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76 Hospital & Health System Transactions Allegheny Health Network Emergency Medicine Management, a joint venture between Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network and Emergency Medicine Physicians, a physician-owned emergency department group, agreed to manage the emergency room and the hospitalists at Somerset (Pa.) Hospital. Allegiance Health in Jackson, Mich., signed a letter of intent to join Henry Ford Health System, a five-hospital sys- tem based in Detroit. e board of trustees of Alpena (Mich.) Regional Medical Center signed a letter of intent to partner with nonprofit Mid- Michigan Health in Midland, an affiliate of University of Michigan Health System. Maryville, Ill.-based Anderson Hospital and Staunton, Ill.-based Community Me- morial Hospital signed a letter of intent to form a partnership. Publicly traded investment manager Apollo Global Management signed a definitive agreement to acquire Regional- Care Hospital Partners, an eight-hospital system based in Brentwood, Tenn. Philadelphia-based Aria Health System and Philadelphia-based Jefferson — a newly formed organization that includes omas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health — signed a non-binding letter of intent, which will facilitate discussions toward integrating Aria into Jefferson Health. St. Louis-based Ascension signed a letter of intent with the Wheaton Franciscan Sisters for the transfer of all Southeast Wisconsin operations and related cor- porate services of Glendale, Wis.-based Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare to Ascen- sion Wisconsin. Ascension also expand- ed its footprint as Crittenton Hospital Medical Center, a 290-bed facility in Rochester, Mich., is now part of Ascen- sion Michigan. Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health, Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine, Fla., and Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick formed a regional alliance called Coastal Community Health. Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South Florida and Boynton Beach, Fla.-based Bethesda Health signed an agreement to merge. St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare and Me- morial Hospital in Belleville, Ill., final- ized the terms of their proposed strategic affiliation. Providence, R.I.-based Care New En- gland Health System is pursuing an affiliation with New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health System. For the third Foundation Surgical Hospital of San An- tonio appointed Blake Hubbard CEO. El Rio Community Hospital in Tucson, Ariz., named Nancy Johnson, PhD, CIO. A.O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta, N.Y., named Jeff Joyner president. Barry Katzen, MD, was named chief medical executive of the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, part of Coral Ga- bles-based Baptist Health South Florida. Northwest Florida Healthcare named Michael Kozar CEO of Northwest Florida Community Hospital in Chipley, Fla. As of Dec. 1, Richard Lofgren, MD, CEO of Cincinnati-based UC Health, will be the only CEO leading the health system. Kimberly Lumia, president and CEO of Sharon (Conn.) Hospital, was replaced. Bakersfield (Calif.) Heart Hospital ap- pointed Michelle Oxford president and CEO. Grand River Health in Rifle, Colo., promoted Anastasia Pemberton, RN, to CNO. Kendall Sawa, RN, CEO of Ilwaco, Wash.-based Ocean Beach Hospital, is leaving his post to take a new job as CEO of Providence Seaside Hospital in Seaside, Ore. Anthony "Tony" Spezia, president and CEO of Knoxville, Tenn.-based Cove- nant Health, will step down from his role March 31 and become CEO emeritus. Southwestern Medical Center in Lawton, Okla., named Jayne omas CNO. Indianapolis-based St. Vincent Health, a member of St. Louis-based Ascension Health, named Tom VanOsdol, president of the St. Vincent Anderson Northeast Region, as the new COO of clinically integrated systems of care for St. Vincent's HealthCare in Jacksonville, Fla. Littleton (Colo.) Adventist Hospital has a new CMO and COO. Alan Verrill, MD, was named CMO. Michael "Mike" Bren- del, RN, was named COO. Boulder (Colo.) Community Health appointed Robert Vissers, MD, president and CEO. Stillwater (Okla.) Medical Center named Denise Webber CEO. York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health named Carrie Willetts senior vice president for the health system and president of Well- Span Ephrata (Pa.) Community Hospital. Miami Cancer Institute at Coral Ga- bles-based Baptist Health South Florida, which is scheduled to open in 2016, ap- pointed Michael Zinner, MD, a founding CEO and executive medical director. n