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Hiring
Getting Started with Documentation AI Healthy atmosphere has named Mike Valli as its new chief revenue officer. Valli arrives in the company simplrwhere he served as commercial director. Before that, he spent nine years Optimum and seven years to Huron.
Jay Bhattacharya, director of National Institutes of Health (NIH)became acting director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This temporary appointment comes amid a change in leadership at the CDC and as the Trump administration considers a permanent candidate to lead the agency.
DexCarea startup offering health systems a platform to help coordinate and manage digital care, has hired Ravi Doddivaripalli as chief technology officer. In the past, Doddivaripalli has held leadership positions within Innovator And Delta Dental of California.
Chris Lance Joins Healthcare Analytics Platform MedeAnalytics as product manager. He previously held management positions at Changing healthcare, Danaher, Evolutionary health And Edifecs.
Getting Started with Documentation AI Nabla welcomed Matthew Sakumoto as its new Director of Clinical Products. He is a primary care physician by training and, prior to joining Nabla, held clinical and management positions at Sutter Health, UCSF Health And Teladoc Health.
Sidecar healthan employer-based health insurance company, has named Sharath Pasupunuti its new chief technology officer. It happens to the organization of Hinge healthwhere he served as senior vice president of engineering. Before Hinge, he spent approximately nine years at GE Health in engineering management positions.
Katie Patel joined a healthcare software company simplr as the new delivery director. In the past, she held management positions at R1 MRC And Path Star.
Care coordination platform Visualization.ai has named Jallel Harrati as chief revenue officer. He arrives in the company of Sukiand before that he held management positions at IBM And Philips Health.
Vyncawhich provides palliative care technologies and services, welcomed Jill Schwartz-Chevlin as its new chief medical officer. In the past, she held management positions at Historical health, Tandigme Health And DaVita Medical Group.
Promotions
Flat iron health has promoted three of its long-time employees to the management team. Allison Candido became the company’s chief technology officer, Kate Estep became chief product officer, and Michael Bierl became chief commercial officer. In the past, Candido worked at AmazonEstep consulted at Deloitteand Bierl held positions at Boston Consulting Group And New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Layoffs
Cigna let go 2,000 employeesor approximately 3% of the payer’s workforce. The company said the layoffs were driven by a broader cost-cutting effort amid rising healthcare spending and industry pressure to improve efficiency.
Merck is cutting 150 jobs at its vaccine manufacturing facility in Durham, North Carolina, largely due to a significant decline in global demand for its human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil.
PeaceHealthThe latest round of layoffs will eliminate 94 positions at the Oregon-based health system. The job cuts are part of cost-cutting and restructuring efforts.
Walgreens has cut 628 jobs as part of its post-private equity restructuring, including 469 positions in Illinois and 159 in Texas.
