HealthSaturday, November 7
Children's Mercy cuts 115 jobs and moves 473 more to an outside company
The KCtoday team
If you work at Children's Mercy, or know someone who does, the picture is getting clearer. The hospital confirmed Monday that it laid off 115 employees, about 1.2% of its workforce, in mostly nonclinical administrative, leadership and support roles. Another 473 revenue cycle and scheduling employees will move to Ensemble Health Partners, which handles revenue cycle management.
Children's Mercy's changes touch hundreds of jobs
- 473
- positions moving to Ensemble Health Partners
- 115
- employees laid off
- 1.2%
- of the hospital's workforce laid off
- 439
- of those moving are full-time
Children's Mercy sent a WARN Act notice to Mayor Quinton Lucas and state officials Monday. It says the 473 positions end Feb. 6, 2027, and nine lab positions will be eliminated within 90 days of that date. In a statement, hospital leaders said, "Like children's hospitals nationwide, we face rising costs and reimbursement that has not kept pace."
- Pay: base pay won't decrease, and seniority carries over
- Benefits: tenure counts for PTO accrual and retirement vesting
- Where: Children's Mercy sites or remote, as the role requires
- Full-time: 98 of the 115 laid off
The Ensemble transition runs from Monday's notice to Feb. 6, 2027
- Nov. 2Children's Mercy confirms 115 layoffs and sends its WARN notice.
- Dec. 2026Ensemble will make job offers, contingent on background and pre-employment screenings.
- Feb. 2027The 473 positions at Children's Mercy end, per the WARN notice.