Layoffs and Staff Reductions at UT Health/ETMC

TYLER – As many as 400 employees have accepted voluntary severance, job re-assignments or have been laid off following the purchase of ETMC Regional Healthcare System by Ardent Health Services of Nashville and the concurrent combining of the ETMC clinical operations with those of UT Health Northeast. The reductions amount to about 5% of the combined workforces and affect employees at UT Health Northeast and employees at the former ETMC.

In a statement, officials at UT Health East Texas, the name that has been given to the combined entities, said that a majority of the affected individuals are non-clinical. The statement goes on to say that inpatient services at UT Health Northeast, now called UT Health East Texas North Campus, will move to the facility on Beckham Street in Tyler that used to be the principal hospital of ETMC.

“We deeply regret the personal impact of these changes,” said UT Health East Texas CEO Moody Chisholm. “Over time, we expect to add jobs as we expand services.”