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57 Hospital and Health System Transactions Brentwood, Tenn.-based RCCH HealthCare Partners — the parent company of Florence, Ala.-based Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital — and the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System partnered to construct a comprehensive cancer treatment center. Henderson, Ky.-based Methodist Hospital Interim President and CEO Benny Nolen said the hospital still aims to partner with Deaconess, a six-hospital system in Evansville, Ind. Columbia, S.C.-based Palmetto Health and Greenville (S.C.) Health System declared their intent to integrate June 15. Foundation Health Partners, which owns Fairbanks (Alaska) Memorial Hospital, became a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network June 13. Prestonsburg, Ky.-based Highlands Regional Medical Center affiliated with the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center in Lexington. Louisville, Ky.-based Robley Rex VA Medical Center may relocate to one of two properties recently put up for sale by KentuckyOne Health, also in Louisville. Washington (Pa.) Health System revealed plans to form a clinically integrated network with Pittsburgh-based St. Clair Hospital, Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health and Butler (Pa.) Health System. Community Health Center of Branch County President and CEO Randy DeGroot said the hospital's sale to Toledo, Ohio- based ProMedica will be delayed until at least January 2018 to accommodate the passing of state legislation to make the hospital a nonprofit entity. Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine will likely finalize its partnership agreement with Crystal Lake, Ill.-based Centegra Health System by the end of the year. Batesville, Ark.-based White River Health System partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Hospital and Health Systems Executive Moves Cincinnati-based Mercy Health named Ken James interim CEO of Anderson Hospital in Cincinnati and Clermont Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. Abilene, Kan.-based Memorial Health System appointed Harold Courtois CEO, effective July 24. Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Hospital tapped Dan Woods to serve as CEO. Joanne M. Conroy, MD, will serve as the new president and CEO of Lebanon, N.H.- based Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Dartmouth- Hitchcock Health. Estes Park (Colo.) Medical Center named Tim Cashman CFO. Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor, Maine, appointed Stuart Davidson, MD, CMO. Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System named Jeffrey J. Graham president and CEO, effective July 31. Manchester, Iowa-based Regional Medical Center hired Charles Button to serve as CEO, effective Aug. 28. Casper-based Wyoming Medical Center tapped Michele Chulick, BSN, to lead as president and CEO, effective Aug. 1. Palm Beach Gardens (Fla.) Medical Center selected Dianne Goldenberg to serve as CEO. Medical City McKinney (Texas) selected Steven Kaster, MD, to serve as CMO. Bayfront Health-St. Petersburg (Fla.) CEO Kathryn Gillette will retire in August. Ronald R. Peterson, president of Baltimore- based Johns Hopkins Health System, will retire at the end of the year. Helena, Mont.-based St. Peter's Hospital tapped Wade Johnson to lead as CEO, effective July 31. Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System named Janice Polo executive vice president and permanent CFO. Dignity Health St. Bernardine Medical Center in San Bernardino, Calif., selected Douglas Kleam to serve as president. Sallisaw, Okla.-based Sequoyah Memorial Hospital Administrator/CEO Debbie Knoke retired in June. Charleston, S.C.-based Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital selected Stephen Porter to serve as CEO, effective July 10. Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth (Mass.) selected Kevin Coughlin to serve as president and CEO on a permanent basis, effective June 12. Massillon, Ohio-based Affinity Medical Center named John P. Walsh CEO. Blue Ridge Medical Center in Arrington, Va., selected Randy Pirtle as its new CEO, effective Oct. 16. East Stroudsburg, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono's acting President Elizabeth Wise, BSN, MSN, will now serve in the role permanently. DuBois, Pa.-based Penn Highlands Healthcare appointed Bradley J. Chapman president of Penn Highlands Elk in St. Marys, Pa. St. Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City (Ore.) named J. Phil Harrop permanent president. East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika appointed Laura Grill, RN, CEO. Longview, Texas-based Christus Good Shepherd Health System named Todd Hancock president and CEO. Arkansas Children's Northwest in Springdale appointed Robert Williams, MD, CMO. Gordon (Neb.) Memorial Health Services named Don Weidemann CEO. Christus Spohn Hospital Beeville (Texas) appointed Genifer Rucker president. Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital tapped John Couris to serve as president and CEO, effective Sept. 1. Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System named Lisa Carlson CFO, effective June 5. Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill., appointed Joshua Lee, MD, CMO. Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health selected CMO Cary Ward, MD, to serve as interim president of CHI Health St. Elizabeth in Lincoln, Neb. J. Lindsey Bradley Jr. will retire as senior vice president of group operations and CEO for Irving, Texas-based Christus Health's Northeast Texas region. n