Executive Moves

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.

Timothy Wick, CEO of Howard County Medical Center in St. Paul, Neb., has resigned, according to a report by the Grand Island Independent.

Chelva Kumar, vice president, CFO and corporate responsibility officer of Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, Calif., has resigned, according to a news release by the hospital.

Daniel Knell, interim CEO at 72-bed Bartow (Fla.) Regional Medical Center since early March, has accepted the job permanently, according to a report by the Ledger.

Charles Johnston has resigned as administrator of 64-bed Pauls Valley (Okla.) General Hospital, according to a report by the Pauls Valley Democrat.

Kindred Healthcare has named Benjamin A. Breier, currently president of its hospital division, as its new COO, according to a release by Kindred.