Executive Moves

Kalispell (Mont.) Regional Healthcare named Pamela Robertson CEO, effective Sept. 15.

Kevin Counihan, the former CEO of Healthcare.gov, will join St. Louis-based insurer Centene as regional vice president in charge of Midwestern health plans, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

New Canaan, Conn.-based Silver Hill Hospital has appointed John Santopietro, MD, president and medical director, according to New Canaan Patch.

University of New Mexico (Albuquerque) Hospitals CEO Steve McKernan will retire effective October 1, according to the Albuquerque Journal.

Todd Ostendorf, CFO of Minneapolis-based Children's Minnesota, resigned July 28 in the wake of a public showdown between the hospital and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, according to the Star-Tribune

Terry Collins, CFO of Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital retired Tuesday, according to The Aspen Times.

The following hospital and health system CFO moves were reported by Becker's Hospital Review since July 20.

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

Minneapolis-based Children's Minnesota has named Emily Chapman, MD, CMO and vice president of medical affairs.

Robert Min, MD, has been named CEO of New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine's Physician Organization effective January 1, while Adam Stracher, MD, has been named CMO.