Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Corewell Health, an integrated healthcare provider, has abruptly terminated billing and coding employees.
The abrupt layoffs impacted approximately 191 employees.
Little is known about the layoffs, as the employees would receive severance pay in return for signing a severance agreement. This is often symptomatic of the outsourcing of non-core services/
According to a company spokesperson, “Like health systems across the country, we have made some staffing changes in some non-patient facing, administrative roles. These changes will help us continue to provide high-quality care for the long term in a challenging economic environment for health care. We are grateful for the contributions and service provided by our team members.”
Published reports indicate that "Corewell has contracted with AGS Health, a Washington D.C.-based revenue cycle management company, to help with billing since some time after the 2022 merger of Spectrum and Beaumont. Many of those AGS employees are based in India, according to a Corewell employee."
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. We see good people being laid off through no fault of their own. Just because something terrible 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. While many employees can read the writing on the wall, why do most assume it’s targeted at someone else? Are you now wondering, Am I Next?