Elevance will lay off 59 employees at Anthem Blue Cross in Woodland Hills, and 64 employees at a Carelon office in Cerritos. Becker’s has reached out to Elevance and will update this article if more information becomes available.
Last October, CEO Gail Boudreaux said the company took about $700 million in charges due to workforce adjustments and technology asset write-offs during a strategic review. Since then, the company has laid off 90 employees at a facility in Dearborn, Mich., 87 other employees in Woodland Hills, and 57 workers in Mendota Heights, Minn.
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