Executive Moves

Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system CEO moves in the last week.

Intermountain Utah Valley Hospital in Provo appointed Kyle Hansen administrator.

Peggy White, chief of nursing at Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City, N.M., resigned Feb. 4, according to a Silver City Daily Press report.

Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health named Stephen M. Massini CEO, effective upon the retirement of Craig Hillemeier, MD, this year.

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health selected Erin Lewis to serve as senior vice president and general counsel.

Tom Urban, president and CEO of Mercy Health-Fairfield (Ohio) Hospital, retired March 1.

Cigna CEO David Cordani said in private that he regretted agreeing to merge with Anthem, despite publicly backing the deal as good for investors, Anthem lawyers alleged in court March 4, according to Bloomberg.

Medical City Plano (Texas) and Medical City Frisco (Texas) selected Parikshet Babber, MD, to serve as CMO.

Scotland Health Care System in Laurinburg, N.C., tapped David Pope to serve as senior vice president of operations and COO, effective March 4.

Abrazo Arrowhead Campus in Glendale, Ariz., appointed Omar Pineda, BSN, MSN, as COO, according to a YourValley.net report.