Executive Moves

Linda Hoff is not your typical hospital CFO, and she very well could be the model of the new-age hospital CFO.

Temple, Texas-based Scott & White Health Plan, a division of Scott & White Healthcare, has appointed Scott Dickison its new CFO, according to an Austin Business Journal report.

Dyersburg (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center has named Ben Youree its permanent CEO effective immediately, according to a State Gazette Report.  

Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare has named Lisa Hedenstrom as the organization's first systemwide CNO, effective July 1.

North American Partners in Anesthesia this week acquired Norwich (Conn.) Anesthesia Associates, a medical practice providing anesthesiology services at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich.

Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in Jasper, Ga., has named Denise Ray as president and chief administrative officer, effective July 1.

The American Medical Association has inaugurated Jeremy Lazarus, MD, a Denver psychiatrist in private practice, as its 167th president.

Butler (Pa.) Health System has promoted Stephanie Roskovski to COO.

Jeffrey Hillebrand, COO of Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem, is retiring from his position to launch a healthcare consulting firm, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, Calif., has released CEO Linda Smith from her duties, according to a Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal report.