A number of healthcare organizations have recently closed medical departments or ended services at facilities to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or address staffing shortages.
Here are 70 department closures or services that are ending or have been announced, advanced or finalized that Becker’s reported since Jan. 1:
1. Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health said Oct. 14 that it is sunsetting its Hospital at Home program. The system made the decision following a comprehensive review of its priorities and the model’s sustainability. It plans to wind down the program during the fourth quarter.
2. Montrose (Colo.) Regional Health discontinued cardiology services in Telluride, combined its sleep and pulmonary clinics, reduced pediatric occupational therapy availability and scaled back several therapy wellness programs. The changes are part of an organizational restructuring that eliminated 77 positions, effective Oct. 12, as the system faces flat insurance payments and rising labor, supply and other operating costs.
3. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health will close its Golisano Children’s Hospital of Buffalo Children’s Psychiatry Clinic-Amherst Satellite location and relocate its pediatric ENT clinic at the McKinley Pediatric Outpatient Center in Blasdell, N.Y., pending approval from the New York State Department of Health. Services provided at Kaleida’s Amherst location will be consolidated into the system’s Children’s Psychiatry Clinic in Buffalo. The consolidation will allow for new programs to open that are not currently offered in Western New York, such as a pediatric partial hospitalization program.
4. Lane Regional Medical Center in Zachary, La., closed its inpatient labor and delivery unit Oct. 11. Lane Regional cited low delivery volumes as the reason for the closure. The closure comes two months after the hospital eliminated 14 positions and ended its allergy, asthma and immunology services as part of efforts to strengthen its finances.
5. Chicago-based Roseland Community Hospital will suspend labor and delivery services, citing financial pressures on safety-net hospitals. The unit will close by the end of October, and staff are working to transition current obstetrics patients to other providers.
6. Marshall, Mo.-based Fitzgibbon Hospital ended labor and delivery services Sept. 30. The hospital was taken over in early September by American Medical Administrators. The decision follows a review of hospital operations, service needs and long-term financial sustainability. The hospital’s inpatient labor and delivery unit has run at a loss for several years, and the organizations determined the resources required to maintain the service were no longer financially sustainable.
7. Keene, N.H.-based Cheshire Medical Center will close its Farnum Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit by Oct. 30, citing low utilization and unsustainable costs. The unit has stopped accepting new referrals and admissions, and current patients will complete their treatment there, CEO and President Joseph Perras, MD, said in a statement shared with Becker’s. The 20-bed unit has an average daily census of five to six patients.
8. Rockledge, Fla.-based Health First announced Sept. 16 it is ending its hospital-at-home program and closing the Viera, Fla., location of the Integrated Care Program. Additionally, the Health First Medical Group is ending its standalone comprehensive health assessment program. The cuts came after “a careful review of how we can best continue delivering on our mission to improve the health and wellness of the communities we serve,” a system spokesperson told Becker’s.
9. Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health in August ended its tele-ICU and tele-ED services, which it said were unsustainable at their current scale without external support. It also dissolved the New England Alliance for Health, a 2009 collaboration among community hospitals, behavioral health centers and home health agencies that the system said had outlived its purpose as members joined larger systems.
10. Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System shared plans to eliminate approximately 138 positions across the organization amid ongoing industry pressures. Of the positions, 83 are part of MultiCare’s decision to close multiple clinics in Spokane, Wash., with the remaining positions a mix of leadership and support services roles. The system’s Rockwood Clinic in Spokane, Wash., will close the Access Clinic Oct. 27, MultiCare Dermatology Dec. 4 and the Rockwood Eye Clinics Dec. 31.
11. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health will close its Mercy Diagnostic and Treatment Center in West Seneca when the facility’s lease expires in January 2027. The closure will affect nuclear medicine, radiology and rehabilitation therapy services at the location. Trinity OB-GYN will not be affected.
12. Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare will consolidate obstetrical services from three Illinois hospitals into two regional maternal care centers and commit $1 million in grants to community maternal health initiatives. The system will develop what it calls centers of excellence for maternal care at Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago and Olympia Fields (Ill.) Hospital. The move will coincide with the consolidation and suspension of obstetrics services at Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Ill., Mercy Medical Center in Aurora, Ill., and Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago. The obstetrics service lines at the three hospitals will be suspended effective Oct. 1.
13. Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health’s Newark-Wayne Community Hospital suspended its inpatient labor and delivery, newborn nursery and postpartum services Sept. 3 after it received approval from the New York State Department of Health to close its Marshall Birthing Unit. The health system shared plans in May to close the services in late summer or early fall, pointing to a national and local birth rate decline, including ongoing workforce issues.
14. HCA Florida Capital Hospital in Tallahassee plans to discontinue its level 2 neonatal intensive care unit services, effective Nov. 1. A hospital spokesperson said that fewer babies born at the facility in recent years have required the specialized care its NICU provides. Labor and delivery services will remain open.
15. Henderson (Nev.) Hospital ended maternity and neonatal intensive care unit services Sept. 30 following an internal assessment. The hospital, part of Las Vegas-based The Valley Health System, pointed to an increase in emergency room volume and admissions for medical and surgical care. It also highlighted an area birth rate decrease, physician retirement, obstetrics office closures and a decrease in patients being referred by maternal fetal medicine specialists resulting in NICU admission decreases. Approximately 100 employees will be affected by the closures. They will work with human resources to apply for other positions at the hospital or with maternity-related positions at The Valley Health System’s Centennial Hills, Spring Valley or Summerlin hospitals, all in Las Vegas.
16. Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System discontinued its home health services Sept. 1, citing regulatory pressures. All patients have been informed of the closure, and the health system is helping transition them to other agencies in the community.
17. UC Health will close Bridgeway Pointe, its assisted living facility on the Daniel Drake Campus in Cincinnati, and eliminate 49 positions. The facility is expected to close permanently Oct. 31, with all affected employees’ positions terminated that day. The layoffs include 24 state-tested nursing assistant positions and 20 licensed practical nurses, according to the filing. Five additional positions in staffing, the business office, development, activities and linen distribution will also be eliminated.
18. Vandalia Health closed the SurgiCare outpatient surgical facility at CAMC Memorial Hospital in Charleston, W.Va., citing a need to reduce duplication and maximize efficiency. The closure, effective Aug. 28, shuts down two of the system’s 50 operating rooms. Surgical services will be consolidated at the Outpatient Surgery Center at CAMC General Hospital and the main operating rooms at CAMC Memorial and CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital.
19. Detroit-based Henry Ford Health ended inpatient care, emergency department services and other hospital-based operations at Henry Ford River District Hospital in East China, Mich. A system spokesperson said the River District building requires substantial infrastructure repairs and modernization, and that continued investment in the facility is not a sustainable long-term path to safe, high-quality care. The system is consolidating inpatient care, ER and hospital-based services to nearby Henry Ford facilities as a result. The consolidation took effect Sept. 1.
20. Portland-based MaineHealth will end inpatient labor and delivery services at MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta, Maine, effective Dec. 18. Labor and delivery services will move to MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, Maine. Birth volumes at Lincoln Hospital have remained low and are expected to decline further, the system said. More than two-thirds of pregnant patients in Lincoln County already deliver at other hospitals, and the health system said it could not identify a staffing model capable of supporting a reliable 24-hour labor and delivery program despite sustained recruitment efforts.
21. Houston, Mo.-based Texas County Memorial Hospital closed its Hutcheson Pharmacy on Aug. 21 after evaluating its retail pharmacy operations. Hospital leaders cited recent manufacturing restrictions affecting retail pharmacy operations, ongoing challenges recruiting and retaining full-time pharmacists and changing patient utilization trends as factors behind the decision. CEO Bill Bridges said the pharmacy’s expenses had exceeded budgeted expectations with limited opportunity for improvement because of new federal laws and pharmacy workforce challenges.
22. Hartford-based Connecticut Children’s is seeking approval to relocate inpatient pediatric services from Saint Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, Conn., to its Hartford campus, citing nearly a decade of low patient volume at the Waterbury unit. The pediatric health system said the Saint Mary’s unit has averaged fewer than three patients per day for close to 10 years despite multiple efforts to increase utilization. Children who now require hospitalization are often more medically complex and need immediate access to pediatric specialists, intensive care, advanced diagnostics and multidisciplinary teams available in Hartford.
23. Boynton Beach, Fla.-based Bethesda Hospital, part of Baptist Health, discontinued pediatric rehabilitation services at three locations beginning Aug. 21. Pediatric rehab services are being discontinued at Bethesda Hospital East in Boynton Beach, Fla., Baptist Health City in Boynton Beach and the hospital’s Wellington office. A hospital notice did not provide a reason for ending the services.
24. Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health shared plans to close its Aspirus Lake View Silver Bay (Minn.) and consolidate services to its Aspirus Lake View Two Harbors (Minn.) Clinic. The transition will occur in two phases: Silver Bay will offer primary care, and lab and radiology services beginning July 13 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesdays until the transition plan is complete. Therapy services at Silver Bay will continue Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Aspirus plans to announce the final day for patient care at Silver Bay, once it is determined.
25. Nassau University Medical Center, Nassau County’s only public hospital, suspended its obstetrics program indefinitely, according to statements from hospital leadership shared with Becker’s July 20. The East Meadow, N.Y.-based safety-net hospital had halted most deliveries May 1 after an independent patient safety review, then reopened June 12 as a limited Level 1 unit accepting only low-risk patients under 35 years old and beyond 36 weeks gestation. NUMC had formerly operated a Level 3 obstetrics program — among the highest designations of maternal care — and before the May suspension delivered more than 725 babies annually. Richard Kessel, board chair of Nassau Health Care Corp., which operates NUMC, attributed the suspension to years of mismanagement and called it a patient safety decision.
26. Leominster, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health-Community Healthlink increased planned layoffs to 231 positions, effective Sept. 16, and plans to permanently close all of its programs and cease operations as an agency. The closure will be phased, with Community Healthlink working to transition its services to other community providers as it winds down operations. A UMass Memorial Health spokesperson said Community Healthlink has faced ongoing pressures in recent years that have hurt its ability to run essential services for clients and communities. To keep specialized behavioral healthcare available in the region, CHL and UMass Memorial Health leadership are working with local community organizations and state agencies to find new operators to take over the services CHL currently provides.
27. Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based North Star Health Alliance said it plans to submit a closure plan to the New York State Department of Health for the sleep center at Carthage (N.Y.) Area Hospital, and primary care and physical therapy services at Philadelphia (N.Y.) Health Center. A public hearing regarding the closures was held July 28. North Star sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February and has been working to stabilize and restructure the system. It shared plans in late June to close its North Country Orthopaedic Ambulatory Surgery Center and its North Country Orthopaedic Group, both in Watertown, N.Y. The health system also shared plans in mid-July to close labor and delivery services at its Claxton-Hepburn Medical Campus in Ogdensburg and transition obstetrical services within the Claxton-Hepburn Women’s Health Clinic.
28. CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs in Iowa ended labor and delivery and level 2 NICU services Aug. 31. Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health cited challenges around provider availability and specialized clinical coverage as factors in the decision, calling them issues hospitals and health systems across Iowa and the country are facing.
29. Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System closed its freestanding Mount Carmel Franklin Emergency Department, also in Columbus, Aug. 22. The system opened a community-centered primary and prevention care hub, Mount Carmel Franklinton Care Center, Aug. 24 in Columbus.
30. Columbia, Mo.-based MU Health Care closed its four Hy-Vee Quick Care locations on Aug. 1 as it implements an organization redesign aimed at strengthening its long-term financial sustainability. The system said evolving patient care needs have led to declining demand for quick care services, while urgent care and primary care service demand has grown.
31. Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health ended developmental and behavioral pediatric services at Riedman Health Center in Irondequoit, N.Y., on July 10 after the physician leading the program departed. A system spokesperson told Becker’s the service was “a small, specialized team that cared for a limited number of patients” and that the closure “will not have an impact on RRH’s broader pediatric behavioral health offerings.”
32. Columbus-based OhioHealth ended inpatient maternity unit services July 31 at OhioHealth Grady Memorial Hospital in Delaware, Ohio. The system said the decision comes after a review of the inpatient maternity program by a team that included specialty physicians.
33. Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare closed the Family Birth Center at its Union Hospital in Elkton, Md., effective June 30, after months of close market assessment and industry analysis that pointed to an aging community.
34. Springville, N.Y.-based Bertrand Chaffee Hospital is planning to close its nursing home facility. A combination of financial challenges, staffing shortages and the significant capital needs of the aging physical plant contributed to the decision, a hospital spokesperson told Becker’s June 3.
35. Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health closed several clinics and restructuring select services in Colorado and Montana, changes that will affect 93 caregiver roles, including leadership and staff positions. The changes took effect July 24. Intermountain said affected employees may apply for other positions within the organization and will receive transition support, career assistance, severance pay where applicable and benefits guidance.
36. Aspirus St. Luke’s in Duluth, Minn., is closing its home health services division as the health system shifts resources to other areas of care. Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health said the decision was made in response to a rapidly changing operating environment and increasing pressure to allocate resources strategically.
37. Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health shared plans to close the labor and delivery unit at its Providence Hospital, also in Mobile, after the planned closure of Mobile OB-GYN, P.C., a non-USA Health private practice that has operated since 1953 and served as the primary provider of obstetric care at the hospital.
38. Bakersfield (Calif.) Memorial Hospital closed the Grossman Burn Center June 30 due to “evolving community needs. The closure includes a seven-bed inpatient burn unit and an outpatient burn clinic.
39. Oklahoma City-based Integris Health said April 16 it is preparing to scale back or eliminate select service lines within its medical group as it braces for anticipated Medicaid and Medicare funding cuts. The adjustments include reducing physician staffing in some service lines and fully closing others, with changes expected to occur over the next three to six months.
40. Greenwood (Miss.) Leflore Hospital is laying off 86 employees — about 17% of its workforce — and eliminating several service lines as it prepares for a potential closure or acquisition by a larger health system. Services being eliminated as part of the restructuring include its outpatient rehab center, cardiac rehab, after-hours clinic and wellness center.
41. Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health closed its observation unit at Winchester Medical Center, the system’s flagship hospital, on July 1, with patients instead receiving care in inpatient rooms. The planned closure comes amid financial pressure tied to Medicaid reimbursement cuts.
42. Searcy, Ark.-based Unity Health on April 15 permanently closed the emergency department and medical unit at its acute care hospital in Jacksonville, Ark. The closure comes just three years after the hospital opened in March 2023. Unity Health plans to convert the facility into a freestanding psychiatric hospital.
43. Knoxville, Tenn.-based Covenant Health discontinued its Advanced Care at Home program in April, according to the health system’s website. The hospital-at-home program launched at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville in March 2023 and later expanded to Parkwest Medical Center, also in Knoxville. It combined in-home clinical services, virtual care and remote patient monitoring to provide hospital-level treatment. The website does not specify why the program ended.
44. Lawrence, Mass.-based Merrimack Health ended maternity and neonatal services at its Methuen (Mass.) Hospital and consolidate them to its Lawrence Hospital, effective Aug. 1, pending state approval. The health system cited declining birth rates and concerns about maintaining care quality at low-volume facilities.
45. Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Health System’s Lovelace Medical Group closed its urgent care location in Taos, N.M. The closure was related to multiple factors, including low utilization, staffing challenges and its distance from core services.
46. Little Rock, Ark.-based Baptist Health discontinued labor and delivery and obstetrics services April 28 at its Baptist Health-Fort Smith campus. The decision, which will impact 40 employees, followed an analysis of the program’s long-term operational sustainability amid ongoing challenges, including increased specialized care costs.
47. Fort Mill, S.C.-based Piedmont Medical Center shared plans to realign services across its two hospital campuses. Obstetrics, labor and delivery and neonatal services will come under Piedmont Medical Center Fort Mill, effective May 12, while Piedmont Medical Center Rock Hill (S.C.) will expand trauma, surgical, neurosurgery and cardiovascular care services.
48. Weston, W. Va.-based Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital, part of Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health, ended obstetrics delivery services May 1. The hospital cited challenges to recruit full-time clinical staff and declining birth rates in the region.
49. MercyOne Clinton (Iowa) Medical Center transitioned labor and delivery services to other Iowa-based MercyOne birth centers in Davenport, Dubuque and Silvis. May 26 was the last day for scheduled deliveries at the hospital. The facility pointed to an inability to sustain demand for labor and delivery services, along with national challenges like increased costs, staffing shortages and reimbursement that does not fully cover care costs.
50. As of March 27, Providence Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital will no longer admit patients to its inpatient pediatric unit. Santa Rosa Memorial, part of Renton, Wash.-based Providence, said in October 2025 it would close the eight-bed unit and repurpose it for adult inpatient care, citing low patient volumes and financial challenges.
51. Bradford (Pa.) Regional Medical Center, part of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health, submitted a closure notice to discontinue its inpatient and emergency services by May 17 amid ongoing financial challenges.
52. Jersey City, N.J.-based Hudson Regional Health suspended emergency department operations March 14 at Heights University Hospital, also in Jersey City, and is moving forward with a certificate of need for closure after sunsetting its other services in mid-November 2025.
53. Silverdale, Wash.-based St. Michael Medical Center closed its pediatric outpatient rehabilitation clinic April 24. The decision to close the clinic — which offered occupational and physical therapy — was determined through a “thoughtful discernment process” that determined the closure is necessary to adapt to ongoing financial pressures.
54. Gaithersburg, Md.-based Adventist HealthCare closed its Germantown (Md.) Emergency Center July 1, pending state approvals. The decision is based on declining volume at the facility, which opened in 2006 and is one of Maryland’s seven freestanding emergency rooms.
55. Oklahoma City-based Integris Health will close its Children’s Place childcare centers and Fun & Fit programs at two hospitals in August due to financial losses. The closures affect Integris Health Baptist Medical Center and Integris Health Southwest Medical Center, both located in Oklahoma City. The health system said it has evaluated several options to keep the facilities open, but they have been losing more than $1 million per year.
56. Manchester, N.H.-based Catholic Medical Center is planning to end outpatient behavioral health services by the end of March. The hospital, owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, will continue offering urgent mental health services through its emergency department. The New Hampshire Justice Department said it “received no advance notice” of the proposal and is reviewing the proposed action and has a pending inquiry to HCA requesting information about impacted patients.
57. Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, will close an ambulatory surgery center and sleep medicine services this spring as it implements cost-reduction strategies ahead of its planned acquisition by Columbus-based OhioHealth. The 222-bed hospital said it will close River View Surgery Center and its Fairfield Healthcare Professionals Sleep Medicine office this spring. Its sleep lab closed Feb. 27. The changes also resulted in “limited staff reductions” across several departments.
58. Minot, N.D.-based Trinity Health is suspending home health and outpatient hospice services. The system said the decision was made after careful consideration and a thorough review of its current operations. Employees affected by the change will have opportunities to transition into open positions across other departments within the system.
59. Stanford, Ky.-based Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital relocated its inpatient labor and delivery services Feb. 16 to Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville, Ky. The hospitals are part of the Danville-based Ephraim McDowell Health system and are a 15-minute drive from each other, the health system said.
60. Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health will shutter its Ellicott City (Md.) Ambulatory Surgery Center due to low procedure volumes. The freestanding ASC’s closure will affect 23 employees and take effect between March 7 and April 6.
61. Franklin, Ind.-based Johnson Memorial Health said it plans to phase out obstetrics services and the maternity care center on its Franklin campus. It will also take added steps to cut costs, which includes employee reductions. JMH cited decreasing federal and state insurance reimbursement rates, and coverage and rising service costs. The process to phase out the maternity care center is expected to take multiple months.
62. Providence Mission Hospital Laguna Beach (Calif.) began a multiyear planning process to phase out acute care and emergency services. The hospital attributed its decision to low inpatient demand and the high cost of renovations needed for the facility, which was built in 1959. On average, 80% of the hospital’s 159 licensed beds are unused each day.
63. Driggs, Idaho-based Teton Valley Health Care will close its infusion clinic amid financial pressures. While a closure date has not been set for the infusion clinic, it will shutter once existing medication supplies have been depleted. The system also laid off 26 employees, or around 10% of its 276-person workforce, on Jan. 22 and 23.
64. Sweetwater (Tenn.) Hospital Association closed its labor and delivery department on Feb. 28. The hospital cited ongoing challenges such as maintaining specialty provider coverage and financial constraints including declining patient volumes, reimbursement rates and rising operational costs.
65. Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne closed its MercyOne Ottumwa (Iowa) Family and Internal Medicine location on Feb. 27. MercyOne Ottumwa comprises seven family medicine providers. The health system’s human resources team is working with impacted employees on next steps, including applying for open positions.
66. Grand Island, Neb.-based CHI Health St. Francis closed its skilled nursing facility March 10. Steve Schieber, president of CHI Health St. Francis, said the decision “reflects broader changes in how skilled nursing care is delivered and the increasing shift away from hospital-based skilled nursing services across the country.”
67. Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in Fort Madison, operated by West Burlington, Iowa-based Great River Health, will end inpatient labor and delivery services by the end of 2026. The move is part of the system’s transition to a hub-and-spoke maternal care model, which Great River Health is already using at Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The approach consolidates labor and delivery care at a central site, with pre- and postnatal services offered locally in outpatient settings.
68. Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden, Ark., closed its labor and delivery unit on Jan. 9. CEO Glenda Harper said they “do so few deliveries, and with the cut in reimbursement, it’s just not feasible” to keep the unit open.
69. Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare closed its Gray (Maine) Family Health Center on March 6. The system acknowledged that the closure might be “unexpected” and assured patients that it is dedicated to supporting them through the transition. The practice comprises three family medicine providers.
70. Warren (Pa.) General Hospital discontinued inpatient labor and delivery services, citing a national OB-GYN shortage and a sudden change in physician availability.
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