Executive Moves

Salem, Va.-based LewisGale Regional Health System CEO Brian Baumgardner is retiring, effective June 1, according to The Roanoke Times.

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network named Allan Klapper, MD, president of the new 160-bed facility being built in Wexford, Pa.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health promoted Shannon Fiser to senior vice president of operations finance and Bob Barrett to CFO of its Western Group.

In a recent press release, GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, Inc., a leading technology-enabled provider of revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions, announced the appointment of Denise Cawley as Senior Vice President of Operations and Client Relations Management.

Waconia, Minn.-based Ridgeview Medical Center appointed Alvaro Sanchez, MD, its inaugural CMO.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital named Lori Pickens senior vice president and executive director of Smilow Cancer Hospital in New Haven, effective Aug. 6.

Two administrators — Vice President of Quality and Risk and Medical Staff Joan Sweet and Infusion Center and Health and Patient Safety Manager Nancy Seals — are no longer working at Carson City, Mich.-based Sparrow Carson Hospital, according to a…

Heart Hospital of Austin (Texas) tapped Michael Lopez, BSN, to serve as its new chief nursing officer.

Melbourne (Fla.) Regional Medical Center appointed Dale Armour CFO, according to a SpaceCoastDaily.com report.

Bay City, Texas-based Matagorda County Hospital District CEO Steve Smith resigned, effective May 1, according to a Bay City Tribune report.