Some hospitals may be laying off staff but not Atlantic General in Berlin.
With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, hospital CEO Michael Franklin told WBOC, that the facility has spent the last three years creating a safety net.
He said the hospital has gotten grants to offset increased costs and hired more nurses to take care of patients.
Franklin says the hospital has also been facing increasing cost of Medicare losing about a quarter of million dollars per quarter.
Meanwhile, Peninsula Regional Medical Center recently announced 58 layoffs with officials telling WBOC that more is on the way.
