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Executive Moves

Richard Hachten, one of the founders of Alegent Health in Omaha, Neb., has agreed to stay on indefinitely as CEO and president after returning to the system last fall to improve physician-hospital relationships, according to a report by the Omaha…

Anesthesiologist Adam Owen, MD, has joined Mercy Hospital in Roseburg, Ore., according to The Portland Press Herald, and Ben Swoboda, MD, has joined Capital Medical Anesthesia in Helena, Mont. according to the Independent Record.

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In response to increased demand for physician practice management consulting services, physician practice management and consulting firm Halley Consulting Group in Westerville, Ohio, has added Linda Ried Forbes and James Hayes as practice consultants.

As president and CEO of Healthcare Management Association, Gary Newsome heads a company primed to expand its influence over hospitals and providers. In early July, he helped HMA acquire a 60 percent controlling interest in three Florida Shands HealthCare hospitals…

The chair of the board of trustees at the Beaufort County Medical Center in Washington, N.C., has unexpectedly resigned, following the resignation of former BCMC CEO Bill Bedsole at the end of June, according to a report by WTN.

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