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21 21 CEO / STRATEGY An ex-NFL player became a hospital CEO. Feds questioned his qualifications By Morgan Haefner T he CEO of North Tampa Behavioral Health did not meet the requirements to lead the Wesley Chapel, Fla.-based psychiatric hospital, according to a report cited by the Tampa Bay Times. Bryon Coleman Jr., the former CEO of North Tampa Behavioral, stepped down to take an- other position within Acadia Healthcare, the Franklin, Tenn.-based parent company of North Tampa Behavioral. In October 2019, lawmakers called on federal officials to look into North Tampa Behavioral aer the Tampa Bay Times published an in- vestigative report that found Mr. Coleman had no healthcare experience. e report also raised quality concerns, claiming North Tampa Behavioral boosted revenues by using a loophole in Florida's mental health law to hold some patients longer than a 72-hour limit. e hospital rejected the claims. In November, federal inspectors discovered serious problems at the psychiatric hospi- tal, according to the Tampa Bay Times. In- spectors said medical staff hadn't been held accountable for poor care. Inspectors also found "no evidence" that Mr. Coleman "met the education or experience requirements defined in the position description" for the CEO role. Officials threatened to end the fa- cility's federal funding if the issues aren't ad- dressed by Feb. 19. Mr. Coleman became CEO of Tampa Behav- ioral Health in 2018. Prior to that, he quar- terbacked for the Green Bay Packers practice squad, managed sales for a trucking company and oversaw employee benefits at an insur- ance firm, according to the Tampa Bay Times. In a statement to the Tampa Bay Times, a spokesperson from Acadia denied that fed- eral officials threatened to cut public funding from the hospital and said officials didn't find Mr. Coleman lacked requirements for his job. Glassdoor: Best places to work in healthcare for 2020 By Morgan Haefner G lassdoor released its list of "Best Places to Work" in 2020, and 14 hospi- tals and healthcare companies made the list. Six hospitals were named in the list of 100 companies, with Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center ranking above the other five. One healthcare com- pany, Intuitive Surgical, broke the ranking's top 10. Here are the 14 healthcare companies that made Glassdoor's annual list, with their accompanying ranking: 7. Intuitive Surgical (Sunnyvale, Calif.) 15. CoverMyMeds (Columbus, Ohio) 19. MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston) 28. Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.) 38. Bristol-Myers Squibb (New York City) 47. CHG Healthcare (Midvale, Utah) 62. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tenn.) 72. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston) 82. Trilogy Health Services (Louisville, Ky.) 86. Smile Brands (Irvine, Calif.) 87. Stryker (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 91. NYU Langone Health (New York City) 96. Epic (Verona, Wis.) 99. Northside Hospital (Atlanta) n Kroger plans to partner with more hospitals By Alia Paavola G rocery chain Kroger launched a healthcare initiative in No- vember 2019 that allows hos- pitals to use its stores to expand care offerings to patients, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier. The goal of the initiative, called Kro- ger 360care, is to help patients ac- cess lower-cost healthcare. As an extension of 360care, Kro- ger recently partnered with Ascen- sion St. Thomas Health in Nashville, Tenn., to expand healthcare access in Middle Tennessee. The grocer said in November 2019 that similar partnerships are in the works. "Collaborations and partnerships are key to transforming the way health- care is delivered in America," Col- leen Lindholz, president of Kroger Health, told the Courier. "Our vision at Kroger Health is to help people live healthier lives. This partnership is a great example of our vision in action." n