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EXECUTIVE
NOTES
Hospital CEO Turnover
Rate in 2015 Among
Highest Reported in 20
Years
By Kelly Gooch
H
ospital CEO turnover in 2015 held steady at 18 percent, ac-
cording to a recent report by the American College of Health-
care Executives.
at's less than the record high of 20 percent in 2013, but equal to
that reported in 2014 and still among the highest rates reported in the
past two decades.
"Our data show a continuation of the elevated CEO turnover rates
we have seen over the past several years," Deborah J. Bowen, ACHE's
president and CEO, said in a prepared statement. "e continuing
trend of consolidation among organizations, the emergence of new
models of care, retirement of leaders from the baby boomer era as
well as movement of CEOs within health systems may all be contrib-
uting factors. e high level of change taking place in hospital C-suites
underscores the importance of organizations having well-developed
succession plans to manage changes in senior leadership roles to en-
sure success in today's environment."
ACHE's CEO turnover rates are based on changes in an organization's
CEO as reported to the American Hospital Association.
According to the ACHE, the highest hospital CEO turnover rates in
2015 occurred in Missouri (30 percent), Washington, D.C. (29 per-
cent), Alaska (28 percent), Nevada (27 percent) and Oregon (26 per-
cent). e lowest hospital CEO turnover rates in 2015 were found
in Michigan (12 percent), Illinois (12 percent), Maine (9 percent),
Wisconsin (7 percent) and Puerto Rico (2 percent). n
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