Executive Moves

Bridgton (Maine) Hospital has named R. David Frum its new president, according to a Sun Journal report.

Stanford (Calif.) Hospital & Clinics has named Mike Peterson interim CEO, following the resignation of former CEO Martha Marsh, according to a San Francisco Business Times report.

Alfred B. Knight, MD, president and CEO of Scott & White Healthcare, based in Temple, Texas, has announced his retirement, according to a Scott & White news release.

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Under Dennis Keefe's leadership, the Cambridge (Mass.) Health Alliance has grown to a $1 billion integrated healthcare delivery system. In his eight years as CEO, Mr. Keefe has led the system in adding a new emergency department at its Whidden…

Health Management Associates has selected Steve Patonai to lead Wuesthoff Health System in Rockledge, Fla., according to a Florida Today report.

David Doerr, president and CEO of Union Hospital in Terre Haute, Ind., has announced his resignation effective Sept. 1, according to a Tribune Star report.

Anesthesiologist Wallace Reed, MD, cofounder of the nation's first ASC in Phoenix, Ariz., has received the 2010 Health Care Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award from the Phoenix Business Journal, according to a news release from the Ambulatory Surgery Foundation.

When 25-year lessee Health Management Associates leaves The Fishermen's Hospital in Marathon, Fla., next summer, the board will decide whether to keep CEO Kim Bassett, according to a Keys Net report.

In its June report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission called for the Department of Health and Human Services to modify the current payment system so that academic medical centers must meet explicit performance goals before receiving funds for…