Leadership & Management

David Green, CEO of El Centro (Calif.) Regional Medical Center, has announced plans to retire in July.

University of Miami Hospital has appointed David Zambrana, DNP, MBA, RN, as CEO.

Memorial Hospital of Salem (N.J.) County has selected K. Ryan Jensen as CEO, effective May 19, according to a South Jersey Times report.

Dr. John Warner Hospital in Clinton, Ill., has selected John Winenger as interim CEO, according to a report by The Pantagraph.

Paul Hopkins, CFO of Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital in Columbia, Mo., has been promoted to assistant director, according to a Columbia Tribune report.

Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has appointed Alex Fernandez as CFO.

Ed Johlman, CFO of Sheridan (Wyo.) Memorial Hospital, has stepped down from his role to accept another position, according to a Sheridan Media report.

The following hospital mergers, acquisitions and general transactions took place within the past week, beginning with the most recent.

Brooklyn Health Partners Development Group has filed a lawsuit against the State University of New York concerning the operation of Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y., according to a New York Daily News report.

 CMS has released a proposed rule that would increase hospice payments by 1.3 percent, or $230 million, in fiscal year 2015.