Leadership

This news channel page highlights examples of leadership in hospital and health systems. While healthcare leadership is often seen as the positions of chief executive officers, chief clinical officers, chief of staff, and chief information officers, it also can can be other individuals or the entire healthcare system that shows unique ways to enhance patient care and manage strategies, quality, safety and revenue initiatives.

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More GE HealthCare details announced, including its potential launch date and first board of directors

GE HealthCare, the upcoming standalone healthcare business from GE, has announced its new board of directors and the target spinoff date.

Monkeypox update: FDA focuses on testing as cases continue to rise

The new guidance offers a validation template that can assist test developers in submitting an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) request. 

First US monkeypox death reported in Texas

Texas has reported the first known death of monkeypox in the United States. 

 

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HHS investing nearly $100M in health navigators for open enrollment

The funding, which is through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), includes $98.9 million that will help ensure consumers can navigate health insurance enrollment through the Marketplace, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

 

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White House says all federally-funded research must be available to the public

The Biden administration has mandated that all federally-funded research become available to the public––for free.

UnitedHealth CFO sued in retirement plan case

The suit alleges the company’s 401(k) retirement plan invested in low-performing target-date funds in favor of its business relationship with Wells Fargo.

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the NIH, and chief medical advisor to President Biden. He tested posiove for COVID-19 June 15, 2022, but reported only mild symptoms, He was vaccinated and had two boosters.

Fauci stepping down from health leadership roles

Anthony S. Fauci, MD is leaving his healthcare leadership roles in December. The move allows him “to pursue the next chapter of my career," he stated August 22.

Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act into law—what does it mean for healthcare?

The act is Biden’s third major piece of legislation to sign into law since the start of his term, and it accomplishes a healthcare task the Democrats have been wanting for years: enabling Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices.

Around the web

Compensation for heart specialists continues to climb. What does this say about cardiology as a whole? Could private equity's rising influence bring about change? We spoke to MedAxiom CEO Jerry Blackwell, MD, MBA, a veteran cardiologist himself, to learn more.

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”