UnitedHealth Group CEO Resigns ‘For Personal Reasons’; Shares Keep Falling

The group includes about 40 physicians and 100 advanced practice clinicians, who are represented by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD), as well as hundreds more healthcare workers — such as certified nursing assistants, housekeeping workers, phlebotomists, and imaging technicians — who are represented by SEIU Healthcare 1199NW. (Henderson, 5/13)

The new policy could make it harder for low-income people who prefer to be billed to see a Clinic doctor, and create delays that could lead to medical emergencies down the road, health policy experts said. (Washington, 5/13)

While many vendors still avoid the phrasing, they’re back to offering products that focus on a sole, and often costly, area of medical care as employers deal with ballooning healthcare expenses that are expected to rise to next year. (Perna, 5/13)

Scan Group purchased the remaining equity in myPlace Health from Boston-based healthcare services provider Commonwealth Care Alliance in March for an undisclosed sum, Scan Group President and CEO Sachin Jain said. He said myPlace CEO Robbie Pottharst will continue to lead the organization, which opened its first center serving about 100 people in Los Angeles last year. (Eastabrook, 5/13)

“FDA allowed these medicines out without a long-term strategy.” Kessler faced unexpected weight gain while serving in his role co-leading Operation Warp Speed, the coronavirus vaccination program at the height of the pandemic, which had him working extensive hours a day at his computer. (Moniuszko, 5/13)