Executive Moves

Here are five statistics about physician locum tenens employment, based on a 2009 study by LocumTenens.com

The chairman of the board and the administrator of 50-bed Homer (La.) Hospital have been dismissed by the mayor of Homer, who oversees the hospital, according to the Shreveport Times.

St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nev., has named John Deakyne as vice president and CFO, according to a report by the Reno Gazette-Journal.

Philip Pandolph has been named CEO of Meadville (Pa.) Medical Center, according to a report by the Erie Times-News.

Bruce Jensen will step down as CEO of St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center in Ketchum, Idaho, to oversee construction of a replacement for a sister hospital, according to a report by the Idaho Mountain Express and Guide.

William H. Flannagan, CEO of Sentara Healthcare's Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge, Va., has announced he will retire on April 23, according to a report by the News & Messenger.

Jim Geist has been named the new CEO at 110-bed Capital Medical Center in Olympia, Wash., according to a report by the News Tribune.

Herb Schultz has been named director for HHS Region IX, which oversees California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam and other U.S. possessions in the Pacific, according to a report by the San Francisco Business Times.

Bruce Jensen, CEO of St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center in Ketchum, Idaho, will leave the hospital to serve as interim vice president of operations for St. Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center in Twin Falls, Idaho, according to a…

While some see the ban on new physician-owned hospitals in the healthcare reform bill as an impediment to industry growth, to at least some existing hospitals there is a silver lining, according to a report in the Sioux City Journal.