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Fayetteville, N.C.-based Cape Fear Valley Health has named Michael Tart its new COO. Mr. Tart has served as interim COO since February, according to an April 17 LinkedIn post from the health system. He has been with Cape Fear Valley…
Mark Cuban has a pitch for hospitals: Manufacture drugs in their own parking lot. Mr. Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs previously launched a Dallas-based manufacturing facility to address supply issues, starting with epinephrine and norepinephrine production. More recently, Mr. Cuban said…
Deepti Pandita, MD, has been named chief medical informatics and AI officer of Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health. Dr. Pandita previously served as vice president of clinical informatics and chief medical information officer after joining the health system in 2023. “This…
Gardnerville, Nev.-based Carson Valley Health named Shannon Rogers CEO. Ms. Rogers has been with Carson Valley Health since 2004 and most recently served as COO for eight years, according to an April 16 health system news release. She has supported…
Monica Smith, MSN, RN, has been appointed president of Saint Luke’s East Hospital in Lee’s Summit, Mo., and Saint Luke’s South Hospital in Overland Park, Kan., effective April 13. Ms. Smith most recently served as COO of Missouri Baptist Medical…
A proposed deal between CVS and Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham to expand primary care access could result in higher healthcare costs for some patients, according to a report from the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission. In summer 2025, Mass General…
Mark Cuban has never been subtle about what fuels his motivation to upend U.S. healthcare economics. “What’s more fun and more exciting than taking an industry that everybody hates, the economic side of healthcare … and to be able to…
Casey Mulligan, PhD, has been appointed chief economist and chief regulatory officer at HHS, according to his LinkedIn page. Axios reported the news April 16, noting Dr. Mulligan will advise HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other agency leaders…
Oakland-based University of California Health launched a tool in its EHR to help treat hypertension in patients systemwide. The UC Way Hypertension Medication Algorithm uses a stepwise approach to increasing medication types and doses, according to a March 18 system…