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Hires
Jay Bathtub grew to become the chief medical officer of Ascidian Therapeutics, an organization centered on treating ailments by rewriting RNA. He has beforehand held government roles at Merck, Amicus Therapeutics and Eisai
Massachusetts-based Beth Israel Lahey Well being named Rob Fields as government vp and chief scientific officer. He joins the well being system from Mount Sinai, the place he served as chief inhabitants well being officer.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield named Daniel Zohorsky as its new vp of technique and company growth. He beforehand served as technique director at CareIon, the care providers division of Elevance Well being.
Windfall spinout DexCare employed Jamie Gier as its new chief advertising and marketing officer. She involves the corporate — which affords a platform that helps suppliers coordinate and handle digital care providers — with greater than 25 years of selling expertise. She beforehand held roles at GE Healthcare and Microsoft’s well being division.
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare named Alistair Erskine to the brand new function of chief data and digital officer. He may also function vp of digital well being at Emory College. Erksine was beforehand chief digital well being officer at Mass Normal Brigham.
FarmboxRx, an organization that delivers meals as medication throughout the nation in partnership with Medicaid and Medicare packages, appointed Sanjeev Balsara as chief progress officer. He has held government positions at UnitedHealth Group, Anthem and Optum.
Direct-to-consumer well being startup Hims & Hers appointed Daniel Lieberman as its senior vp of psychological well being. Beforehand, he served as a scientific professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at George Washington College. He’s additionally a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Affiliation.
Rob Hitchcock grew to become the president and CEO of SelectHealth, the nonprofit insurance coverage arm of Intermountain Well being. Lately, he served as chief working officer at CareIon. Hitchcock has additionally held government roles at Humana, Centene and a number of Blue Cross Blue Defend associates.
Sutter Well being named Jennifer Bollinger as senior vp and chief shopper and model officer. She involves the Sacramento-based well being system from New Orleans-based Ochsner Well being, the place she held the identical title. There was additionally one other government who moved from Oschner to Sutter — Laura Wilt. She grew to become senior vp and chief digital officer at Sutter. At Ochsner, Wilt served as vp and chief data officer.
Healthcare consulting and expertise providers agency Tegria appointed Ray Gensinger as senior vp and chief medical officer. Gensinger involves the corporate from Illinois-based Hospital Sisters Well being System, the place he served as chief data officer.
Tom Richards grew to become government vp of enterprise growth at Transcarent, Glen Tullman’s employer care navigation firm. Richards joins Transcarent after spending greater than 35 years at Cigna.
UCSF Well being named two new senior vice presidents, Cynthia Barginere and Timothy Kan. Barginere now serves because the well being system’s president of grownup providers. She has just lately held C-suite roles on the Institute for Healthcare Enchancment in Boston, in addition to Chicago-based Rush College System for Well being. Timothy Kan grew to become UCSF Well being’s chief technique officer. He comes from College of Iowa Well being Care, the place he held the identical title.
Promotions
Thomas Owens grew to become government vp and chief working officer at Duke College Well being System in North Carolina. Most just lately, Owens served as group president of acute care, in addition to president of Duke College Hospital. Owens succeeds Craig Albanese, who Duke tapped to be its subsequent CEO.
Walmart named Brian Setzer as its new government vp of well being and wellness. In his new function, Seltzer will oversee Walmart Well being’s retail pharmacy, optical and healthcare supply traces. He joined Walmart in 2021 as chief monetary officer of the corporate’s well being and wellness division.
Healthcare income cycle agency Waystar promoted its senior vp of selling, Missy Miller, to the function of chief advertising and marketing officer. In her previous, she held advertising and marketing roles at McKesson Well being IT (now part of Change Healthcare) and Johnson & Johnson.
Layoffs
Telehealth firm Cerebral laid off 15% of its employees, which is about 285 folks. That is the corporate’s third spherical of layoffs in lower than a yr. Cerebral is dealing with some stressors — it just lately admitted to wrongly sharing delicate well being knowledge for over 3 million of its sufferers. The corporate has additionally come underneath hearth from former staff and the media for being too hasty when prescribing younger folks addictive stimulant medicine like Adderall, and it confronted an FTC investigation into its advertising and marketing practices final yr.
Shade Well being let go of 300 staff. The genomics testing and inhabitants well being firm eradicated these positions because it shifts its focus away from Covid-19 testing.
Wisconsin-based Marshfield Clinic Well being System laid off 346 staff. The well being system mentioned these modifications are because of growing labor and provide prices, in addition to lowering reimbursements.
Merative — well being knowledge firm previously often known as IBM Watson Well being — just lately laid off about 150 folks, or 12.5% of its workforce. The corporate mentioned that these modifications align with its “strategic plan for long-term progress.”
