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55 WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP Healthcare's richest self-made women, per Forbes By Hannah Mitchell F orbes ranked the 100 richest self-made women in a report released Aug. 5. Here are the top seven in healthcare. Forbes valued individual assets, such as stakes in public companies, using stock prices from July 2. Forbes consulted with external experts to value private companies. Some women overcame more than others to make their fortune. Forbes measured how far they have come and gave them a self-made score of 6 (hired hand) to 10 (rags to riches). 1. Judy Faulkner Overall rank: 2 Self-made score: 8 Net worth: $6.5 billion Founder, CEO of Epic 2. Alice Schwartz Overall rank: 10 Self-made score: 8 Net worth: $2.9 billion Co-founder of Bio-Rad Laboratories 3. April Anthony Overall rank: 37 Self-made score: 8 Net worth: $760 million Founder of Encompass Home Health & Hospice 4. Reshma Shetty, PhD Overall rank: 39 Self-made score: 8 Net worth: $750 million Co-founder of Ginkgo Bioworks 5. Heather Hasson Overall rank: 50 Self-made score: 8 Net worth: $625 million Co-founder and co-CEO of FIGS 6. Trina Spear Overall rank: 52 Self-made score: 8 Net worth: $600 million Co-founder and co-CEO of FIGS 7. Martine Rothblatt Overall rank: 56 Self-made score: 8 Net worth: $585 million Founder of United erapeutics n Healthcare employment for women stagnates: 5 details By Kelly Gooch J ob recovery for men in healthcare continues to outpace recovery for their female counterparts. To return to levels before the pandemic, about 24,000 healthcare jobs for men need to return, compared to 470,000 for women, ac- cording to an Aug. 2 report by consulting firm Altarum. The report is based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data through May. Five report details: 1. In May, there were 27,000 fewer women employed in healthcare compared to last December. 2. Women who lost jobs in healthcare primarily lost them in nursing care facilities and home healthcare, with employ- ment in these settings lower by 14 percent and 3.8 percent, respectively, in May compared to January 2020. 3. Employment levels for women in other major healthcare settings, including hospitals, outpatient care centers and physician offices, were 1 percent to 3 percent lower in May than in January 2020. 4. Health jobs in ambulatory services, physician offices, out- patient care centers and home healthcare services still need- ed to be regained by women in May to return to levels they were before the pandemic. In ambulatory settings, 110,000 jobs still needed to be regained by women, and 56,000 jobs still needed to be regained in home healthcare. 5. Overall, there are more than 500,000 fewer health- care jobs, for men and women, than there were before the pandemic. n CEO to retire after 35 years with Premier Health By Kelly Gooch M ary Boosalis, president and CEO of Premier Health, will retire in 2022 after about 35 years with the Day- ton, Ohio based health system, the organization said Aug. 2. She plans to retire around the end of the first quarter of 2022. "Mary has done an exceptional job, leading Premier through some of the most challenging times in the history of our community and in the health system's 130 years, all with the highest standard of ethics," Anita Moore, chair of the Premier Health board of trustees, said in a news release. "She is mis- sion-driven and is a talented strategic thinker who finds and implements well thought-out solutions. She places her focus on patients and the physicians, nurses and other clinical and support staff at Premier — all with the goal to build stronger and healthier communities." Ms. Boosalis became president and CEO of Premier Health in 2017 after serving as COO of the health system. She also served as president and CEO of Dayton-based Miami Valley Hospital, which is part of Premier Health. She is credited with playing a key role in the development of the Miami Valley Hospital South campus; working with city officials and other business partners to improve area neighborhoods near Miami Valley Hospital and in northwest Dayton; and playing a key role in Premier Health's decision to join the MD Anderson Physician Network, among other accomplishments. Premier Health said Ms. Boosalis is looking forward to being with her family. n