Melissa Fausnaugh, MSN, RN, has been appointed chief nursing officer of OhioHealth Berger Hospital in Circleville, Ohio, effective Dec. 7. Ms. Fausnaugh has served as the hospital’s director of operations since May 2024. In that role, she helped further integrate…
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Steve Purves, president and CEO of Phoenix-based Valleywise Health, will retire when his contract ends in October 2026, after 12 years leading Arizona’s only public teaching hospital and safety-net system, according to a Dec. 10 news release. Mr. Purves joined…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has appointed Kevin Hammons as CEO and Jason Johnson as executive vice president and CFO, effective Dec. 12. Both Mr. Hammons and Mr. Johnson have been serving in these roles on an interim basis since…
Jane McCurley, DNP, RN, will retire from her role as chief nursing officer of San Antonio-based Methodist Healthcare in February. Dr. McCurley has spent 40 years in nursing. She joined Methodist Healthcare in 2017 as CNO for Methodist Hospital and…
Miranda Garvin has been named president of UofL Health-Frazier Rehabilitation Institute in Louisville, Ky., effective Dec. 7. Dr. Garvin has nearly 15 years of experience in rehabilitation services and began her career as a physical therapist at Frazier Rehab, according…
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Richard Becker, MD, has been appointed CEO of Aspen (Colo.) Valley Health, effective Jan. 26. Dr. Becker brings nearly 30 years of healthcare leadership experience to the role, according to a Dec. 9 health system news release shared with Becker’s.…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is a 190-hospital, for-profit system that reported $70.6 billion in revenues in 2024. Here are the CFO and assistant CFO leadership changes the system and its affiliates have seen in 2025: 1. Tyler Bodiford was appointed CFO of…
Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health has appointed John Hollingsworth, MD, as the system’s inaugural chief quality officer. Dr. Hollingsworth most recently served as chief quality officer of UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville and UF Health Physicians, according to a Dec.…
Alan B. Miller Medical Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., has named MaryJo McPhail as COO. Ms. McPhail brings more than 25 years of healthcare leadership experience, including oversight of large-scale hospital operations and capital projects, according to a Dec.…
Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System appointed Lauren Respress, BSN, RN, as system director of accountable care services. Ms. Respress had served in the role on an interim basis since August. In her permanent position, she will lead population health,…