David “Buddy” Bacon was named CEO of MediTract, a Chattanooga, Tenn.-based company that provides contract-management software and services for hospitals.
Bacon, 49, co-founded Meridian Surgical Partners, a company that operates 17 ambulatory surgery centers, and served as its CEO for eight years. He previously was an executive with Medifax-EDI, which develops software that allows providers to verify patients' insurance coverage and is now part of Emdeon.