Rebecca Cooper-Piela, APRN, has been promoted to senior vice president and chief quality officer of Southern New Hampshire Health, based in Nashua, N.H. In her expanded role, Ms. Cooper-Piela will lead systemwide efforts to improve quality and safety, oversee accreditation…
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Erin Smith, RN, has been named COO of Jefferson Community Health & Life in Fairbury, Neb. Ms. Smith has been with the organization since 2003, according to a Nov. 10 hospital news release. She began as a registered nurse in…
Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health has named Mary Beth Remorenko senior vice president of revenue cycle, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. Ms. Remorenko previously served as vice president of revenue cycle operations at Mass General Brigham…
Richard Scheinblum was appointed president and CEO of Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough, N.H., effective in February, according to a Dec. 9 hospital news release shared with Becker’s. Mr. Scheinblum is a veteran of Monadnock Community Hospital, currently serving as…
Gerald “Jerry” Staley has been named CHRO of Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health, according to a Dec. 5 LinkedIn post. Prior to his new role, Mr. Staley served as director of human resources for Cook County, Ill., according to his LinkedIn…
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Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center in La Junta, Colo., has named Ronald Hogan as CEO, effective Nov. 24. Mr. Hogan served as interim CEO of the 25-bed critical access hospital for the past four months, according to a Dec. 9…
Hospitals and health systems are reshaping their leadership teams, including by adding inaugural roles to their C-suites. Here are the new roles hospitals and health systems have added since Sept. 15: 1. Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health appointed John Hollingsworth, MD,…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has named Virginia Tenpenny its vice president of community engagement, effective Jan. 12. Ms. Tenpenny will succeed Joanne Pulles, who is retiring after 26 years with HCA, according to a Dec. 9 news release. In her…
St. Paul, Minn.-based Gillette Children’s has appointed Kelly Morse Nowicki as executive vice president of operations and COO. Ms. Nowicki brings more than two decades of healthcare leadership experience to the role, including more than 20 years at Rochester, Minn.-based…
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has named Carrie Owen Plietz as group senior vice president and COO of care delivery. In this newly created role, Ms. Owen Plietz will oversee hospital operations, pharmacy services, nursing, continuum of care, and consumer and…