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Hires
Virtual nutrition care company Culina Health welcomed Jane Mentz as its first COO. In the past, she has served as COO of weight loss company Calibrate and vice president of growth and commercialization at value-based behavioral care company Quartet Health.
Kurt Knight became the new CEO of telenutrition company Foodsmart. Prior to Foodsmart, he spent nearly 14 years at Amwell, serving most recently as the telehealth company’s COO.
Trent Green announced he is leaving his role as CEO of Amazon’s One Medical to become CEO of NRC Health, a healthcare analytics and insights company. Green, who has been serving as One Medical’s CEO since 2023, will step into his new role in June.
Smart ring company OURA welcomed Ricky Bloomfield as chief medical officer. Bloomfield comes to the company from Apple, where he served as its clinical and health informatics lead for more than eight years.
Washington-based health system Providence announced that Chero Goswami will step into its CIO role in May. He will come to the health system from University of Wisconsin Health, where he serves as chief information and digital officer. Before that, Goswami worked as vice president of information systems at BJC HealthCare.
Patient flow automation startup Qventus welcomes Jeff Evans as its chief commercial officer. Before Qventus, Evans was CEO of CAE Healthcare, now known as Elevate Healthcare, which provides simulation-based training for healthcare professionals. Prior to that, he spent nearly 18 years in leadership roles at GE Healthcare.
Vijay Parthasarathy became the new chief product and strategy officer at Sunbird Bio, a blood-based diagnostics company. He comes to the company from Exact Sciences, where he served as vice president of product management. Before Exact Sciences, Parthasarathy spent nearly 12 years in leadership roles at Philips.
Musculoskeletal care company TailorCare appointed Steve Tutewohl as its COO. He joins TailorCare from healthcare software company Evolent Health, where he most recently served as COO, as well as CEO of the health services business.
Life sciences company Verily welcomed Carolyn Jasik as associate chief clinical officer. She comes to the company from diabetes care provider Omada Health, where she most recently served as chief medical officer.
Promotions
Pennsylvania-based health system Geisinger appointed Megan Brosious as its new COO. She has worked at the system for 20 years, most recently serving as chief administrative officer of its central region.
MD Anderson Cancer Center named Jeffrey Lee as its new chief medical executive. He joined the organization in 1991, having served most recently as its deputy COO and chief cancer network officer.
Exits
Blue Shield of California CEO Lois Quam stepped down after two months in the role. She originally joined the organization as president in May of last year, and she was later appointed to the CEO position in January as part of a company restructuring. Blue Shield of California has tapped CFO Mike Stuart to serve as interim CEO.
Mary Jo Cagle, CEO of North Carolina-based health system Cone Health, is stepping down from her role due to a family health matter. She worked at the health system for more than 14 years, having served as its CEO since 2021. Bernie Sherry, who has served as Cone’s interim COO since December, will assume the interim CEO role in June.
Eric Palmer — CEO of Evernorth, Cigna’s health services division — has departed from the company. Having first joined Cigna in 2007, he had served as Evernorth’s leader since 2022. This move is part of a larger restructuring of Cigna’s leadership — which involved Brian Evanko stepping into the COO role and Ann Dennison assuming the CFO position.
Neil Meltzer, CEO of Baltimore-based health system LifeBridge Health, is retiring after more than 12 years in the role. He will continue to lead the health system until his successor is selected.
Layoffs
HHS announced a major restructuring plan that includes laying off 10,000 employees and consolidating 28 divisions into 15.
Blue Cross of Idaho is reducing its workforce by 135 employees after losing a contract with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System is eliminating 300 jobs, which is less than half a percent of the organization’s workforce. The system said 100 of those positions are vacant or are held by employees who are retiring. It also said that the layoffs will help the organization “ensure strong financial footing.”
Washington-based Valley Medical Center laid off 101 employees, citing severe financial challenges following Medicaid funding cuts.