Memorial Hermann Health System is offering buyouts to employees amid growing financial and operating pressures, which it attributed to the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies, changes to Medicaid funding and other factors, the health system said Friday.
The voluntary severance program is open to full- and part-time employees who aren’t directly involved with patient care, Memorial Hermann said. The health system said it does not have a predetermined number of positions it is aiming to eliminate, but it did not directly address whether there could be layoffs if it does not reach a target for buyouts.
“We do not anticipate any impact to clinical care, the clinical environment, the patient experience, or the high-quality care we provide,” Memorial Hermann said in a statement…