Novant was bound by a two-year moratorium on layoffs at NHRMC as part of its purchase of the formerly county-owned hospital. That moratorium expired earlier this year, marked by the layoff of Dr. Philip Brown, who had been NHRMC's chief physician executive; the layoff was part of a workforce reduction that impacted shy of 50 positions.
https://www.whqr.org/local/2023-10-04/novant-lays-off-160-employees-as-part-of-difficult-organizational-redesign-local-roles-impacted