Mr. Benedict is responsible for planning, direction and coordination of the network’s day-to-day operations and long-range clinical strategy across AHN’s entire Western Pennsylvania service footprint. He previously served as AHN’s COO, responsible for strategic and operational management. In his role, Mr. Benedict was one of the chief architects of the network’s successful operational turnaround and its nearly $2 billion capital investment and market expansion strategy. He was also a key leader of the organization’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Over his more than 30 years in healthcare, Mr. Benedict has extensive experience in physician practice management, ambulatory operations and hospital operations, serving in executive leadership roles in the nonprofit, public, academic and international medical settings.
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