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INDUSTRY NEWS
from REP June 2020
U.S. hits 1 million coronavirus cases, one-third of all world’s cases
The U.S. crossed the 1 million case threshold April 28. That is nearly one-third of all the world’s known coronavirus cases. President Donald Trump has attributed the high number of cases to heightened testing and less transparency in reporting cases in countries like China.
Matt Bourne
Matt Bourne named vice president global sales for Midmark
Midmark Corp., announced Matt Bourne was promoted to vice president, global sales. In this leadership position, Bourne will lead the Midmark sales organization across all three of its business units – medical, dental and animal health. Bourne started his career at Midmark in 1997 as a sales representative and regional manager for the medical division. In 2010, he was promoted to director of sales, animal health, and was instrumental in the development of Midmark’s fastest-growing division. Most recently, Bourne served as vice president of sales for the medical business.
HHS awards close to $165M to rural hospitals, telehealth centers
HHS, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, is awarding rural hospitals the telehealth resource centers nearly $165 million to combat COVID-19. Funds will go to 1,779 small rural hospitals and 14 HRSA-funded telehealth resource centers. The funds target smaller, rural hospitals and is separate from the CARES Act. Approximately $30 billion in the CARES Act was recently distributed to hospitals nationwide.
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