Leadership & Management

Jim Paquette, president and CEO of St. Vincent Healthcare, a 286-bed hospital in Billings, Mont., will retire in May 2011, according to a report by KTVQ TV.

RegionalCare Hospital Partners has acquired 150-bed Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, Ohio, according to the Wilmington News Journal.

Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston has announced completion of a $240 million, 473,000-square-foot expansion, according to a release from the hospital.

Arizona Heart Institute, a physician-owned cardiology group based in Phoenix, has signed a letter of intent to merge with Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems, which operates the five-hospital Abrazo Health Care system, according to a report in The Arizona Republic.

WCA Hospital in Jamestown, N.Y., has reported $2.2 million in profits for 2009, according to The Post-Journal.

Memorial Hermann The Woodlands (Texas) Hospital has started a $104-million expansion project, according to Ultimate Woodlands.

Two years after his resignation, the former CEO of the University of Maryland Medical System is the subject of controversy over his $7.8 million pay package, according to a report in the Baltimore Sun.

Medical Properties Trust has entered into a new $450 million credit arrangement with a group of banks that will enable it to pursue more healthcare property acquisitions, according to a company press release. The new credit facility replaces an existing…

St. Joseph's Women's Hospital in Tampa, Fla., has announced a $75 million expansion that opens in fall 2012, according to a report by the Tampa Tribune.

Congressional Democrats are ready to scrap a proposed five-year Medicare physician fee fix, meaning that Congress is back to passing month-by-month patches to keep a looming 21.3 percent fee cut from going into effect, according to a report by Politico.