While there might not have been sufficient financial pressure for the sprawling 12-hospital system to overcome the hurdles of integration before, there certainly is now.

The Mass General Brigham CEO received a hefty 40% raise, the latest available tax records show, with the hospital system now saying it must roll out mass layoffs to quell a looming budget deficit. Mass General Brigham (MGB) CEO and President Anne Klibanski saw her pay rocket from about $4.

Mass General Brigham attributed the layoffs to an expected budget shortfall of $250 billion over the next two years.

Wentworth-Douglass Hospital was not spared from layoffs by Mass General Brigham as it cited an anticipated "budget gap" of $250 million.

BOSTON - Mass General Brigham, the largest health care system in Massachusetts, announced layoffs Monday that will affect hundreds of workers, citing a $250 million projected budget gap.

Facing rising costs and hoping to make its sprawling network more efficient, the state’s largest private employer aims to cut payroll costs by over $200 million.

Mass General Brigham announced mass layoffs aimed to bridge a $250 million budget gap projected over the next two years in a letter to employees Monday — meaning potentially hundreds of

At least three high-level employees at Nantucket Cottage Hospital left abruptly recently, after the parent company of the island's only hospital announced layoffs last week.

Mass General Brigham announced layoffs for hundreds of administrative and management employees on Monday in anticipation of a $250 million budget gap, an unprecedented decision for Massachusetts’ largest private employer.

The layoffs could potentially impact employees at 12 hospitals under the MGB umbrella: While executives say the sweeping cuts are aimed at management and administrative-level employees with no impact on front-line workers, Boston University School of Public Health’s David Rosenbloom suspects the changes could reach patients.