Telemedicine company Teladoc has added a new position, executive vice president and chief revenue officer, and has tapped Peter Nieves for the role. Nieves was previously the EVP of employer markets at Optum, where he built that business up to be worth more than $1 billion according to a release from Teladoc.

“Successfully advancing to the next level is always reliant on having the right people and resources in place to stay ahead of the growth curve,” Teladoc CEO Jason Gorevic said in a statement. “Pete brings significant experience overseeing the revenue generation and maximization framework for complex, world-class healthcare and employee benefits organizations that will enable him to hit the ground running and ensure that we remain strategically aligned and focused on maintaining our rapid growth rate.”

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Miami, Florida-based CareCloud, which offers a cloud-based EHR and practice management services, has also hired a new chief revenue officer. Greg Shorten, whose 25-year health IT career includes stints at EHR company Allscripts and data integration company Validic, will join the team. 

“We know that medical groups that take a sophisticated approach to technology are able to scale and grow faster, with less disruption, than those taking a more piecemeal approach with legacy, on-premise systems,” Ken Comée, CEO of CareCloud, said in a statement. “Greg’s deep experience with health information technology aligns well with the consultative approach we take to help our customers leverage the power and flexibility of cloud technology as they transition to value-based care delivery and reimbursement models.”

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Kit Check, a Washington, DC company that makes a cloud-based software using RFID tagging to increase the efficiency of replenishing the hospital's pharmacy kits, has hired Kristyn Reed-Salow as Chief Financial Officer. Reed-Salow's background is not in healthcare, but she has served as CFO of Law.com, Mantas, Fishbowl, and Framebridge.

"We are excited to have Kristyn on as part of the team," CEO Kevin MacDonald said in a statement. "Her experience scaling SaaS companies will be instrumental as we enter our next phase of growth. Kristyn will help Kit Check realize our vision of helping hospitals reduce costs and improve patient care by providing unprecedented visibility into the flow of drug inventory from manufacturing to use."

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President Trump named former FDA deputy commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb as his pick to head the agency yesterday. Like most of the Trump Administration’s other high-office picks, Gottlieb is known for his anti-regulatory stance and is in favor of speeding up the drug-approval process, especially for older generics. Considered more mainstream than earlier choices for the job, Gottlieb brings significant experience in both government and medicine, and is regarded as having a comfortable position with both investors and pharma. Since Gottlieb left the FDA in 2007, he has worked as an advisor to investment firms, as a fellow at the Washington think tank American Enterprise Institute and is currently a partner at venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates. Gottlieb also has a well-documented anti-regulatory stance on digital health. More on that here.