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16 CEO / STRATEGY HCA reorganizing operations By Kelly Gooch H CA Healthcare, a for-profit hospital operator based in Nashville, Tenn., is undergoing a reorganization that includes forming a third operating group. HCA announced the change in an Oct. 25 news release. e news release states that the change takes effect Jan. 1 and "is designed to enhance alignment with the company's strategy, streamline areas that can improve long-term performance, and provide greater focus and better coordination to support the business." As part of the change, Jon Foster, president of HCA's American Group, will be promoted to executive vice president and COO, and Mike Marks, vice president of financial operations support, will be promoted to senior vice president of finance. Mr. Marks will report to Mr. Foster. Mr. Foster will focus on growth and operational support areas, and Mr. Marks will focus on Parallon, which provides full-service revenue cycle management for HCA, as well as other areas such as case management and HCA's financial resiliency program, according to the company's news release. HCA said Mr. Marks and Mr. Foster will also play key roles in the company's transition into three operations groups, which will each have five domestic divisions. e transition includes the following promotions: • Erol Akdamar, president of the North Texas division, will be promoted to president of the American group (Gulf Coast, San Antonio, North Texas, Central West Texas and continental divisions). • Tim McManus, president of the capital division, will be promoted to president of the national group (capital, North Carolina, TriStar, mountain, and far west divisions) following Chuck Hall's retirement. • Richard Hammett, president of the North Florida division, will be promoted to president of the Atlantic group (West Florida, East Florida, North Florida, South Atlantic, and mid America divisions). Division leadership changes include: • Brian Cook, president of the far west division, will become president of the North Florida division. • Jackie Van Blaricum, CEO of Riverside (Calif.) Community Hospital, will be promoted to president of the far west division. • Allen Harrison, president of the San Antonio division, will be Patients, providers prefer these 27 health systems 2 to 1 over competitors By Alexis Kayser W ebMD and Medscape announced their 2022 Choice Awards on Nov. 10, recognizing hospitals that are preferred by patients and providers across five speciality areas: oncology, cardiology, orthopedics, neurology and gastroenterology. To gather data, WebMD randomly intercepted relevant conditions and audiences on its website and provided 1,000 to 1,500 viewers per specialty area with a live poll; responses were geo-located to gather market information. Physicians were targeted via an email from Medscape, and 250 to 300 survey replies were gathered per specialty. The WebMD Elite Award was given to health systems which patients and physicians preferred 2 to 1 over local competitors in at least one specialty area. The following 27 met those criteria: 1. City of Hope (Duarte, Calif.) 2. Cleveland Clinic 3. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston) 4. Duke Health (Durham, N.C.) 5. Emory Healthcare (Atlanta) 6. Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City) 7. Houston Methodist 8. Huntsman Cancer Institute (Salt Lake City) 9. Indiana University Health (Indianapolis) 10. Johns Hopkins Medicine (Baltimore) 11. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston) 12. Mayo Clinic-Arizona (Phoenix) 13. Mayo Clinic-Minnesota (Rochester) 14. MD Anderson (Houston) 15. Memorial Sloan Kettering (New York City) 16. Moffitt Cancer Center (Tampa, Fla.) 17. Northwestern Medicine (Chicago) 18. Ochsner Health (New Orleans) 19. Oregon Health & Science University (Portland, Ore.) 20. Penn Medicine (Philadelphia) 21. Rothman Orthopedic Institute (Philadelphia) 22. Seattle Cancer Care Alliance 23. Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital 24. UCHealth (Aurora, Colo.) 25. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 26. UW Medicine (Seattle) 27. Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health n