Executive hires, promotions in healthcare 2016: Running list

Hospitals, payers and other healthcare organizations are in a constant state of improvement. The C-Suite is churning through the improvements by developing new skills and adapting to new policies. Healthcare Finance News will be keeping pace with the promotions and hiring in healthcare management throughout the year.

Updated: August 8, 2016

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MemorialCare Health System, a Southern California integrated delivery system, has named Aaron Coley chief financial officer for Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills and Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley. Full story.

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Cerner President Zane Burke announced on Tuesday that the company has hired Jeff Hurst to be its President of Cerner RevWorks and Senior Vice President of Cerner Revenue Cycle Management.Full story.

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Daniel Jantzen, executive vice president of Operations and chief operating officer for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, is the health system's new chief financial officer, CEO and President James N. Weinstein announced this week. Full story.

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Adeptus Health Inc. has appointed Ricardo Martinez, M.D. their new Chief Medical Officer. The large-scale operator of free-standing emergency rooms made the announcement Friday. Full story.

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Jaewon Ryu, MD, of Humana will join the Geisinger Health System as executive vice president and chief medical officer at the end of September, Geisinger has announced. Full story.

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John Rex, formerly executive vice president and chief financial officer of Optum, has been appointed CFO of UnitedHealth Group, effective immediately, the insurer has announced. Full story.

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Intermountain Healthcare has selected A. Marc Harrison, MD, 52, as the new president and CEO when Charles W. Sorenson, 64, retires on October 15, 2016, according to the Board of Trustees. Full story.

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Kim Keck, senior vice president of Aetna, will become the president and chief executive officer of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island in June, the nonprofit insurer announced Thursday. Full story.

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Jeffrey Carr, most recently the entrepreneur-in-residence at a startup incubator, has joined Mercy Health as the health system's first chief innovation officer, the health system announced Tuesday. Full story.

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Anthem has named John E. Gallina as executive vice president and chief financial officer effective June 1. Full story.

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Community Health Systems has named Tim L. Hingtgen as their Executive Vice President of Operations, effective May 1, 2016, the company announced Tuesday. Hingtgen has been with the CHS for eight years, but has more than twenty years of executive level healthcare management experience. Full story.

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Children's Minnesota has appointed Todd Ostendorf as chief financial officer, the system announced late Thursday. His appointment was effective April 11. Full story.

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Tenet Healthcare Corporation has appointed Eric Evans, chief executive officer of the company's Texas Region, as the new president of Hospital Operations, the company announced. Evans will take over for Britt Reynolds, who has resigned for a position outside the company. Evans' appointment is effective immediately. Full story.

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After almost two decades under the leadership of current president and CEO Dan Wolterman, Memorial Hermann Health System in Texas has named Benjamin K. Chu, MD, as his successor, the system announced Tuesday. Chu will officially take over the position in June. Full story.

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Alan S. Kaplan, MD, the current executive vice president and chief clinical transformation officer for UnityPoint Health in West Des Moines, Iowa, has been appointed CEO of the UW Health system, UW Health announced. Full story.

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For six months, Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Wyoming has puttered along without a chief financial officer. Now that's changed, with longtime hospital pro Jim Bands selected to help steer the facility into the future. Full story.

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LifePoint Health has wrapped up its acquisition of Providence Hospitals, the company announced in a joint statement with the Sisters of Charity System, which originally founded Providence. Full story.

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Two hospitals in the Brookwood Medical Center/Baptist Health System network in central Alabama have appointed new chief financial officers for their respective leadership teams. Full story.

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CHI St. Luke's Health announced that Jenny Barnett-Sarpalius will lead the Texas Division as their new chief financial officer. She has served as interim CFO of that division for the last 90 days, and her new role is effective immediately, the company said. Full story.

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The Healthcare Supply Chain Association has appointed veteran supply chain exec Curt Miller executive director of its Committee for Healthcare eStandards, the association announced. Full story.

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Two months after Pamplona Capital Management and MedAssets announced plans to merge, the company has named J. Joel Hackney as its CEO. Full story.

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Montefiore Health System, an academic health system which includes the University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, has appointed Colleen Blye executive vice president and chief financial officer. Full story.

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