Incomplete (tip-o-the-iceberg) list of healthcare related layoffs, shutdowns and crimes in August 2018:
11 hospitals closed in 2018 (so far)
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
ALABAMA: Hospital Russell Medical suddenly laid off an undisclosed number of people, blaming it on lack of revenues caused by Alabama’s version of ObamaCare.
doctor indicted for giving out prescription drugs for no medical reason
Highway pill mill doctor sentenced to 12 years in prison
ARIZONA: Upon exiting bankruptcy, Green Valley Hospital changed its name to Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital and immediately laid off about 60 people, blaming it on continued “significant financial difficulties”.
psychiatric nurse charged with defrauding insurance companies
CALIFORNIA: In San Mateo County, bio-tech company Genentech suddenly laid off 223 people! Without warning California Medical Business Services shutdown, 59 jobs in Arcadia suddenly gone. Medical device maker DJO Global issued a layoff WARN for its operations in Vista, 187 jobs gone by October! IntraVenous (IV) products maker CODAN US Corporation issued a layoff WARN for its ops in Santa Ana, 98 jobs gone by mid-October.
COLORADO: Southwest Memorial Hospital suddenly laid off 40 people to “create greater efficiency”.
CONNECTICUT: Masonicare Partners Home Health and Hospice issued a shutdown WARN for its East Hartford location, undisclosed number of jobs lost in November.
FLORIDA: Molina Healthcare eliminating 28 jobs in Miami, by November. Nursing home Carlton Palms issued a shutdown WARN, 272 jobs gone by October! In Lake Worth, The Treatment Center of The Palm Beaches eliminating 58 jobs in September.
Arrested White Doctor Complains of Being Treated Like a ‘Black Person’
Nursing-home owner files for bankruptcy
ILLINOIS: Northwestern Medicine laid off 60 InfoTech workers as a result of the new Epic EHR system.
nurse nets 4 years for stealing opioid patches from patients
INDIANA: West Pharmaceutical Services issued a shutdown WARN for its Frankfort location, 54 jobs gone by Thanksgiving.
Home-care nurse uses Red Flag Law to accuse man of threatening her so that police can take his guns
IOWA: God’s own Luther Manor issued a layoff WARN for its Grand Meadows nursing home, to take place by September.
hospital nurse pleads guilty to stealing pain meds
KANSAS: Kansas Supreme Court Upholds $907K Malpractice Verdict
Nurses Sue to Overturn Midwife Law
KENTUCKY: Supreme Court Examines Kentucky’s Medical Review Panels
Why are nurses fleeing a controversial youth hormone clinic?
MASSACHUSETTS: Little-Used Law Leads To Battle Between Doctor And Lawyer
Troubled Massachusetts nursing home chain in ‘dire’ straits
MICHIGAN: American Red Cross eliminating 262 jobs statewide as it switches to mobile blood donation ops right before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday!
Proof of christian led religious war against Muslims as female Muslim doctor charged with conducting female circumcisions had to get the court’s permission to watch Muslim sermons!
Black nurse claims discrimination over patient request
2 metro doctors got busted for $20M opioid scheme
Doctor charged with drugs for sex crimes
Home Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering With Valium
MINNESOTA: California based medical device maker DJO Global issued a layoff WARN for its operations in New Brighton, 57 jobs gone by October.
Prince’s Family Sues the Doctor That Prescribed Him Pain Pills
employee sentenced for stealing from nursing home employer
MISSOURI: Mantality Health rejects nurse’s application because of her ‘ghetto’ name!
NEVADA: doctor faces discipline over illegally accessing Las Vegas shooter’s drug records
NEW JERSEY: doctor loses medical license after pleading guilty to illegal drugs charges
NEW MEXICO: Christian hospital and a doctor face two additional child porn lawsuits
NEW YORK: Hologic shutting down its Cynosure ops in Hicksville, 30 jobs gone a week before Xmas. Healthcare services company GuildNet-Lighthouse Guild issued shutdown WARNs for its NYC and mid-Hudson region locations, at least 280 jobs gone by Xmas! Baxter Healthcare issued a mass layoff WARN for its Medina location, 421 jobs affected by outsourcing in 2019! Revival Pharmacy issued a shutdown WARN for its Citywide Pharmacy in Brooklyn-NYC, 62 jobs gone by Thanksgiving. CenterLight Health System issued a shutdown WARN for its Margaret Tietz Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 241 jobs gone by Thanksgiving due to the sale of the building! CenterLight Certified Home Health Agency issued a shutdown WARN for its home healthcare ops in Brooklyn-NYC, 77 jobs gone by Thanksgiving. Laboratory Corporation of America issued a mass layoff WARN for its Esoterix Genetics Laboratories-Integrated Oncology in NYC, date yet to be determined, 173 jobs affected! God’s own Catholic Charities Neighborhood Service issued a shutdown WARN for its Hillcrest Senior Center, to take place by November due to loss of contract.
doctor accused of putting his mouth on patient’s breast during cancer screening
Man sues doctor for failed penis treatment
pediatrician admits to child porn, fondling children
Adelphi nursing professor taught with fake license
NORTH CAROLINA: Blue Cross Blue Shield accuses LifeBrite Community Hospital, in Stokes, of “a $76 million health insurance swindle”.
OHIO: Hospital operator ProMedica suddenly laid off 1-hundred people and shutdown 60 vacant jobs saying its recent cost cutting efforts haven’t been enough to stop the financial bleeding! Northside Regional Medical Center issued a shutdown WARN, 468 jobs gone before Halloween!
OREGON: Salem doctor investigated for using unproven medical procedures
PENNSYLVANIA: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia suffered a ‘sterilization breach’ infecting 23 babies and killing one. Medi-Lynx Cardiac Monitoring suddenly shutdown, 62 jobs in Langhorne gone. Behavioral health company Merakey issued a mass layoff WARN for two locations, 171 jobs gone by Halloween!
Bomb scare leads to charges against doctor
SOUTH CAROLINA: Nurse accused of stealing Hydrocodone at Inman nursing home
TENNESSEE: Hospital operator Tennova eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs and canceled plans to build a new hospital in West Knoxville, as part of the company’s long-term consolidation of operations plan.
TEXAS: Huntsville Memorial Hospital suddenly shutdown two clinics and “right sized” by laying off 40% of employees, the hospital is in so much financial trouble it hasn’t paid rent for several months!
A jury convicted a doctor of raping a patient at a hospital
Doctor pleads guilty for his role in $40M scam
nurse fired after posting about patient’s measles on anti-vaccination page
WASHINGTON: Donation funded Shriners Hospitals for Children in Spokane suddenly laid off about 19 people and is outsourcing work as part of a plan to switch to out-patient care only.
Staff at psychiatric hospital fear for safety
WISCONSIN: Midwest Senior Living issued a shutdown WARN, 54 jobs affected by October due to loss of contract with Appleton Retirement Community.
ObamaCare (ACA) death spiral July 2018: ‘PHANTOM MEDICAL’ CLAIMS