CLEVELAND, Ohio — Anticipating a large operating loss and uncertainty about future government funding in 2025, MetroHealth System announced that it is laying off about 125 employees, mostly administrative positions, the health system announced Thursday.
That total is less than 1.5% of the safety-net public hospital system’s workforce.
MetroHealth CEO Dr. Christine Alexander-Rager also will ask the board of trustees to suspend part of the compensation package usually given to more than 200 top leaders, and extend a freeze on non-clinical hiring and non-essential travel this year…