Sacramento, California-based Sutter Health, a not-for-profit integrated health delivery operating 24 acute care hospitals and over 200 clinics in Northern California, has announced the retirement of its CEO, Sarah Krevans, in early 2022. Sutter's Board of Directors has launched a nationwide CEO search to replace Krevans.
Sutter is not without issues, including a two-year operational loss attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as other issues involving worker disputes, labor actions, and a number of multi-million-dollar settlements with the federal government over alleged fraud and anti-kickback law violations.
As with most senior leadership changes, the handwriting is on the wall as the new executive uses their "honeymoon" period to implement strategic reviews, restructuring, and, of course, consolidations and major reductions in the labor force.
It is time to evaluate your department’s revenue, staffing, and costs -- mindful of further automation, outsourcing, and centralization to reduce duplicative services.
Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?