Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus health system has ended its plan to help fund the development of the Wisconsin College of Osteopathic Medicine, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
Executive Moves
January 2011 marks the highest monthly total of CEO turnovers since May 2010, with the healthcare industry leading with the most departures, according to a Challenger, Gray & Christmas news release.
Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Ill., has appointed Debra Susie-Lattner, MD, MBA, as vice president of medical management, effective Feb. 20, according to a Chicago Tribune Local report.
Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus, N.J. has announced Lynn McVey as president and CEO.
Darwin Remboldt has announced his immediate retirement as president of Simi Valley (Calif.) Hospital, according to a Ventura County Star report.
Kendall Regional Medical Center in Miami, owned by Nashville-based Hospital Corporation of America, has announced Elizabeth Durrence as COO.
Ocala (Fla.) Health System, owned by Nashville-based Hospital Corporation of America, has named Randall McVay as CEO, according to an Ocala Star-Banner report.
LifePoint Hospitals' chief medical officer Lanny Copeland, MD, has been appointed to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment.
Former president and CEO of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, William Schubert, MD, has died, according to a Business Courier report.
Sunnyside (Wash.) Community Hospital has named Bob Brendgard as interim CEO after the retirement of CEO Jon Smiley, according to a Yakima Herald-Republic report.