Optum, a health provider owned by UnitedHealth (Minnesota), which has taken over numerous medical practices in New Jersey in the past several years, will lay off as many as 572 workers in New Jersey in the next three months, according to WARN [Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act] notices filed with the state. In total this will affect almost 90 offices.
The company began sending letters to patients on Monday, Nov. 3, informing them of medical practices that will close as of Nov. 30—including some pediatric and specialty medical offices, and all of their mental health practices.
According to four WARN notices filed with New Jersey on Oct. 1—required in advance of mass layoffs—Optum Care will lay off 372 employees statewide, with most paid through Feb. 2, 2026. Separately, Optum Medical Care will lay off 122 employees in just Secaucus by February and March 2026. And Optum Select Services and Optum Management are laying off 60 workers (doctors) total.
