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78 Hospital & Health System Transactions Athens (Ga.) Regional Health System's board of directors agreed to discuss a potential partnership with Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare. After nearly 20 years under the owner- ship of for-profit hospital chains, Bartow (Fla.) Regional Medical Center was purchased by BayCare Health System, a nonprofit hospital network based in Clearwater, Fla. Baylor Scott & White Health and Tenet Healthcare, both based in Dallas, completed a joint venture to own five Texas hospitals. Horse Cave, Ky.-based Caverna Memo- rial Hospital became part of Bowling Green, Ky.-based The Medical Center, effective Jan. 1. Charlevoix (Mich.) Area Hospital offi- cially merged with Traverse City, Mich.- based Munson Healthcare. Dallas-based Christus Health signed an agreement with Coomeva Coopera- tiva Medica in Colombia, under which Christus will assume partial ownership of several Coomeva subsidiaries. Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg, N.Y., and River Hospital in Alexandria Bay, N.Y., entered into a cooperative agreement to affiliate under the name North Star Health Alliance. Subsidiaries of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems executed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the assets of Salem, N.J.-based The Hospital and Health System Executive Moves Mark Adams, MD, a board-certified gener- al and vascular surgeon, was named CMO of Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth. James Atkins, PharmD, was named CEO of Rutherfordton, N.C.-based Rutherford Regional Health System, a Duke LifePoint Healthcare facility, effective Feb. 8. Vishal Bhatia, MD, was appointed senior vice president and CMIO for Franklin, Tenn.-based Capella Healthcare, effective Jan. 1. Children's Health in Dallas made multiple leadership changes.David Biggerstaff was promoted to president of system clinical operations. Michele Chulick will become president of the newly formed Children's Health Ventures. Robert Morrow, MD, will become president of physician organi- zations and academic relations, in addition to his role as chief clinical officer. Peter Roberts will become president of popula- tion health and insurance services. Cleveland-based MetroHealth System ap- pointed Bernard Boulanger, MD, execu- tive vice president and chief clinical officer, effective March 1. Jeff Buckley was named interim CEO of Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Car- rollton, Ky. Christine Cassel, MD, president and CEO of the National Quality Forum, will leave her post March 1 to join the leader- ship team designing the new Kaiser Per- manente School of Medicine in Southern California. Patrick Chapman, EDD, was named CEO of Tippah County Hospital in Ripley, Miss. e University of Kentucky in Lexington hired Robert DiPaola, MD, as dean for the college of medicine. Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health appointed three executive leaders. Al Gatmaitan was named executive vice president and COO. Ryan Kitchell was named executive vice president and chief administrative officer. Kevin Armstrong was named chief mission and values officer. Joseph J. Guarracino was named senior vice president and CFO of White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital, effective Jan. 11. e Christ Hospital Health Network in Cincinnati named Scott Hamlin CFO. USC Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale, Calif., named Keith Hobbs CEO. David Koontz was named CEO of St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Ga., the 376-bed facility recently acquired by Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health. Kenneth McFarland, CEO of Mission Hospital, with locations in Mission Viejo, Calif., and Laguna Beach, Calif., will re- sign in Februrary. He will be replaced in the interim by Richard Afable, MD, pres- ident and CEO of St. Joseph Hoag Health in Newport Beach,Calif. David McQuaid's appointment as CEO of e Ohio State University Health Sys- tem, and COO of Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center, both in Columbus, took effect Feb. 1. Pikes Peak Regional Hospital in Woodland Park, Colo., named Kim Monjesky CEO. Cynthia Moore-Hardy, president and CEO of Painesville, Ohio-based Lake Health, was elected board chairwoman of the Ohio Hospital Association for 2016. Nathan Olson, president and CEO of St. Peter's Hospital in Helena, Mont., plans to resign from his post in May. Annette Phillips, president of ProMed- ica Monroe (Mich.) Regional Hospital, is resigning. Alecto Healthcare Services, the manage- ment company of Lancaster, Calif.-based Antelope Valley Hospital, appointed John Rossfeld CEO of the facility. Steve Salyer, COO of Indian River Medi- cal Center in Vero Beach, Fla., has le his position. Peggy Sebastian, MSN, was named pres- ident and CEO of Belleville, Ill.-based St. Elizabeth's Hospital, part of Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System. Hancock County Health System in Britt, Iowa, named Jeff Stampohar administra- tor and CEO. Milledgeville, Ga.-based Oconee Region- al Medical Center named Michael A. Vaughn interim CFO. David Wanger, CEO of Green Valley (Ariz.) Hospital, was scheduled to leave post Jan. 28. Trinity Health-New England, a member of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, named Scott Wolf, DO, president of Mer- cy Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., and its affiliated entities. n