Leadership & Management

The following healthcare layoffs were reported by Becker's Hospital Review so far in June:

CMS Administrator Seema Verma warned HHS Secretary Alex Azar in a private memo last August that implementing three healthcare policy changes could collectively cause health insurance enrollment to drop by 1.1 million, Politico first reported.

A report on board governance at Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System has left many local leaders frustrated and skeptical, according to a report from The Baltimore Sun.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a healthcare spending package on June 13 that included an amendment to reverse the Trump administration's ban on using federal dollars for research using fetal tissue, The Hill reports.

Augusta (Ga.) University Health is merging the leadership of the health system with its flagship facility, Augusta University Medical Center, according to The Augusta Chronicle.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the healthcare organization's political arm, is hosting a women's health forum June 22 in Columbia, S.C., for Democratic presidential candidates, according to The New York Times. 

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, has a new healthcare plan ready, according to Bloomberg reporter Steven Dennis.

A consulting firm's assessment of the governance of the University of Maryland Medical System board of directors found that the board did not always fully examine deals involving board members before system management executed them.

  NIH Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, declared June 12 he will no longer speak on "manels," or all-male panels, to signal a commitment to the advancement of women in science.

  Voters want 2020 candidates to start talking about access to healthcare in rural America — in fact, most say it would swing their vote, according to a poll conducted by survey research firm Morning Consult and the Bipartisan Policy…