Road Warriors and Their Untold Stories – new podcast hosted by Repertoire Publisher Scott Adams
“Road Warriors and Their Untold Stories” is an educational, funny, real, and entertaining podcast hosted by Repertoire Magazine Publisher Scott Adams and is perfect for sales representatives out in their cars making sales calls every day. “I am so excited to launch this program. We will be interviewing current and past sales reps throughout this podcast series. My goal is to let them tell their stories and hopefully to gain some pearls of wisdom along the way,” says Scott Adams. “And there isn’t a better person to launch the series than Repertoire Founder Brian Taylor. Brian has been a sales rep in medical sales for 40 years whose sales/business stories could be a 10-part series in and of themselves.” To download the first episode, visit http://www.repertoiremag.com/road-warriors-podcast-episode-1-brian-taylor.html
Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan venture names Serkan Kutan as CTO
The healthcare venture launched by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase has named Serkan Kutan as its chief technology officer. Kutan is the former CTO of Zocdoc, an online medical appointment platform. On the LinkedIn post where he made the announcement, Kutan also posted a link to the venture’s career website, which is hiring for a range of roles, including clinical, communica- tions, legal, strategy and research, and tech positions.
Kroger to add new heart surgery benefit with Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic cardiac surgery expertise is now accessi ble at little or no cost to eligible Kroger Co. associates and dependents on the company-sponsored healthcare plan through the Cleveland Clinic Cardiac Concierge Program in partnership with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio and its affiliated health plans. The program provides access to complex cardiac surgery at the Cleveland Clinic
Heart & Vascular Institute. To help support the best care for associates, Kroger also pays 100 percent of travel and accommodation expenses for eligible plan participants and a companion to visit Cleveland Clinic. Anthem arranges travel from the associate’s home to the Cleveland Clinic and back again through Healthbase, a global medical tourism facilitator.
Cardinal Health names new EVP, CIO
Cardinal Health (Dublin, OH) announced that Brian Rice will join the company as EVP, chief information officer, and customer support services. Rice’s most recent role was SVP, CIO and global business services for Kellogg Company. Rice will officially join Cardinal Health on February 4, 2019.
CHI and Dignity Health complete merger, form CommonSpirit Health
Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) (Englewood, CO) and Dignity Health (San Francisco, CA) have completed their merger. The new nonprofit, Catholic health system, CommonSpirit Health is headquartered in Chicago and serves communities in 21 states and includes 142 hospitals and more than 700 care sites, as well as research programs, virtual care services, home health programs, and living communities. CHI CEO Kevin Lofton and Dignity Health President and CEO Lloyd Dean will jointly lead CommonSpirit Health. As previously announced, the new organization will retain the names of local facilities and services in the communities in which they are located.
Measles outbreak in Washington state grows to 34 cases
As of late January, three new measles cases had been confirmed in Clark County, Washington, bringing the total number of cases in the month-long outbreak to 34. The newly diagnosed cases each involve unvaccinated children between 1 and 10 years old, with 30 of the affected children being unvaccinated. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency due to the outbreak January 25. The measles outbreak spread to Oregon Jan. 25, with one confirmed case in Multnomah County.