Johnson signs order to establish nutrition standards for food, beverages sold on Chicago-owned properties
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Thursday to establish nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold or served on city-owned property.
ID Experts Pan Trump Order Calling for Forced Hospitalization of Homeless People
President Trump’s recent executive order encouraging involuntary commitment of people with mental illness who are homeless provoked a swift response from infectious disease experts, who warned that such moves could disrupt care for conditions ranging from HIV to hepatitis C in already vulnerable communities. The order — entitled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets” […]
Hawaii Pacific Health Names Terence Young Executive Vice President of Oahu Operations
Terence Young has been named executive vice president of Oahu operations for Hawaii Pacific Health (HPH), one of the state’s leading health care organizations, effective July 1. In his role, he will serve as chief executive officer of HPH’s three Oahu medical centers – Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children, Pali Momi Medical Center […]
Pritzker signs executive order restricting data collection on Illinoisans with autism
Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order on Wednesday to protect autistic Illinoisans from unauthorized data collection.
Opinion | Are Regulators Finally Waking Up to the Threat That Is UnitedHealth Group?
N. Adam Brown is a practicing emergency physician, entrepreneur, and healthcare executive. He is the founder of ABIG Health, a healthcare growth strategy firm, and a professor at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Follow Nearly $400 billion in revenue. In January, UnitedHealth Group (UHG) released its 2023 financials. It paints a vivid […]
Opinion | Three Tools to Address Health Equity
N. Adam Brown is a practicing emergency physician, entrepreneur, and healthcare executive. He is the founder of ABIG Health, a healthcare growth strategy firm, and a professor at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Follow In Washington, D.C., where I live, an infant born in 2020 had an average life expectancy of 75.3 […]
‘Con Man’ Gets Another Top Hospital Job, This Time at Penn Medicine
A convicted felon who hopscotched his way into high-paying health executive positions all over the country despite a federal prison term has once again landed in a top position — albeit briefly — this time at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, according to news reports. In an investigative story last spring, MedPage Today detailed the long […]
More Black Men Are Dying By Suicide. We Need To Address It.
On May 3, Lance Blanks, a retired NBA player who spent the rest of his career as an NBA executive and an analyst for an ESPN affiliate network, died by suicide. He was 56. “But the fact is we will never truly know why. And we don’t need to. All we need to do is […]
Biden Seeks More Info on Medication Abortion Barriers
WASHINGTON — President Biden signed an executive order Sunday giving three members of his cabinet 2 months to report to a White House task force on the barriers U.S. women face when trying to receive a medication abortion. “Since the day of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, President Biden […]
Physician Wants Hospital CEO Pay Capped at $800K
A former physician at the MetroHealth System in Cleveland has called for a cap on CEO pay after the health system’s top executive allegedly awarded himself and others more than $2.2 million in unauthorized bonuses last year. Kenneth Frisof, MD, a retired family medicine doctor, wrote in a letter to the editor of Cleveland.com that […]