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Hires
Healthcare software company Bamboo Health welcomed Ross Armstrong as its new chief commercial officer. He most recently served as chief commercialization officer of Biofourmis, a company providing remote patient monitoring technology and digital therapeutics that was acquired by ActiGraph last month. Before that, Armstrong held leadership roles at value-based care enablement company Lumeris.
German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim hired Brian Hilberdink as its new president of U.S. human pharma. He joins the company from LEO Pharma, where he served as executive vice president. Prior to that, he spent more than 25 years working at Novo Nordisk.
Remote patient monitoring company Cadence welcomed Eve Cunningham as chief medical officer. She comes to the company from Washington-based Providence, where she served as chief of virtual care and digital health. Cunningham, who began her career as a practicing OB/GYN, is also the co-founder of MedPearl, a Providence-inclubated clinical decision platform.
Sutter Health named Matthew Solomon as its first-ever chief scientific officer. In this role, Solomon will focus on advancing the health system’s research efforts and medical education initiatives. He joins Sutter from The Permanente Medical Group, where he most recently served as assistant director of the augmented clinical intelligence program.
Promotions
CommonSpirit Health at Home promoted Charlotte Haisch to the role of COO. She joined the company in 2020, having most recently served as regional vice president of operations. Prior to CommonSpirit, Haisch spent nearly 35 years at Dignity Health, serving most recently as director of its home and hospice division.
Care coordination company Watershed Health named Effie Carlson as its new CEO. She began working at Watershed in 2021 as chief strategy officer. Chip Grant, Watershed’s founder who held the CEO role before Carlson, is transitioning to executive chair and chief medical officer.
Exits
Don George, who has served as CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont for more than 16 years, announced his plans to retire at the end of the year. He spent a total of 32 years working at the company. BCBS Vermont said it will conduct a national search for its next CEO.
Michael Restuccia, CIO of Penn Medicine, retired after nearly 20 years working at the health system. He began serving in the CIO role in 2006. Penn Medicine has not named his successor yet.
Phoenix Children’s CEO Robert Meyer announced plans to retire this summer after holding the hospital’s top executive position for 22 years. The health system said it plans to launch a national search for its next CEO.
Craig Kent resigned as CEO of UVA Health following an independent investigation into the health system, the findings of which were recently presented to the University of Virginia’s board. His departure comes months after a no-confidence letter signed by 128 faculty members accused him and the medical school dean of creating a toxic work environment and harming patient safety. Dr. Kent, who led UVA Health since 2020, will be replaced on an interim basis by Dr. Mitch Rosner.
Layoffs
Massachusetts-based health system Baystate Health eliminated 98 corporate positions, which affected less than 1% of the health system’s workforce. The job cuts are part of a $225 million transformation plan the health system launched in November to streamline operations, focus on strategic growth and improve financial resilience.
Corewell Health laid off more than 160 employees working in coding and billing. The Michigan-based health system said the changes aim to support long-term financial stability while continuing to provide high-quality patient care.
Mass General Brigham, the largest private employer in Massachusetts, is conducting the biggest round of layoffs in its history. The health system plans to eliminate hundreds of nonclinical roles in an effort to prepare for an expected budget shortfall of $250 million over the next two years. Mass General Brigham said is “acting now to allow [it] to continue with planned and future investments.
Weight loss company Noom is laying off an undisclosed number of employees. The company said the job cuts are a result of “a revenue mix shift within the Noom business towards [its] fast-growing GLP-1-related products.” Noom conducted a round of layoffs in February of 2024 as well.
