Executive Moves

CEO Peter J. Betts has resigned from Johnson Memorial Medical Center in Stafford Springs, Conn., according to a Hartford Business Journal report.

CEO Lance Jones is leaving Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center in Hartsville, S.C., on April 26 to take a new position with the Center's operator, Health Management Associates, according to an SCNOW.com report.

CEO Bernie Mattingly will retire from Cookeville (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center on May 1, according to a Herald-Citizen report.

The following hospital executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent.

A bill in the North Carolina Senate would place a moratorium on Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health System's affiliations with other hospitals or physicians until the end of the year or until the state can implement a price cap, according to…

CEO Maria Montanaro is leaving Thundermist Health Center in Woonsocket, R.I., on June 17 to join her husband in Des Moines, Iowa, according to her letter to the hospital.

Sanford Health Network, based in Fargo, N.D., and Sioux Falls, S.D., has named Gordon Larson the first CEO for its new Sanford Aberdeen (S.D.) Medical Center, effective May 23, according to a hospital news release.

San Antonio Community Hospital in Upland, Calif., has named Harris F. Koenig president and CEO, effective in June, according to a Daily Bulletin report.

Feather River Hospital in Paradise, Calif., part of Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health, has named Kevin Erich president and CEO effective May 16, according to an Adventist news release.

Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health Care has named Douglas Brown interim president and CEO of its Marlborough (Mass.) Hospital, according to a hospital news release.