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10 CEO / STRATEGY CVS Health exec returns to UnitedHealth Group By Molly Gamble A mar Desai, MD, has left his role as president of health care delivery at CVS Health after less than six months to return to UnitedHealth Group, where he will advise the CEO, Bloomberg reports. Dr. Desai joined CVS Health in October 2022 in the leadership role to head up the newly formed healthcare delivery organization and lead its clinical delivery strategy to support retail health, chronic disease management and behavioral health. He reported directly to CVS Health President and CEO Karen Lynch. Dr. Desai previously served as president and CEO of UnitedHealth Group's Optum Pacific West, a network that spans across California, Oregon and Washington with more than 20,000 physicians. Dr. Desai is returning to UnitedHealth to advise CEO Andrew Witty, a representative from UnitedHealth told Bloomberg. A CVS spokesperson confirmed Dr. Desai's departure but did not elaborate on the circumstances, according to Bloomberg. CVS Health completed its $8 billion acquisition of Signify Health March 29. In February, CVS entered a definitive agreement to acquire Oak Street Health, a primary care network for Medicare members, for $10.5 billion. n e last thing we need is leaders who exude the same effect by being unrelatable and perpetually an arm's length away. Self-effacing leaders go a long way in healthcare, the ultimate team sport. ey recognize their limitations, faults and idiosyncrasies. (Spoiler alert: We all have them.) ey welcome devil's advocates and hole-poking to their thinking before getting too far ahead of themselves. ey talk openly about their mistakes and mistrials, and deal productively with disappointment. ey genuinely connect with others and have an easy time building relationships. ey take their work seriously, not so much themselves. Importantly, grounded leaders recognize the problems healthcare faces are too big and thorny for any one person or group to go it alone. ey do not see themselves as the sun with everything revolving around them, and instead build strong coalitions, teams and the leaders who will succeed them. n Man pleads guilty for death threats to hospital CEO By Molly Gamble A former employee of Adena Health System in Chillicothe, Ohio, pleaded guilty to telecommunications harassment in a case centered on comments made online calling for the murder of the system's CEO and wife. Hoyle "Beau" Bowman was charged with telecommunications harassment and menacing after writing online in February that someone should kill Adena Health System President and CEO Jeff Graham and his wife. The comments, posted in a community news forum, contained the location of Mr. Graham's home and suggested he and his wife be shot, according to NBC4. In March, Mr. Bowman initially pleaded not guilty to the charges. In April, he accepted a plea deal in which the menacing charge was dropped in exchange for a guilty plea to harassment. He faces a $200 fine, two years probation and 200 hours of community service, according to the Scioto Valley Guardian. Mr. Bowman served as executive director of the Adena Health Foundation for three years before his termination in December 2022. n Ascension St. Vincent CEO to exit By Kelly Gooch J onathan Nalli, who serves as CEO and ministry market executive of Indianapolis-based Ascension St. Vincent and senior vice president with St. Louis-based Ascension, will be leaving his role. e change is effective April 28, according to an Ascension news release. "Under Jonathan's servant leadership, our Indiana ministry has grown in services and access while delivering industry-leading care in areas such as cardiovascular, women's health, pediatrics, neurosciences, cancer care, orthopedics, bariatrics, trauma and employer-based healthcare solutions," Tim Adams, senior vice president and regional operating officer with Ascension, said in the release. "With Jonathan's support, we will be working through a thoughtful transition plan to ensure Indiana's next leader and the ministry are well positioned for continued success." e release did not provide details about the departure. Mr. Nalli joined Ascension in 2014. During his tenure, Ascension St. Vincent has built several major construction projects worth a total of $325 million at its flagship healthcare campus, according to the Indianapolis Business Journal. However, Ascension St. Vincent Dunn in Bedford, Ind., and all Lawrence County Ascension Medical Group practices closed in 2022. Ascension St. Vincent also closed 11 immediate care centers in 2022. Previously, Mr. Nalli was CEO of Valparaiso, Ind.-based Porter Regional Hospital. n