Shawn McKenzie, CEO of Chester, Calif.-based Seneca Healthcare District, will retire at the conclusion of his sixth year of service on Nov. 30. Mr. McKenzie joined the district in November 2020 and has more than 44 years of experience in…
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2025 marked the return of the “unicorn” in healthcare. Sixteen U.S.-based health tech startups surpassed $1 billion in valuation last year, more than double the number in 2024. It reflected the continued concentration of venture capital funding in digital health,…
Timothy Riddell, MD, was named executive vice president and COO of New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, the system said Jan. 13. In this role, Dr. Riddell will oversee clinical operations across Ochsner’s 47 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent…
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has appointed two new members to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a group he has been reshaping since June. The new ACIP members are Adam Urato, MD, and Kimberly Biss, MD, who are…
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has asked the state attorney general to investigate Omaha-based Nebraska Medicine, citing concerns that some of the health system’s leaders may be attempting to interfere with the university’s proposed $800 million plan to…
As CMS moves to replace four legacy Medicare claims platforms, it is seeking a vendor to design one platform that would assume all the systems’ responsibilities. In a Jan. 8 request for information, CMS said the new platform — ClaimsCore — will…
Humana’s CenterWell Pharmacy will distribute Eli Lilly obesity medications under a new program targeting employers, according to a Jan. 12 news release. The pharmacy will serve those in employer plan-sponsored carve-out programs. Humana Pharmacy Segment President Bethanie Stein, PharmD, said there is…
Kiran Mysore has been named chief analytics officer of Presbyterian Healthcare Services, based in Albuquerque, N.M. In this role, Mr. Mysore will lead enterprise analytics strategy and informatics, according to his LinkedIn post announcing the move. He previously served as…
Andy Zukowski, CFO of Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, is tackling healthcare industry uncertainties head on with his finance team as a new year dawns. North Carolina is facing a budget…
Healthcare organizations have invested heavily in productivity benchmarking, analytics, and performance management. In many cases, the data is sound, the methodologies are defensible, and the benchmarks themselves are useful. Yet productivity conversations continue to generate friction across organizations, not only…