Jackson, Tenn.-based West Tennessee Healthcare has named Jeff Blankenship as its new vice president and CFO, according to a report by the Jackson Sun.
Executive Moves
Martha Marsh plans to step down as president and CEO of California's Stanford Hospital & Clinics Aug. 31, according to a report in the San Francisco Business Times.
Eric Deaton, the new CEO of 350-bed Danville (Va.) Regional Medical Center, said he opposes plans by Centra Health, a four-hospital system based in Lynchburg, Va., to start an ED in Danville, according to a report by ABC 13 TV.
South Central Kansas Regional Medical Center, a 33-bed facility in Arkansas City, Kan., has fired its interim CEO, Phyllis Macy-Mills, according to a report by the Arkansas City Traveler.
Steve Loveless, interim CEO of Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Neb., has resigned and will not be considered as a candidate for permanent CEO, according to a report by KHAS News.
The CEO of Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System in San Jose, Calif., has resigned, following reports of disagreements over budget cuts with the physician who runs the county, according to a report in the Mercury News.
Manatee Memorial Health System in Bradenton, Fla., has named Kevin DiLallo as its new CEO, according to a report by the Herald Tribune.
Mike Liepman has begun his position as the new CEO of Valley General Hospital in Munroe, Wash., according to a report by the Snohomish County Business Journal.
Hospital Sisters Health System has named Andrew J. Bagnall as the new president and CEO of St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan, Wis., effective March 15, according to a report by the Sheboygan Press.
Although New England Baptist Hospital has escaped major job and service cuts since 2003, CEO Patricia L. Hannon warns that that the hospital may have to "contract" in some areas, according to a report by the Boston Globe.