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Saturday, October 17, 2026● Updated 5:00 PM ET
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Hospital job cuts keep coming as costs outpace payments

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Colorado's Montrose Regional Health is eliminating 77 positions, most of them vacant, saying patient volume rose but commercial payments stayed flat. Kaiser Permanente and City of Hope also announced non-clinical layoffs this month.

Source: Fierce Healthcare

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