Laid off from Elevance Health.
Elevance Health, the insurer that was Anthem until June 2022, cuts in small named batches, 87 at Woodland Hills, 64 at Cerritos, 90 at Dearborn. Its newest filing is a District of Columbia Medicaid exit covering 85 jobs on a window that runs into July 2027.
At a glance
What's known about Elevance Health severance and layoffs
- 85 jobs, Washington D.C., July 2026 · Newest filing, our tracker
- October 2, 2026 to July 31, 2027 · DC layoff window
- Four · All-time filings, our tracker
- Anthem, changed June 2022 · Former name, still on member cards
- Not published · Individual severance terms
- $230 million pre-tax · 2023 personnel charges, restructuring
- About 5,000, reported 2024 · Employees in Indiana
Recent Elevance Health layoffs
Elevance's DC Medicaid exit covers 85 jobs
Elevance filed a District of Columbia WARN notice on July 27, 2026 covering 85 employees, with separations the agency lists from October 2, 2026 through July 31, 2027. Chief executive Gail Boudreaux described a mutual agreement with the District to leave its Medicaid market, and members moved from Wellpoint DC, formerly Amerigroup DC, to AmeriHealth Caritas DC on August 1, 2026.
Previous rounds
Elevance Health layoff history
Losing a job at Elevance Health is hard enough without having to work out which of the company's names appears on your paperwork. Anthem, Inc. shareholders approved the change to Elevance Health on May 18, 2022, and the amended articles took effect that June 27 when they were filed with the Indiana Secretary of State. The brands underneath kept their own names. Anthem Blue Cross still fronts many plans, Wellpoint carries the Medicare and Medicaid products, and Carelon runs health services. Worth checking which of those entities shows up on an offer letter, a W-2, and any notice that was handed over.
The newest event on record sits in the District of Columbia. Elevance filed a WARN notice there on July 27, 2026 covering 85 employees, and the district's own list gives an effective layoff date of October 2, 2026 through July 31, 2027, coded as a layoff rather than a permanent closure. On the July 15 earnings call, chief executive Gail Boudreaux said the company had "recently reached a mutual agreement with the District of Columbia to exit the DC Medicaid market" and that it expected "to exit additional Medicaid markets over the next 12 to 18 months, where we do not see a path to sustainable performance." District Medicaid members moved from Wellpoint DC, formerly Amerigroup DC, to AmeriHealth Caritas DC on August 1, 2026.
The filings price a restructuring that ran across the same years as the earlier rounds. In the third quarter of 2023 management implemented what the annual report calls the 2023-2024 Business Efficiency Program, a reduction in staff including the relocation of certain job functions, alongside technology write-offs and office closures. The company recorded $752 million of expense against it in 2023, including $230 million of pre-tax personnel charges for reducing or relocating workforce, then $268 million in 2024 including $165 million of personnel charges. The note describes those charges as severance and related costs primarily determined under the company's existing severance plans. That phrase matters more than the totals if you're holding an offer, because it establishes that a plan document exists to ask for.
No severance terms are on record for any Elevance round. The filings disclose aggregates, never formulas, and they name no weeks of pay and no eligibility rule. The program was finalized as of December 31, 2024, with all material cash outlays paid by the end of 2025, $130 million of employee termination payments made during that year and $55 million released from the severance accrual. Ask for the severance plan by name, check the entity on your agreement against the entity on your W-2, and read the release and its review period before you sign.
The gap between what Elevance filed and what people lived through is real, and it has a legal explanation. Our WARN filing tracker holds four all-time filings matching this company. Healthcare Dive reported in February 2024 that the reduction far outstripped the employees counted in notices the company filed with individual states, and quoted Michael Jones, a labor and employment lawyer at Eckert Seamans, saying the WARN Act has numerous gaps and that an employer can shed a significant percentage of its workforce without triggering the disclosure requirement. Sources the outlet didn't name put the total as high as 10,000 or more, which the company hasn't confirmed. Elevance did confirm adjustments to resources that fall, after employees began posting that they'd been cut.
Which state page helps depends on where the work was based, not on the brand on the badge. Indianapolis is the corporate center, with about 5,000 employees in Indiana reported in 2024, and the office names that recur in these filings are Californian, Woodland Hills and Cerritos. The state pages linked here carry the unemployment rules, the deadlines, and the health coverage options, and which state takes an unemployment claim is worth confirming with that state's agency before filing rather than assuming. If the work sat in the DC Medicaid book, that book moved to AmeriHealth Caritas on August 1, 2026, which is worth saying plainly to whoever interviews you next.
Reporting on previous Elevance Health layoff rounds
2026, District of Columbia · 85 jobs on the district's WARN list, filed July 27, 2026, coded as a layoff rather than a permanent closure, with separations running October 2, 2026 through July 31, 2027 alongside the exit from DC Medicaid managed care
2024, California · 123 roles reported to California officials in an October 2024 WARN notice, 64 in the Cerritos office and 59 in Woodland Hills
2024, Michigan · 90 employees at the Dearborn office under a notice filed January 31, 2024, with the jobs ending that March
2023, California and Minnesota · 87 workers at Woodland Hills in October and 57 at Mendota Heights a month later, the first notices of a rolling reduction that began in September 2023
How Elevance Health's layoffs compare to other companies
The DC contract Elevance is leaving covers 250,000 enrollees at a combined $8.8 billion over five years, split with MedStar and AmeriHealth, and AmeriHealth Caritas took the Wellpoint members on August 1, 2026. Medicaid carried $14.4 billion of premiums in the second quarter of 2026, about a third of the insurer's total, so this is one market leaving a book that stays large.
What to do after being laid off from Elevance Health
- File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. Elevance Health's biggest hubs: Indiana, California, Georgia, District of Columbia. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
- Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what Elevance Health's hub states run: Indiana, California, Georgia, District of Columbia, and every other state is here.
- Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
- Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
- Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.
Elevance Health layoff and severance questions
What severance does Elevance Health pay in layoffs?
No terms on record. The filings do establish that severance plans exist. The FY2025 10-K describes the personnel charges from the 2023-2024 Business Efficiency Program as severance and related costs primarily determined under the company's existing severance plans, and books $230 million of pre-tax personnel charges against 2023 and $165 million against 2024. Nothing in that note or anywhere else we track publishes a formula, a number of weeks, or an eligibility rule, so the plan document and your own signed agreement are the two things worth getting in writing.
Is Elevance the same company as Anthem?
Yes. Anthem, Inc. shareholders approved the new name on May 18, 2022, and the amended articles took effect that June 27 when they were filed with the Indiana Secretary of State. Anthem Blue Cross is still the brand on many plans, Wellpoint carries the Medicare and Medicaid products, and Carelon is the health services division, so layoffs surface under whichever entity employed the affected team.
Why don't Elevance layoffs show up in WARN databases?
Some do. Our tracker holds four all-time filings matching this company, and one filing covering 85 jobs since the start of 2025, the July 2026 District of Columbia notice. Gaps in the law explain part of the difference between those numbers and the cuts people describe. Michael Jones, a labor and employment lawyer at Eckert Seamans, told Healthcare Dive the WARN Act has numerous gaps and that an employer can lay off a significant percentage of its workforce without triggering the disclosure requirement. The same reporting found the reduction far outstripped what Elevance filed with individual states.
What happens to the 85 Elevance jobs in Washington, D.C.?
The district's WARN list gives the shape and not the outcome. It records 85 employees, a notice date of July 27, 2026, and an effective layoff date of October 2, 2026 through July 31, 2027, and it codes the row as a layoff rather than a permanent closure. That window runs nearly ten months, so two people under the same notice can have separation dates most of a year apart. The list names no worksite and no job function, and nothing in the reporting we track says how many of the 85 roles end and how many move.
Which Elevance offices have appeared in WARN filings?
Woodland Hills and Cerritos in California, Mendota Heights in Minnesota, Dearborn in Michigan, and now the District of Columbia. The rolling reduction opened at Woodland Hills with 87 workers in October 2023, Michigan's January 2024 notice covered 90 at Dearborn, and October 2024 brought 123 more across Cerritos and Woodland Hills. Indianapolis is the corporate center, with about 5,000 employees in Indiana reported in 2024.
Where do I file for unemployment after being laid off from Elevance Health?
In the state where you worked, not where the company is headquartered. Elevance Health's biggest U.S. hubs are Indiana, California, Georgia, District of Columbia. Severance usually doesn't block you from filing, and benefits run from your filing date, so file the same week.
Is it OK to file for unemployment after a layoff at Elevance Health?
Yes. Unemployment insurance is funded by payroll taxes employers pay on wages, the claim never appears on credit reports or background checks, and future employers cannot see it. If the hesitation itself is the obstacle, whether filing is OK has its own article.
What happens to my health insurance after a layoff at Elevance Health?
Your plan sets the end date rather than the law, so the separation packet is where that date actually lives, and it is often the last day of the month rather than your last day of work. After coverage ends, COBRA lets you keep the identical plan by paying the whole premium yourself, up to 102 percent of what the plan really costs, which lands as several times the payroll deduction you were used to. You get 60 days to elect, counted from the later of coverage ending or the election notice arriving, and electing reaches the coverage back to the day the old plan stopped so no gap exists. How continuation coverage works walks the timing, and whether to take it rather than a marketplace plan is a separate decision.
Should I sign the severance agreement right away?
First pin down how much review time you actually have. If you're 40 or older, federal law gives you 21 days to consider an agreement that waives age claims, 45 in a group layoff, and a waiver signed under a shorter deadline can be invalid. If you're under 40, no federal window applies and the deadline in your packet may be real, so confirm it in writing and ask for more time if you need it. Use whatever window you have to read the release terms, especially non-disparagement and no-lawsuit clauses, and don't stall past a real deadline, because offers can be withdrawn.
Can I collect unemployment if I got severance from Elevance Health?
Usually yes, though some states delay benefits until severance pay periods end, and lump sums are treated differently than salary continuation. Check your state's rules on our state benefit pages, and file immediately either way so your claim date is locked in.