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35 EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP Health Network. In his position, Mr. Sparta has led the development of HackensackUHN's population health program and accountable care services. He facilitates strong partner- ships internally with the HackensackAlliance ACO leadership and the medical executive community as well as with external community health agencies, nursing home facilities and other entities. Prior to his current position, which he took over in May, he spent eight years as HackensackUHN's vice president of clinical services and senior operations officer. He le that position in November 2014 to serve as acting CEO of Hacken- sackUMC at Pascack Valley. He has a clinical background as a physical therapist and helped lead the development of Fitness & Wellness Powered by the Giants, a fitness and wellness center available to members and patients. Barbara A. Walters, DO. Executive Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer of Trinity Health (Livonia, Mich.). Dr. Walters is responsible for continuing the development and implementation of the strategic initia- tives that will create Trinity Health's approach to population health management. She is also a key system representative and spokesperson with external stakeholders (payer relationships, governmental advocacy and public health policy) for popu- lation health activities. In addition, Dr. Walters is responsible for Trinity Health's physician network operations. She joined Trinity Health from Dartmouth-Hitchcock in New Hamp- shire, where she was executive medical director. ere, she was deeply involved in Dartmouth's population health management work and led the development of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Pioneer ACO, as well as a three-state Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs. She was also responsible for the operation of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Community Group Practices, which included more than 400 providers. Dr. Walters has also worked as an adjunct clinical professor at the Geisel School of Medi- cine at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., and as a psychia- trist at Kaiser and Wake Mental Health Center in Raleigh, N.C. Stacey Youcis. Senior Vice President of Service Lines and Population Health for Lancaster (Pa.) General Health. In her role, Ms. Youcis works closely with execu- tive and physician leaders to provide vision, leadership and operational oversight of LG Health's seven major service lines. She is accountable for each of the service lines' financial perfor- mance, operational efficiency and quality improvement to meet targeted clinical and operating outcomes. She has an extensive clinical background in radiology, cardiology and emergency medicine. Ms. Youcis has served in various leadership capac- ities for nearly 25 years including educator, project manager, chief technologist, manager, director, administrative director, assistant vice president and vice president. She previously served as vice president of operations at Lancaster (Pa.) Gener- al Hospital and held executive responsibility for all periopera- tive areas across the health system, endoscopy services, healthy weight management program, the musculoskeletal service line and the neuroscience service line. n And Then There Was One: 11 CEOs Who Moved Up or Out After Mergers By Emily Rappleye A s hospitals consolidate, so must the C-suite. Aer mergers and acquisitions, many top executives leave by choice, some retire and others are appointed to different roles within the expanded organi- zation. e following 11 executives resigned, retired or moved to a new position following a merger with another hospital or health system in the past year. Some of the below deals are still pending regulatory approval, but leadership posi- tions have been determined. 1. Randee Reynolds, former president and CEO of Parkview Adventist Medical Center (Bruns- wick, Maine). Parkview declared chapter 11 bankrupt- cy in June and officially merged in August with Mid Coast Health Services, also based in Brunswick. Parkview's for- mer top executive, Randee Reynolds, was appointed to stay on as vice president of community health and integration for the merged healthcare system, now called Mid Coast- Parkview Health. 2. Thomas Beeman, PhD, former president and CEO of Lancaster (Pa.) General Health. Aer a more than a decade at the helm of LG Health, Dr. Beeman was appointed COO of regional operations for University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia. He changed roles about a week aer LG Health became a member of UPHS. 3. Judith Maness, former president and CEO of Mount St. Mary's Hospital (Lewiston, N.Y.). Ms. Maness retired June 30 following the completion of Mount St. Mary's merger with Catholic Health, a joint venture be- tween St. Louis-based Ascension Health, Livonia, Mich.- based Trinity Health and the Diocese of Buffalo. She stayed on to help create and implement a formal transition plan. EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

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