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Aurora Mental Health and Recovery will lay off 91 employees at the end of June, according to documentation from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
However, local outlets indicate the total number of impacted positions could exceed 100.
According to the Denver Business Journal, the organization is making cuts in response to lower state and federal reimbursements for its services. The provider also anticipates more reductions to Medicaid following the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed last summer, according to the Journal.
This comes as Aurora has also been ordered to pay $7.2 million in Medicaid reconciliation payments.
Behavioral Health Business has reached out to Aurora Mental Health and Recovery for comment.
The Colorado-based provider has nine locations across the state. It offers a variety of substance use disorder services including, detox, outpatient treatment, intensive outpatient treatment programs (IOPs) and medication-assisted treatment. It also offers mental health services including children and youth programs and older adult programs.
The provider’s Culture Development & Wellness Center offers adult educational services offerings, trauma resources and refugee and immigration services.
According to the Colorado WARN notice, the bulk of the layoffs will impact administrative staff and its educational programs. According to Colorado Politics, a number of the provider’s programs are going to be closed, including its adult education and victim assistance at the Cultural Development & Wellness center, its youth leadership academy and its behavioral health services at Mrachek House.
Still, it appears from the notice that a number of clinical positions, including licensed therapists, clinical managers and residential counselor positions were also impacted.
Aurora isn’t the only behavioral health provider in the midst of layoffs. Last week, news broke that Laurel Ridge Treatment Center, a Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS) facility in San Antonio, Texas, will lay off 648 employees. Additionally, autism provider Ample Joy announced it will lay off 100 staff members.
Laura Lovett is the Editor of Behavioral Health Business. Prior to this, she served as the Executive Editor of MobiHealthNews, a HIMSS Media publication. While reporting for MobiHealthNews, she won three bronze AZBEE awards including one for impact reporting. In 2019 Lovett took part in the Umass Medical Media Fellowship. Lovett was educated at the University of East Anglia, the University of Massachusetts, and Oxford University. If she isn’t reporting on healthcare she’s probably kayaking on the Charles River or trying a new recipe.
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