Executive Moves

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama named Tim Vines president and COO, and future CEO.

West Burlington, Iowa-based Great River Health Systems tapped Matthew Wenzel to serve as president and CEO, effective Jan. 2, 2018.

Jennie M. Melham Memorial Medical Center in Broken Bow, Neb., selected Veronica Schmidt to serve as CEO, effective Jan. 15, 2018, according to a Sandhills Express report.

Louisville-based KentuckyOne Health appointed Terrence G. Deis president of both Saint Joseph Berea (Ky.) and Saint Joseph Mount Sterling (Ky.), effective immediately.

Norman (Okla.) Regional Health System appointed Todd Swearingen, DO, medical director of its employed physician clinics, according to a report by The Oklahoman.

St. Bernard Parish Hospital in Chalmette, La., named Kimberly Keene, RN, CEO.

The MetroHealth System in Cleveland named Larry Chadwick vice president of hospital operations.

The National Quality Forum named Marc Charon chief financial operating officer.

Becker's Hospital Review reported on the following hospital and health system executive moves in the last week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.

Burrell Behavioral Health in Springfield, Mo., tapped C.J. Davis, MD, to serve as president and CEO, according to a Sedalia Democrat report.