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Outpatient employment
bounces back
Aurora Aguilar
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Federal employment data show the healthcare industry may be entering a promis-
Matthew Weinstock Managing Editor
ing recovery. While hospitals still lost jobs in May, they did so at about one-fifth
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the level of the prior month.
Paul Barr
Features Editor
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Hospitals shed 26,700 jobs last month, preliminary data from the Bureau
of Labor Statistics show. While far from normal, it’s not nearly as steep as the
News Editor
Erica Teichert
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BLS’ estimate of 135,000 job cuts at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in EDITORS Editor
April. Several health systems, including UW Medicine in Seattle and Cape Cod David May Assistant Managing Editor
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dmay@modernhealthcare.com
Health Care in Massachusetts, announced new furloughs in May and others,
CREATIVE SERVICES
including Essentia Health in Minnesota, laid off workers.
Patricia Fanelli Creative Services Director
The U.S. healthcare industry added an estimated 312,400 jobs in May, a dra- 312-649-5318 pfanelli@modernhealthcare.com
matic upswing after having eliminated 1.4 million jobs in April, with all of last
Rodolfo Jiménez Graphic Designer
month’s job growth taking place in the ambulatory sector. 312-649-5338 Rodolfo.Jimenez@modernhealthcare.com
“I was a bit surprised by that much growth given the extent of the full shut- Paul Romejko Graphic Designer
down that we saw in the segment,” said Ash Shehata, KPMG’s national sector 312-649-5335 promejko@modernhealthcare.com
leader for healthcare and life sciences. “But it is also a reminder: As we start DIGITAL
to forecast the recovery, we probably need to forecast a different recovery for Saman Creel Digital Content Strategist
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healthcare.”
The jobs data highlight healthcare’s resiliency relative to other industries Emily Olsen Web Producer
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and suggests it might see a V-shaped recovery marked by a sharp decline and
REPORTERS
a rapid bounce back, Shehata said.
Tara Bannow Finance | Chicago
Within healthcare, the ambulatory sector added 375,700 new jobs in May. 312-649-5362 tbannow@modernhealthcare.com
Dentist offices saw the strongest recovery, adding 244,800 jobs. Those offices Michael Brady Rules and Regulations | Washington
were the hardest hit healthcare sector in April, losing half a million jobs. 202-505-4789 mbrady@modernhealthcare.com
Physicians’ offices added 51,300 jobs, a rebound after having lost 243,000 Maria Castellucci Safety & Quality | Chicago
jobs in April. Home health shrunk by 3,000 jobs, even after shedding 93,600 312-397-5502 mcastellucci@modernhealthcare.com
in April. Ginger Christ Post-Acute Care and Staffing | Cleveland
216-309-1304 ginger.christ@modernhealthcare.com
May’s report also highlighted a broader economic recovery, with 2.5 million
jobs added and the unemployment rate falling to 13.3%, from 14.7% in April. Jessica Kim Cohen Technology | Chicago
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More than 15 million people reported being on temporary layoff in May, or
Rachel Cohrs Politics and Policy | Washington
about 73% of the unemployed. —Tara Bannow 202-681-3353 Rachel.Cohrs@modernhealthcare.com
Steven Ross Johnson Population Health | Chicago
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Change in employment
Alex Kacik Operations | Chicago
Percentage increase/decrease in seasonally adjusted total 312-280-3149 akacik@modernhealthcare.com
from January 2020 for each month.
Shelby Livingston Insurance | Nashville
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All ambulatory All nursing, Merrill Goozner Contributing columnist
healthcare residential care mgoozner@modernhealthcare.com
services Dentist offices Hospitals facilities RESEARCH AND DATA
3.3%
5% 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% Tim Broderick Data and Analytics Lead
0.3% -0.8% -2.2% -2.7% -0.1% -3.6% -4.7% 312-649-5409 tbroderick@modernhealthcare.com
Megan Caruso Data Specialist
-11.8% 312-649-5471 mcaruso@modernhealthcare.com
-16.6%
COPY DESK
30.3% Julie A. Johnson Copy Desk Chief
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CUSTOMER SERVICE
-55% 55.4%
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