Dr. Stephen Grubbs heads new ASCO department

Dr. Stephen Grubbs has been named senior director of the new clinical affairs department of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Alexandria, Va. The department is dedicated to providing services, education and other resources to support oncology practices in all settings. He will begin his new role in June.

Grubbs, 62, is a community oncologist and managing partner at Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants in Newark, Del. He is also a principal investigator with the Delaware/Christiana Care National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program.

Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora has named Jena Hausmann as its permanent CEO.

Hausmann, 44, has been interim CEO at Children's since January, while also serving as president and COO. She will retain the president's title. She joined the hospital in 2004 as VP of strategic planning and network of care operations. She was promoted to COO in 2008 and president in 2011.

Before coming to Children's Hospital, Hausmann worked in senior management at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis. She also was an administrative fellow at Fairview Health System in the Twin Cities.

Dr. Jack Handley has been named chief medical officer at EvergreenHealth Monroe (Wash.) Hospital.

Handley, 50, has been a physician in the 72-bed hospital's emergency department for the past 16 years. Valley General Hospital was renamed EvergreenHealth Monroe when it became a part of the Kirkland, Wash.-based EvergreenHealth system in 2014.

Handley previously served as chairman of the hospital's Medical Staff Quality Peer Review and Quality Steering committees. He is also an Army veteran, having served eight years of active duty while training in emergency medicine at Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Colo., Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., and Landstuhl (Germany) Regional Medical Center.

Centene Corp., one of the nation's largest Medicaid managed-care insurers, has announced appointments for two medical executives.

Dr. Ken Yamaguchi, an orthopedic surgeon, has been named executive VP and CMO for the St. Louis-based company. The shoulder and elbow specialist will continue his work as an orthopedic surgery professor at Washington University in St. Louis, but in a part-time capacity.

Dr. Mary Mason, corporate CMO for the past nine years, has been named senior VP and CMO of Centene's specialty companies, which include providers of behavioral health, telehealth and benefits management, among other services. Mason is also an adjunct lecturer in health policy at the Olin Business School at Washington University.

Dr. Gary Call has been named chief medical officer at HMS Holdings Corp, a new position at the company, which provides coordination of benefits and payment integrity services for payers, including Medicaid plans in 45 states.

Most recently, Call, 56, was corporate VP of clinical programs for Molina Healthcare, a Long Beach, Calif.-based insurer focused on Medicaid managed-care plans. He held a variety of leadership positions in his 18 years at Molina.