This
roundup
is
published
monthly.
It
is
meant
to
highlight
some
of
healthcare’s
recent
hiring
news
and
is
not
intended
to
be
comprehensive.
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you
have
news
about
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Hires
Aledade,
a
national
network
of
independent
primary
care
practices,
welcomed
Oraida
Roman
as
its
new
chief
commercial
officer.
She
joined
the
company
from
Humana,
where
she
spent
about
25
years
in
various
leadership
roles.
Biopharma
company
Ardelyx
named
Rajani
Dinavahi
as
its
new
chief
medical
officer.
She
is
a
nephrologist
by
training
and
has
worked
in
leadership
roles
at
Amgen
and
Atara
Biotherapeutics
in
the
past.
Hayley
Park
joined
Blue
Shield
of
California
as
chief
pharmacy
officer.
In
the
past,
Park
has
held
leadership
roles
at
Walgreens
and
Kaiser
Permanente.
Employer
health
benefit
plan
administration
platform
Collective
Health
appointed
Kaushik
Bhaumik
as
its
new
chief
revenue
officer.
In
the
past,
he
has
worked
in
leadership
positions
at
companies
including
EY
and
Cognizant.
Humana
named
Bobby
Mukundan
as
its
new
chief
technology
officer.
Before
joining
the
company,
he
served
in
tech
executive
roles
at
CVS
Health,
Accenture,
JPMorgan
Chase
and
Citi.
Medical
device
company
ImpediMed
welcomed
Erik
Anderson
as
its
new
CEO.
He
joins
the
organization
from
Hologic,
where
he
served
as
president
of
its
breast
and
skeletal
health
division.
Virtual
behavioral
health
company
Iris
Telehealth
appointed
Donna
Robinson
as
its
chief
growth
officer.
In
the
past,
she
has
held
leadership
roles
at
companies
including
Instem,
TeleVox
Healthcare
and
Change
Healthcare.
Venkat
Kavarthapu
joined
healthcare
software
company
symplr
as
its
new
CEO.
He
is
the
former
CEO
of
interoperability
software
startup
Edifecs,
which
was
acquired
by
Cotiviti
last
year.
Medical
device
giant
Zimmer
Biomet
named
Jonathan
Vigdorchik
as
its
chief
science,
technology
and
medical
affairs
officer.
In
the
past,
he
has
worked
as
an
orthopedic
surgeon
at
NYU
Langone
Health
and
Hospital
for
Special
Surgery.
Promotions
New
Jersey
health
system
ChristianaCare
announced
that
Jenn
Schwartz,
its
chief
strategy
officer,
will
take
over
as
CEO
following
the
retirement
of
current
CEO
Janice
Nevin
on
September
1.
Schwartz
joined
the
health
system
in
2018
as
chief
legal
officer.
Layoffs
Baylor
Scott
&
White
Health
Plan
is
exiting
the
Texas
Medicaid
market,
as
well
as
winding
down
its
marketplace
insurance
plans.
These
market
exits
will
result
in
the
elimination
of
321
positions.
Novo
Nordisk
is
eliminating
about
400
positions
at
its
manufacturing
site
in
Bloomington,
Indiana.
The
layoffs
are
part
of
a
broader
restructuring
as
the
drugmaker
responds
to
slowing
growth
in
its
GLP-1
drug
unit
in
the
face
of
increasing
price
pressure
and
competition.
Greenwood
Leflore
Hospital
in
Mississippi
is
laying
off
86
workers,
which
constitutes
about
17%
of
its
workforce.
These
job
cuts,
along
with
the
elimination
of
several
service
lines,
are
decisions
that
come
amid
preparation
for
a
potential
acquisition
or
closure.
Midwest-based
UnityPoint
Health
said
it
is
eliminating
207
IT
roles
across
its
health
system.
The
organization
said
this
is
part
of
a
larger
effort
to
reduce
administrative
costs
by
consolidating
technology
functions
and
moving
toward
more
centralized
and
outsourced
IT
support
models.