By Vince Galloro November 19, 2009 Wellmont Health System, Kingsport, Tenn., said Beth Ward will join the not-for-profit system as chief financial officer on Jan. 11, 2010. Ward is replacing Truman Esmond, who has been interim CFO since November 2008. ... FULL STORY
By Rebecca Vesely November 18, 2009 Jeffrey Winter has been named regional chief administrative officer for Providence Health & Services, California. ... FULL STORY
By Vince Galloro November 17, 2009 Tenet Healthcare Corp., Dallas, made new executive appointments in South Carolina. Mark O'Neil Jr. was named market CEO of Hilton Head Regional Healthcare, which includes two hospitals and some outpatient centers. William Masterton was named CEO of one of those two hospitals, 41-bed Coastal Carolina Hospital, Hardeeville. ... FULL STORY
By Joe Carlson November 16, 2009 Manatee Memorial Hospital has appointed Richard Fletcher as chief operating officer of the 319-bed facility in Bradenton, Fla., effective immediately. ... FULL STORY
By Rebecca Vesely November 13, 2009 Walter Beck has been named CEO of Banner Churchill Community Hospital in Fallon, Nev., effective Dec. 7. ... FULL STORY
By Andis Robeznieks November 12, 2009 Medcenter One, an integrated health system anchored by a 204-bed hospital in Bismarck, N.D., has promoted Chief Operating Officer Craig Lambrecht to the position of president and CEO. He takes over Jan. 1, 2010, succeeding Jim Cooper, who is retiring after working eight years in that role. ... FULL STORY
By Jessica Zigmond November 11, 2009 Cancer-care provider US Oncology, the Woodlands, Texas, said Phillip Watts, the company's executive vice president and general counsel, will leave the company, effective Nov. 30. ... FULL STORY
By Vince Galloro November 10, 2009 Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (Kan.) Health System said it has hired Joe Jeans to be the chief financial officer of two of its hospitals, 257-bed Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan., and 43-bed St. John Hospital, Leavenworth. ... FULL STORY
By Vince Galloro November 09, 2009 Tenet Healthcare Corp., Dallas, said that Gary Honts will be CEO of its Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Neb. Honts has been interim CEO of the 334-bed hospital since May, rejoining a hospital that he first worked at 1979, when it was known as St. Joseph Hospital. ... FULL STORY
By Melanie Evans November 06, 2009 Brazosport Regional Health System, Lake Jackson, Texas, named Chuck Jeffress to succeed Daniel Smith as chief financial officer. Michael Barger, an interim executive with Quorum Health Resources, was appointed the 148-bed hospital’s interim executive after Smith stepped down in May, a Brazosport spokesman said. ... FULL STORY
By Vince Galloro November 05, 2009 DaVita said that it has hired Kim Rivera to be its new general counsel. Rivera, 40, also will hold the titles of vice president and secretary for the dialysis provider, which is in the process of moving its headquarters from El Segundo, Calif., to Denver. ... FULL STORY
By Joe Carlson November 04, 2009 Publicly traded TeamStaff, Somerset, N.J., announced plans to bring on a new CEO and refocus on its government healthcare-staffing business next January. The announcement came weeks after company officials announced that its low stock price was forcing them to change capital markets. ... FULL STORY
By Rebecca Vesely November 03, 2009 The new chief financial officer of Oregon Health & Science University has resigned after just two weeks on the job, citing personal reasons. Larry Revill came to OHSU, in Portland, from University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where he had worked since 1991. He started on Oct. 15. ... FULL STORY
By Rebecca Vesely November 02, 2009 UnitedHealth Group has named Christopher Walsh and Mitchell Zamoff to the joint position of executive vice president and general counsel, effective immediately. ... FULL STORY
By Joe Carlson October 30, 2009 Longtime Florida state health official Thomas Arnold has been appointed secretary of the state's Agency for Health Care Administration after the former secretary, Holly Benson, resigned in order to run for Florida attorney general. ... FULL STORY
By Melanie Evans October 29, 2009 Cain Bros. & Co., a healthcare investment bank based in New York, named Robert Fraiman Jr. to succeed James Cain as CEO and president, effective Jan. 1, 2010. ... FULL STORY
By Vince Galloro October 28, 2009 The board of 35-bed St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, N.C., has chosen Ken Shull as the hospital's new president and CEO. Shull, 62, will start by the end of the year. ... FULL STORY
By Joe Carlson October 27, 2009 The two-hospital Central Florida Health Alliance has named Kathy Perfumo vice president and chief nursing officer of Leesburg (Fla.) Regional Medical Center. ... FULL STORY
By Jean DerGurahian October 26, 2009 Tom McDougal Jr. has been named CEO of Medical West hospital, Bessemer, Ala., effective Jan. 4, 2010. ... FULL STORY
By Joe Carlson October 23, 2009 Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, has named federal research administrator Elizabeth Nabel to become its next president effective Jan. 1, following the promotion of the hospital’s current top executive. ... FULL STORY
