Executive Moves

Kapil Bhalla, MD, has resigned as director of the Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center, according to a report by the Augusta Chronicle.

Ball Memorial Hospital, part of Clarian Health, in Muncie, Ind., has named Richard Helsper as its new COO, according to a report by Inside Indiana Business.

Medical Center of Arlington (Texas) has named Winston Borland as its new president and CEO, effective Jan. 11, according to a report by the Dallas Business Journal.

Medical City Dallas (Texas) Hospital has named Erol Akdamar as its new president and CEO, effective Jan. 11, according to a report by the Dallas Business Journal.

Community Hospitals across the country face a large degree of uncertainty in 2010. In order to deal with these uncertainties, hospitals must operate efficiently, with patient and physician satisfaction at the top of their list of priorities. David Fox, CEO…

Officials from Wichita, Kan.-based Preferred Health Systems and Bethesda, Md.-based Coventry Health Care answered questions from the Kansas Insurance Department and members of the public at a hearing regarding PHS's possible sale to Coventry, according to the Wichita Business Journal.

St. Vincent Medical Center-North in Sherwood, Ark., has named Tim Osterholm as its new CEO, according to a report by Arkansas Business.

Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, Calif., has named Paul Beaupré, MD, a board-certified anesthesiologist, as its new CEO, effective Jan. 1, according to a report by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.

Paul F. DeChant, MD, has become CEO of Sutter Gould Medical Foundation, a 200-physician multi-specialty practice in Modesto, Calif., affiliated with Sutter Health, according to a release by Sutter Gould.

MountainView Regional Medical Center in Las Cruces, Calif., has named Denten Park as its new CEO, according to a report in the Las Cruces Sun-News.