Health Management Associates' Natchez (Miss.) Community Hospital has named Donald R. "Donny" Rentfro as its new CEO, according to a report by the Natchez Democrat.
Executive Moves
Robin Lake, president and CEO of North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison, Ark., will chair the governing council of the Section for Small or Rural Hospitals of the American Hospital Association, according to a release by the AHA.
Bellevue, Wash.-based PeaceHealth, a regional health system that serves communities in Alaska, Washington and Oregon, has named Kevin Walstrom as its new senior vice president and CFO, according to a PeaceHealth news release.
James J. Bleicher, MD, has been appointed the new president of Verde Valley Medical Center in Cottonwood, Ariz., according to a report in The Verde Independent.
Austin Cleveland, CEO of struggling Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol Township, Pa., has resigned, according to a report by the Philadelphia Business Journal.
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Nancy Schmid, CEO of East Morgan County Hospital in Brush, Colo., has resigned, according to a report by the Fort Morgan Times.
Shelby (N.C.) Anesthesiology Associates has merged with Charlotte, N.C.-based Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants, according to a report in the Charlotte Business Journal.
Moses Taylor Health Care System in Peckville, Pa., has named Karen M. Murphy, RN, PhD, as its new president and CEO, according to a report by the Abington Journal.
CEO Jeff Selberg and several other executives of Exempla Healthcare in Denver have been ousted following transfer of control of the four-hospital system to the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System, according to the Denver Business Journal.
Financially troubled Boston Medical Center has named Kate Walsh as its new president and CEO, according to a report by the Boston Globe.