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Hires
Verify, a platform launched final yr by Northwell Holdings and Aegis Ventures to spin out healthcare AI firms, named Mark Michalski as its CEO. A radiologist by coaching, he spent the final decade within the digital well being area — he labored as chief medical officer of medical system firm Butterfly Community and was the founding government director of Mass Normal Brigham and Harvard’s middle for medical knowledge science. Up to now, Michalski additionally led strategic healthcare improvement at Amazon.
Cleveland Clinic named Albert Marinez as its first chief analytics officer. He involves the well being system from Intermountain Well being, the place he additionally served as chief analytics officer. Earlier than that, Marinez held management roles at well being techniques akin to MultiCare and AdventHealth Central Florida.
CommonSpirit Well being welcomed Lilicia Bailey as its chief individuals officer. She involves the system from Emory Healthcare, the place she held the identical place.
Elevance Well being introduced that John Kaye will take over its CFO place later this yr when John Gallina retires. Kaye has served as CFO for a number of firms, together with Moody’s and MassMutual.
Kaiser Permanente appointed Jacqueline Carberry Baratian as chief compliance and privateness officer for Kaiser Basis Well being Plan and Hospitals. She is coming to Kaiser from Ascension, the place she additionally served as chief compliance officer. Beforehand in her profession, she held C-suite roles at Aetna and Maxim Healthcare Companies.
NYU Langone Well being named Elizabeth Golden as government vp for communications and advertising and marketing. She involves the well being system from Pfizer, the place she spent the previous 17 years, serving most lately as the corporate’s chief of workers for its biopharmaceutical group.
Digital care firm Pager introduced on Rita Sharma as chief product officer. She involves the corporate from Salesforce, the place she most lately served as vp of healthcare and life sciences development.
Signify Well being, which was acquired by CVS this yr, welcomed Heidi Schwarzwald as its new chief medical officer. She involves Signify from one other CVS firm — Aetna, the place she most lately served as chief medical officer of its supplier community.
UChicago Medication welcomed Andrew Chang as its chief advertising and marketing officer. He involves the well being system from VillageMD, the place he served as vp of selling. Up to now, Chang has held government positions in advertising and marketing at Summit Well being and Piedmont Healthcare.
UnitedHealth Group appointed Tammi Morton as chief safety officer. She’s held this position earlier than at firms akin to Raytheon and HP.
Verily welcomed Andrew Trister as its chief scientific officer. He started his profession as a doctor in radiation oncology, and he joined Verily from the Invoice & Melinda Gates Basis, the place he served because the deputy director of digital well being and AI.
Digital care platform Wheel named Kristina Omari as its new CFO. She has held government roles at a wide range of well-known firms, together with Lyft, Fitbit, Adobe and HP.
Zerigo Well being, a platform for dwelling therapy of persistent pores and skin circumstances, welcomed Lisa Rometty as its new CEO. She is the previous president of CVS Kidney Care, and she or he additionally served as a vp at IBM Watson Well being.
Layoffs
Digital major care firm Babylon Well being shuttered its U.S. headquarters and laid off practically 100 staff. The information got here after the corporate’s rescue merger fell aside.
CVS plans to put off about 5,000 employees throughout the nation as a part of its cost-cutting technique. The corporate mentioned that staff most affected by the cuts will primarily work in company roles, and it doesn’t anticipate to remove customer-oriented roles in particular person pharmacies, clinics or shops.
Medical social networking platform Doximity mentioned it’ll lay off about 100 staff, which accounts for 10% of its workforce.
Illinois-based well being system Memorial Well being, is shedding a whole lot of employees, together with 20% of its management positions. The well being techniques cited “present nationwide and statewide financial tendencies” as the explanation for the job cuts.
Former Optum staff have taken to social media in August to say their jobs had been eradicated as a part of a spherical of layoffs. Moreover, one among Optum’s subsidiaries — MedExpress, a series of pressing care clinics — laid off all registered nursing positions at its practically 150 amenities.
