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Hires

Healthcare software program firm Bamboo Well being welcomed Ross Armstrong as its new chief industrial officer. He most just lately served as chief commercialization officer of Biofourmis, an organization offering distant affected person monitoring expertise and digital therapeutics that was acquired by ActiGraph final month. Earlier than that, Armstrong held management roles at value-based care enablement firm Lumeris.

German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim employed Brian Hilberdink as its new president of U.S. human pharma. He joins the corporate from LEO Pharma, the place he served as govt vice chairman. Previous to that, he spent greater than 25 years working at Novo Nordisk.

Distant affected person monitoring firm Cadence welcomed Eve Cunningham as chief medical officer. She involves the corporate from Washington-based Windfall, the place she served as chief of digital care and digital well being. Cunningham, who started her profession as a practising OB/GYN, can be the co-founder of MedPearl, a Windfall-inclubated scientific resolution platform.

Sutter Well being named Matthew Solomon as its first-ever chief scientific officer. On this position, Solomon will give attention to advancing the well being system’s analysis efforts and medical schooling initiatives. He joins Sutter from The Permanente Medical Group, the place he most just lately served as assistant director of the augmented scientific intelligence program.

Promotions

CommonSpirit Well being at Dwelling promoted Charlotte Haisch to the position of COO. She joined the corporate in 2020, having most just lately served as regional vice chairman of operations. Previous to CommonSpirit, Haisch spent almost 35 years at Dignity Well being, serving most just lately as director of its dwelling and hospice division.

Care coordination firm Watershed Well being named Effie Carlson as its new CEO. She started working at Watershed in 2021 as chief technique officer. Chip Grant, Watershed’s founder who held the CEO position earlier than Carlson, is transitioning to govt chair and chief medical officer.

Exits

Don George, who has served as CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Defend of Vermont for greater than 16 years, introduced his plans to retire on the finish of the 12 months. He spent a complete of 32 years working on the firm. BCBS Vermont mentioned it’s going to conduct a nationwide seek for its subsequent CEO.

Michael Restuccia, CIO of Penn Medication, retired after almost 20 years working on the well being system. He started serving within the CIO position in 2006. Penn Medication has not named his successor but.

Phoenix Youngsters’s CEO Robert Meyer introduced plans to retire this summer time after holding the hospital’s prime govt place for 22 years. The well being system mentioned it plans to launch a nationwide seek for its subsequent CEO.

Craig Kent resigned as CEO of UVA Well being following an impartial investigation into the well being system, the findings of which had been just lately offered to the College of Virginia’s board. His departure comes months after a no-confidence letter signed by 128 school members accused him and the medical faculty dean of making a poisonous work surroundings and harming affected person security. Dr. Kent, who led UVA Well being since 2020, can be changed on an interim foundation by  Dr. Mitch Rosner.

Layoffs

Massachusetts-based well being system Baystate Well being eradicated 98 company positions, which affected lower than 1% of the well being system’s workforce. The job cuts are a part of a $225 million transformation plan the well being system launched in November to streamline operations, give attention to strategic development and enhance monetary resilience.

Corewell Well being laid off greater than 160 workers working in coding and billing. The Michigan-based well being system mentioned the modifications goal to help long-term monetary stability whereas persevering with to offer high-quality affected person care.

Mass Common Brigham, the biggest non-public employer in Massachusetts, is conducting the largest spherical of layoffs in its historical past. The well being system plans to get rid of a whole lot of nonclinical roles in an effort to organize for an anticipated price range shortfall of $250 million over the following two years. Mass Common Brigham mentioned is “appearing now to permit [it] to proceed with deliberate and future investments.”

Weight reduction firm Noom is shedding an undisclosed variety of workers. The corporate mentioned the job cuts are a results of “a income combine shift throughout the Noom enterprise in the direction of [its] fast-growing GLP-1-related merchandise.” Noom performed a spherical of layoffs in February of 2024 as properly.