Beaumont launches $3.8B merger of 8 hospitals, no layoffs expected

The head of the new Beaumont Health not-for-profit — the result of an eight-hospital merger that became official this week — says there are no plans for layoffs to cut costs. Additionally, the eight hospitals will remain open under current plans, said Gene Michalski, head of the new $3.8-billion Beaumont Health, the result of what was billed as an affiliation of Royal Oak-based Beaumont Health System, Dearborn-based Oakwood Healthcare and Farmington Hills' Botsford Hospital. The new system became official Tuesday. Combined, the health care system will make up one of the largest in Michigan — employing 33,093 and operating 3,337 hospital beds.