Here is a selection of recent executive hires, departures and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.

MedCity News is launching a new podcast called MedCity Moves focusing on healthcare’s corporate ladder. Published monthly, episodes will provide a summary of notable executive appointments and layoff news — as well as an interview with a recently-appointed healthcare leader or anyone that is experiencing a shift in their job.

MedCity News interviewed CEOs of public companies, entrepreneurs, VCs and payers at the HLTH conference that concluded last week. They had a range of answers to the question. But one common theme emerged: Currently, everyone has a vise-like grip on expenditure.

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Nurses face challenges that put themselves and their patients at risk. Using closed claim data, Coverys identified nursing risk trends. A full report, including recommendations, will be released this year.

How Embark® App combines a medical and digital approach to support patients in managing their Enbrel® (etanercept) treatment.

The Gold Corporate Council and nonprofit Arnold P. Gold Foundation share examples of the vast work underway to support compassion and inclusion in healthcare

Although it has focused on diabetes management, Founder and CEO Laurence Girard says that the company is growing its telemedicine services to include virtual primary care support for other chronic conditions such as hypertension, mental health and smoking cessation that pair community and clinical components.

Listen in as our panel discusses how to achieve the right balance to combine the importance of technology while providing human touch to healthcare.

Our expert panel weighs in on health systems addressing behavioral issues and supporting the mental health of doctors, nurses and others.

Learn from our expert panel as they discuss the challenges and opportunities of value-based contracting.

Learn from payers focused on health tech, medical device investors and others on what investment trends to watch for this year.

Covid-19 has renewed interest in diagnostics and a way to deliver care at home. Learn from companies and experts as they address the future of these two developments.

After some setbacks and delays, the FDA approved Bristol Myers Squibb’s Breyanzi for certain lymphomas. It’s the fourth CAR T treatment to win the regulatory nod and the first under a new regenerative medicine designation.

The company, which offers a text-based primary care platform, is building a suite of technology to support its physicians.  

If the merger is approved, the combined health system would operate 70 hospitals and employ 89,000 people. Intermountain CEO Dr. Marc Harrison would lead the new system, estimated to generate about $15 billion in annual revenue.

Oak Street Health, a Chicago-based company that operates primary care centers for Medicare patients, filed initial IPO paperwork on Friday. The company has not yet priced the offering, but it plans to use the proceeds to repay a loan and grow its business.

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Chief patient experience officers from the Cleveland Clinic, Northwell Health and Cedars Sinai talk about how they are approaching patient engagement and experience in each of their health systems at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas.

Kaiser Permanente is teaming up with the California state government to enroll more Kaiser members in Calfresh, the state’s supplemental nutrition assistance program and taking on food security.

Tend will add elements typically not part of a normal dental visit, such as taking blood pressure to identify patients with undiagnosed hypertension and aim to talk with patients about smoking and diabetes, which both contribute to dental disease.

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From bringing in a mere 350 scientists in an embattled field 12 years ago, this year’s Alliance for Regenerative Medicine Cell and Gene Meeting brought in more than 1,200.

A look at some of the most interesting startups from 2018’s Health 2.0’s LAUNCH! event.

The company’s algorithms use existing fluoroscopy technology, which captures structures in motion and is commonly used to image the cardiovascular system or direct invasive procedures.

EndoGastric Solutions has raised $30.5 million to commercialize its minimally invasive procedure aimed at patients with gastroesophageal reflux

The FDA commissioner is singling out companies that he says have blocked access to product samples needed to make generics.

Foundation Medicine and ThermoFisher Scientific are big beneficiaries of CMS widening its coverage and making a national coverage decision for next-generation sequencing of metastatic, Stage 3 or 4 and other cancers.