Austin Chiang, MD, chief medical social media officer at Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, has been using social media app TikTok to engage with Generation Z on a range of COVID-19 topics including vaccinations and CDC guidelines, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. 

University Hospital in Newark, N.J., is setting its sights on a major upgrade with a price tag of $1 billion, according to NJ Spotlight. 

Pittsburgh-based UPMC Hillman Cancer Center has selected Taofeek Owonikoko, MD, PhD, as chief of hematology, effective July 1. 

Lance Nelson has been named the inaugural director of innovation at Natchitoches (La.) Regional Medical Center, CEO Kirk Soileau told staff and leaders in a memo.

Cleveland Clinic and Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic are leading a new national campaign alongside 58 other top health systems to encourage adults to get vaccinated against COVID-19. 

When it comes to preferred passwords among healthcare industry employees, many are choosing weak options that can make their employer hospital or health system organization vulnerable to cyberattacks, according to an April 20 NordPass report. 

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey issued an executive order April 19 to prohibit all state and local governments from requiring people to prove their COVID-19 vaccination status to receive services or enter an area. 

Novant Health has filed a lawsuit against a subsidiary of Zurich, alleging the insurance carrier should cover the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based health system's pandemic-related losses, according to Law360.

Health insurer Humana failed to comply with some federal coding requirements, resulting in overpayments of $197.7 million, according to an inspector general's report released April 20.

St. John's Health in Jackson Hole, Wyo., said its board of trustees has approved a bonus program to reward employees who have already received the COVID-19 vaccine and incentivize those who haven't.

Researchers at Texas A&M University in College Station have identified a new coronavirus variant, according to an April 19 news release.

University of Virginia Health will wipe out a decades-old backlog of court judgments and liens resulting from lawsuits it brought against patients for unpaid hospital bills, the Charlottesville-based health system said April 19.

Muthu Krishnan, PhD, has been named chief technology officer of Conifer Health Solutions, a subsidiary of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare that offers revenue cycle management services and works with healthcare organizations to improve their financial and clinical operations.

The American Hospital Association urged CMS in an April 19 letter to allow additional suspensions on hospital surveys in case COVID-19 cases surge.

Brett McClung is resigning as president and CEO of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health, effective May 1, according to the Florida Times-Union.

Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health System plans to move and build a replacement hospital for Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital in Weston, W.Va., according to a document obtained by WV News. 

Audrey Andrews is retiring as executive vice president and general counsel at Tenet Healthcare, the Dallas-based company said April 19.  

HHS' Department leaders are key players in health regulation at the federal level. Some of the 13 health IT execs throughout HHS and its agencies have entered new roles, with others holding their positions throughout previous administrations.

Shubhada Jagasia, MD, has been named president and CEO of Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital's Midtown and West campuses, both in Nashville, Tenn., the hospital said April 19. 

HHS is allocating $145 million in grant funding to health center look-alikes, which deliver primary care services to underserved communities but don't receive health center grants from the department, according to an April 19 HHS news release.