UnitedHealth Group has named Patrick Conway, MD, current Optum Rx CEO, as the new CEO of Optum, effective May 6. Current Optum CEO, Heather Cianfrocco, has been named UnitedHealth’s executive vice president of governance, compliance and information security after serving…
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Milwaukee Rehabilitation Hospital at Greenfield (Wis.) named Bruce Eady, MSN, RN, CEO. Mr. Eady started his career as a registered nurse, and served in several nurse leadership roles, according to an April 29 hospital news release. Most recently, he was…
Benton, Ark.-based Saline Health System appointed Jackie Wilkerson, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer. Ms. Wilkerson stepped into her new role April 21 and will focus her work on nurse recruitment and retention, according to an April 28 system news release. …
Julie Covault, COO of Sidney, Ohio-based Wilson Health, has been named acting CEO, effective immediately. The appointment follows the April 11 retirement of President and CEO Mark Klosterman, according to an April 28 health system news release. Ms. Covault has…
Wesley Goforth was named CFO of Belleville, Kan.-based Republic County Hospital, according to an April 26 LinkedIn post. Prior to his new role, Mr. Goforth served as an assurance manager for Forvis Mazars US, a public accounting firm, according to…
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Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has restructured several leadership responsibilities following the departure of chief of staff Andy Wentzy. Mr. Wentzy has left the organization after more than 20 years of service, according to an April 22 statement from President…
Nanette Wilcox, MSN, RN, was appointed president of BayCare Hospital Wesley Chapel (Fla.), effective April 27. Ms. Wilcox has been with Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System for 25 years, according to an April 28 health system news release. She joined…
Chicago-based Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital has named Chris Lewis as CFO, according to an April 28 LinkedIn post. Mr. Lewis joins from UChicago Medicine, where he most recently served as director of finance operations, according to his profile. The…
H. John Pounardjian has been named chief financial and administrative officer of Rutgers Cancer Institute in New Brunswick, N.J., effective June 1. Mr. Pounardjian will also serve as deputy director for administration and planning, according to an April 28 news…
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine has named Drew Mahone executive director of revenue cycle and billing operations, according to a post on his LinkedIn page. In his new role, Mr. Mahone will oversee all back-end revenue cycle operations for Johns Hopkins…