The Medical Faculty Associates’ revenue management contractor will lay off 39 employees starting in October, according to the Maryland Department of Labor’s website, as it shifts its operations to working with Universal Health Services’ new nonprofit physician group.
Savista — a healthcare revenue cycle management company who has managed billing operations for the MFA since July 2020 — sent a notice to the Maryland Department of Labor on Aug. 14 stating the company will lay off 39 employees who work at the new nonprofit Capital Medical Group’s 4920 Elm St. location in Bethesda, Maryland, from Oct. 15 to Dec. 31. The notice comes after GW, the MFA and UHS closed their deal in July to transfer the MFA’s clinical enterprise to CMG, which employs a majority of the MFA’s clinical providers and staff.
Savista told the Baltimore Banner in a statement that the layoffs are related to the MFA’s transition to CMG, with Savista moving some positions to the new practice and eliminating others. Savista, CMG and MFA did not immediately return The Hatchet’s requests for comment…