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The Bassett Healthcare Network has laid off 15 employees in leadership positions and plans to eliminate another 41 positions in March as part of a restructuring plan that also aims to reverse some of the health care system’s losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the network announced Friday.
“This decision did not come easily and is one of the most difficult decisions that leaders have to face,” said President/CEO Tommy Ibrahim, who joined the network in July, in a statement. “We balanced this decision against our moral and social obligation to continue serving the health care needs of our communities. We understand the impact of this on people’s lives and the community and have made every effort to go through this restructuring and right-sizing process with empathy and compassion, displaying dignity and respect for all involved.”
Bassett Healthcare Network reduces staff, moves president of Little Falls Hospital to new position
Dec 12, 2020
Cooperstown, NY – Bassett Healthcare Network President and CEO Tommy Ibrahim, MD, MHA, and his system executive leadership team recently unveiled a new operating model that will pave the way for system-wide transformation. Bassett, like many health care organizations across the country, has been facing increasing financial and regulatory pressures which have been recently intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic. The new operating model, known as OneBassett, will allow the network to continue to be successful while adapting for the future.
“Rather than operating as a collection of individual hospitals and health centers, this new model will deconstruct the silos and reorganize our network into a truly integrated enterprise,” explains Ibrahim. “We are moving away from hospital-centric decision-making to a system focused on the continuum of care, expanded access to ser