Workforce

Managing rising health benefits costs has surpassed talent retention as the top strategic priority for health systems in 2025, according to Aon’s twentieth annual Benefits Survey of Hospitals. The report includes insights from 155 health systems, representing more than 1,500…

Payers are trimming their workforces and cutting jobs due to financial or operational challenges, along with contract losses.

UnitedHealth’s Optum is laying off 572 workers throughout New Jersey, with some cuts effective as early as Feb. 2, 2026, according to four October WARN notices. Optum Care will let 370 people go, but Optum Medical Care, Optum Services and…

PacificSource will cut about 300 roles across Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington, according to a spokesperson and notices filed with the government. The payer cited a “significant” drop in Medicaid membership across Lane County, Ore., as a driving force behind…

Point32Health, the parent company of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, is laying off 254 employees in a second round of job cuts this year.  In March, the company eliminated 110 positions to “reduce administrative costs as medical…

Blue Shield of California is conducting a third round of layoffs this year, with 150 more employees being laid off in December. The nonprofit insurer laid off 138 employees in September and 113 employees in May. The majority of the…

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is offering a voluntary separation program to about 18% of its employees — totaling nearly 800 people — a company spokesperson told Becker’s. Employees who are at least 55 years old and have worked…

Blue Cross North Carolina is offering voluntary separation packages to eligible employees, according to a company statement shared with Becker’s. The changes come months after the insurer restructured. “The rising cost of healthcare, market volatility and legislative and regulatory pressures…

Twenty-one health insurance companies made the inaugural list of “America’s Best Employers For Company Culture” by Forbes and Statista, a Hamburg, Germany-based data analytics firm, published Sept. 18. Forbes and Statista heard from over 218,000 workers at companies with at…

Elevance Health is expanding its education and professional development benefits with new programs centered on artificial intelligence and career growth. The insurer is partnering with OpenAI to offer employees AI certifications, including training in areas such as prompt engineering and…