Home Health Care News August 13, 2025
Providence St. Joseph Health, a national faith-based health system, has closed its non-medical home companionship program, citing an anticipated annual loss of $500 million in Medicaid funding due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA).
The Providence family of organizations announced cuts of 255 jobs in Washington and Oregon, including caregivers associated with the closure of its non-medical home companionship program called Providence DominiCare, located in Chewelah County, Washington. These layoffs are in addition to the 600, mostly administrative, roles the organization laid off earlier this year, according to a June announcement.
Providence also announced the closure of three outpatient physical therapy clinics in Stevens and Spoke Counties.
The organization will reassign individuals to other positions where possible and...







