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Here’s a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs across the healthcare industry.
Employees
Aledade welcomed Helena Day Christianson as Chief People Officer. In the past, she has held leadership positions at technology companies such as FitBit, Square, Block and Quantum Metric.
Banner health appointed Michael Reagin to the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer. He has held leadership positions at various health systems, including Cleveland Clinic, Providence and Sentara Healthcare.
Cayaba care has gotten a new CEO — Adeaze Enekwechi, former deputy director for health programs in the White House Office of Management and Budget. She currently holds several board positions at healthcare companies, including MedStar Health, Tia and the Public Health Institute.
Ervin Ukaj has joined Newel Health as CEO. Most recently, he served as senior manager for strategy and growth at Novartis.
Chris Ricaurte has joined the digital health company Parsley health as co-CEO alongside its founder Robin Berzin. He comes to Parsley from VillageMD, where he served as CFO and COO.
NRC Health named Jennifer Baron as its first Chief Experience Officer. She comes to the company from UC Davis Health, where she served as chief experience officer.
VillageMD, which is part of Walgreens, welcomed Jim Murray to the organization as president and COO. He comes to the organization from Centene, where he most recently served as COO and Chief Transformation Officer.
Exits
LA Care Health Plan CEO John Baackes will retire at the end of the year. He has led the company, the largest public health system in the United States, for nearly a decade.
Teladoc Health announced that its CEO, Jason Gorevic, has stepped down after 15 years at the helm of the company. The telemedicine provider’s CFO, Mala Murthy, has stepped up as interim CEO.
redundancies
98Point6 an undisclosed number of positions were eliminated.
Hinge Health laid off about 10% of its staff.
optimum is discontinuing its virtual care business. Employees have taken to social media to post about their layoffs and look for new jobs, but the number of employees affected is unknown.
Sanofi is cutting an undisclosed number of jobs and separating from several oncology research projects.
UPMC is laying off about 1,000 employees, representing 1% of its workforce. The affected roles are non-clinical.