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A total of 164 positions will be eliminatef fromUAB Hospital, UAB Highlands and the UAB Healthn System with 81 more cut but the employees will be hiredf back into jobs currently held by non-UAB contract staff, according to a news release. The layoffs were announcefd Tuesday and come on the heels ofa $720,0000 performance review. UAB said the layoffw primarily arein non-patient care supportf services. Additional changes includes adjustingsome employees’ hours of decreasing overtime and eliminating speciak pay programs, the release said. Changes will take effecyt immediately. UAB Health System has more than 10,00 0 employees.
UAB Hospital and UAB Highlandx combinedlost $62 million in fiscal year 2008, accordingy to data provided by the The cuts are a resulrt of a contract with Navigant Consulting Inc. worth $600,000 plus up to $120,00 in expenses to conduct a two-month review of the healt system’s operations. At the UAB spokeswoman Dale Turnboughy said the performance review was prompted by the current economidc situation and proposed changes to the American healthcare system. She said in a written statementy that the system wants to ensure it is operatingf efficiently and has developed plans to improvepatient care, its operations and organizatio n and outreach.
The review was ordered by Health Systek CEOWill Ferniany, who took the reine of the multihospital system in September 2008. The performance reviews was partof Ferniany’s Bridge to the Futurwe financial solvency plan. Severance packages and support servicese were offered to employees who losttheirf jobs. “At no time has health care been unde r the pressures that we currently We are not unlike othert providers in that we all face thesd challenges tosome extent,” UAB Hospital CEO Mike Waldrum said.
“We will manage through theswe times by concentrating on our businessw imperatives ofquality care, patient satisfactio n and financial performance and by supportingf and caring for our displaced
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