Executive Moves

Edmond (Okla.) Medical Center has named Jordan Herget as CEO of the 81-bed hospital, according to a report by the Oklahoman.

John Wood, interim CEO, and Carolyn Peters, chairwoman of the board of directors, resigned their positions at Dr. John Warner Hospital in Clinton, Ill., according to a report in the Bloomington Pantagraph.

William Murray, CEO of Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (Kan.) Health System has announced he will retire, effective June 2011, according to a report by the Denver Business Journal.

Stephen Leurck, CEO of Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka, Ill., has resigned, according to a report by the Daily Journal.

Alexander Hatala, president and CEO of Camden, N.J.-based Lourdes Health System has resigned, according to a report by the Burlington County Times.

Keith Granger, who currently serves as interim CEO, has been named as the permanent CEO of Birmingham, Ala.'s Trinity Medical Center, according to a report in the Dothan Eagle.

Marshalltown (Iowa) Medical & Surgical Center has named Brian Burnside as its next CEO, according to a report by the Times-Republican.

1. Promise fades for more paying patients. The health reform bill was going to vastly expand the number of paying patients, but hospitals still would have had to wait three or four years to see a big spurt in paying…

Provisions to postpone a Medicare fee cut for physicians and possibly other health-related measures have been removed from the Senate jobs bill, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.

Chuck Hofius, former CEO of Perham (Minn.) Memorial Hospital will return to the hospital to serve as CEO once again, according to a report by the Detroit Lakes Tribune.