April 10
Mayo Clinic is not just faced with an enormous health crisis. Now, there is an economic crisis, too very likely the biggest such challenge Mayo has faced since the Great Depression.
Income has plummeted as Mayo has turned its attention from regular business to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the clinic is rolling out a plan of spending reductions, including payroll cuts, that will directly affect about one-third of Mayo s70,000 employees across all of its sites, including Mayo Clinic Health System sites and the campuses in Rochester, Florida and Arizona.
The plan is designed to bring down a $3 billion loss that financial projections show would occur by year-end without any adjustments, and to do it without lowering the quality of care, research and education Mayo provides. No layoffs are planned.