A seasoned healthcare executive, Erik Shannon has been named Chief Executive Officer of UVA Community Health, effective immediately, according a release Tuesday from University of Virginia Health, based in Charlottesville. Shannon has been interim CEO of the community health system for a year prior to his appointment to the permanent post. UVA Culpeper Medical Center CEO Donna Station is COO of UVA Community Health.
Kettering Health on Tuesday named Michael Mewhirter interim chief executive officer. The news following last week's announcement CEO Fred Manchur, who spent nearly 12 years in the role, was retiring. Mewhirter is the company's chief financial officer.
A federal judge has denied Elizabeth Holmes' request for a new trial, paving the way for the founder of failed blood testing startup Theranos to be sentenced later this month.
Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Brent Fulton from the University of California Berkeley on his recent paper on the rise of cross-market hospital systems and their US market power.