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MedCity Moves Podcast: Recent Hires, Layoffs & an Interview with Adaeze Enekwechi, CEO of Cayaba Care

In this month’s episode, Senior Reporter Katie Adams explored some executive hires and exits that recently occurred in the healthcare world, as well as layoffs affecting the industry. She also interviewed Adaeze Enekwechi, who became CEO of Cayaba Care this month.

By MedCity News on April 30, 2024

The MedCity Moves Podcast is back with another episode. During the April edition, Senior Reporter Katie Adams explores some of the executive appointments, promotions and exits occurring in the healthcare world over the past month, including new leaders at VillageMD, Aledade and Banner Health. She also discusses healthcare layoffs, such as the recent rounds of job cuts at Optum, UPMC and Sanofi.

For this episode’s guest interview, Adams chats with Adaeze Enekwechi, who recently became CEO of the maternal health startup Cayaba Care. To learn more about Enekwechi’s career journey and what she has planned as she takes the helm at Cayaba, click here:

A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence

At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.

A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma

A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.

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