care reform mandates and changes in reimbursement structures for Medicare and Medicaid are forcing health-care organizations throughout the U.S. to confront new challenges," said Sherrie Sitarik

. . .Such cost-cutting measures are happening across the country. On Wednesday Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina announced it would cut 950 jobs by June.

Last month, Louisiana State University announced it would cut more than $150 million from its hospital system, and 1,495 positions across its seven hospitals.
"It's a challenging time for hospitals," said John Bigalke, senior partner of global health care for Deloitte, one of the nation's largest professional services firms.

Hospitals are looking at an $800 billion to $900 billion reduction in Medicare payments over the next 10 years, along with reductions in Medicaid payments, he said.

"As patients shift into insurance exchanges, payments will go down further. Meanwhile, they have to spend a lot of money on technology. They're under lots of pressure," Bigalke said.

Just this year, Orlando Health experienced reductions of more than $59 million in Medicaid reimbursements — a reduction of more than 20 percent over the prior year, said Lewis. This trend is expected to continue as additional reforms take effect, she said.

"A lot of hospitals have already done this," Bigalke said referring to the cutbacks. "A lot are


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And this is just the BEGINNING of Obamacare!!!

How can these hospitals handle MORE patients with these kinds of drastic cuts? They can't. It's impossible and people will die but then that's the idea isn't it?

Last Edited by Bluebird on 11/19/2012 02:52 PM