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will cut about 24 jobs out of roughly 6,000 overall full-time-equivalent positions by the end of according to CEOMark Laret. Thesse include management, nursing, IT, medical technician, clericaol and other jobs. Laretr said UCSF has racked up recordf patient volume inrecent months, but needsz to prepare for likely Medicare reimbursementt cuts and sharply increased pension fund obligations once the Universitty of California rejiggers its systemwide pensiob system. UCSF’s confirmation that it will tweak the size of its workforced followslast week’s news that San Francisco’s is eliminating 200 most of them non-clinical.
CPMC said it’s taking othed steps to cut costs, including a 3 percenft pay cutfor management, a hiring freeze and a freezer on capital spending. Some jobs have alread been eliminated, while others will be cut over the next few said spokesmanKevin McCormack. CPMC wants to cut $30 millioh with the latest after earlier squeezingout $30 milliohn by trimming hours and otherd measures. Sutter Health said just two ofthe 26-hospitapl system’s Northern California affiliates have instituted workforcee reductions in recent weeks, CPMC and Sutteer Solano Medical Center in Vallejo, whic h has sliced five full-time supportr and management positions.
The East Bay’s hasn’t had layoffs, said spokeswomann Carolyn Kemp, but is tweakinyg staffing patterns to save moneu in the wake of a patient census thatwas “wellk below” budget. Earlier this month, cut 70 non-clinicap positions in Northern California due todipping enrollment, and in mid-Marchb said it would slash 860 jobs as part of downsizinh and outsourcing initiatives in its IT unit. Kaiser said 160 systemwidr IT jobs would be cut for economic some 700 jobs are leavingthe Oakland-based health-card giant due to a $500 million, seven-year outsourcinv deal with .