Executive Moves

Michael H. Schnieders has been named president and CEO Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Neb., a 233-bed facility that is part of Catholic Health Initiatives, according to a release from Good Samaritan.

Robert Bills has been named CEO of 150-bed Encino (Calif.) Hospital Medical Center and 153-bed Sherman Oaks (Calif.) Hospital, according to a report by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal.

Missouri State Sen. Charlie Shields will be stepping down as senate president pro tem to become CEO of 102-bed Truman Medical Center-Lakewood in Kansas City, Mo., according to a report by the Examiner.

Quincy (Mass.) Medical Center has named John Kastanis as its interim CEO, according to a report by the Patriot Ledger.

Terry Deis has been named the next CEO at Parma (Ohio) General Hospital, according to a news release by the hospital.

Lee Ann Liska, former executive director of University Hospital in Cincinnati, has been named COO of Mercy Health Partners, according to a report by the Business Courier.

Via Christi Health has named Kevin Strecker as CEO for its new 68-bed West Wichita, Kan., hospital, which opens in August, according to a report by the Wichita Business Journal.

Jennifer D. Alderfer has been appointed CEO of 157-bed North Suburban Medical Center in Thornton, Colo., operated by HCA-HealthOne, a joint venture of HCA and the Colorado Health Foundation, according to a release from North Suburban.

Palm Drive Hospital in Sebastopol, Calif., has named its second interim CEO, following a bankruptcy filing and cancelling the appointment of a permanent CEO, according to a report by the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.

Alice Coombs, MD, of Sharon, Mass., an anesthesiologist and critical care physician at South Shore Hospital, has been named as president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, according to a report in The Boston Herald.