Amar Desai, MD, has left his role as president of health care delivery at CVS Health after less than six months to return to UnitedHealth Group, where he will advise the CEO, Bloomberg reports.
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The first 5 states to disenroll residents from Medicaid: 7 notes
Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, New Hampshire and South Dakota will be the first states to terminate Medicaid coverage for residents deemed ineligible, CNN reported April 1.
5 weeks later, Akorn's closure racks up 13 swelling drug shortages
Some drug shortages have worsened because of the closure of Gurnee, Ill.-based Akorn Operating Co., according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Fight unfolds over measure to cap pay of LA hospital executives
A Los Angeles ballot measure backed by SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West would cap pay for hospital executives at the compensation of the U.S. president, or $450,000 per year. The California Hospital Association is challenging the measure, arguing th…
What is Salesforce doing in healthcare? 8 medtech investments from the company
Software giant Salesforce has a notable venture arm, Salesforce Ventures, that has been active in the medtech investment space.
Four-wheel drive vehicles for nurses? How UMass Memorial's hospital-at-home program works
Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Medical Center spent $2 million to build its own hospital-at-home program in six months, caring for nearly 750 patients in the first year-plus, Tradeoffs reported.
6 hospitals, health systems hit with rating downgrades
Here is a summary of recent credit downgrades for hospitals and health systems going back to the most recent roundup March 16.
Medicare Trustees: Hospital insurance fund will run out in 2031
Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund is projected to run out in 2031, three years later than forecasted in last year’s boards of trustees report.
MUSC Health cuts jobs, executive resigns amid $40M budget hole
Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health University Medical Center has laid off an unspecified number of employees from its Midlands hospitals, and division President Terry Gunn resigned after the Columbia, S.C.-area facilities missed budget expectations by …
CDC team fell ill while investigating aftermath of Ohio train derailment
Earlier this month, seven CDC investigators studying potential health risks associated with the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, briefly fell ill, experiencing symptoms including headache, sore throat, coughing and nausea, according to a…
