Executive Moves

Mercy, a 33-hospital system based in Chesterfield, Mo., has let go three of its top finance executives.

Joseph Wilczek, CEO of Tacoma, Wash.-based Franciscan Health System and senior vice president for divisional operations of Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives, announced plans to retire, effective Jan. 12, 2015.

Melvin Fahs, CEO of Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio, has announced plans to retire.

Barbara Cliff, CEO of Windber (Pa.) Medical Center, is stepping down from her position in a mutual agreement with the hospital, according to a report by The Tribune-Democrat.

Decatur, Ga.-based DeKalb Medical has selected Jim Forstner as senior vice president and chief strategy officer, according to a news release.

Brewer-based Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems has selected Robert Thompson, MD, as senior vice president and CMO, effective May 5.

Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala., has named Sarah Dudley COO, according to a Birmingham Business Journal report.

  Northern Inyo Hospital in Bishop, Calif., selected Victoria Alexander-Lane as CEO, effective July 2014. Ochsner St. Anne Hospital in Raceland, La., selected Tim Allen as CEO. Marquette (Mich.) General Hospital named Ed Banos CEO. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist…

Erik Swensson, MD, CMO of Franklin, Tenn.-based Capella Healthcare, announced plans to retire, effective Feb. 28.

Kim Harving, Andy McFaddin, MD, and Kay Raffield, PhD, have resigned from their positions on the Sumter, S.C.-based Tuomey Healthcare System Board of Trustees, according to a report by The Sumter Item.