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101 Hospital and Health System Transactions Chicago-based Rush signed a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire Evergreen Park, Ill.-based Little Company of Mary Hospital Oct. 4. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health acquired Orlin & Cohen Orthope- dic Associates, the largest private orthopedic practice in Long Island, N.Y. Milledgeville, Ga.-based Oconee Regional Medical Center is now officially managed and owned by Macon, Ga.-based Navicent Health. Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health sold 138-bed Rockdale Medical Center in Conyers, Ga., to Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare. Penn State Health, the parent company of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center, integrated approximately 100 physicians and other healthcare provid- ers belonging to Lancaster, Pa.-based Physi- cians' Alliance into the health system Oct. 2. Mon Health, a two-hospital system in Mor- gantown, W.Va., finalized its acquisition of Weston, W.Va.-based Stonewall Jackson Me- morial Hospital Oct. 2. Miami-based Baptist Health South Florida completed its merger with Boynton Beach, Fla.-based Bethesda Health Oct. 1 aer two and a half years of negotiations. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems completed its divestiture of 103-bed Weatherford (Texas) Regional Medical Cen- ter and its associated assets to Irving, Tex- as-based Medical City Healthcare Oct. 1. Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Health affiliated with Orlando (Fla.) Health Oct. 1 to estab- lish an integrated healthcare system. Boston-based Steward Health Care com- pleted its acquisition of Iasis Healthcare, an 18-hospital system in Franklin, Tenn., Sept. 29. Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health, the 32-hospital spinoff of Community Health Sys- tems, sold two Pennsylvania hospitals to Wil- liamsport, Pa.-based UPMC Susquehanna. Community Health Systems finalized its divestiture of five Pennsylvania hospitals to West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health — Hospital and Health Systems Executive Moves Valparaiso, Ind.-based Porter Health Care Sys- tem CEO Steve Lunn is resigning to take on a new job opportunity, effective Nov. 10. Miami, Fla.-based Jackson Health System ap- pointed Roy L. Hawkins Jr., senior vice presi- dent and CEO of Jackson North Medical Cen- ter in North Miami Beach, Fla. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare appointed Tara McCoy CEO of Good Samaritan Medical Cen- ter in West Palm Beach, Fla. Mahaska Health Partnership in Oskaloosa, Iowa, named Chris Jepsen, MSN, interim CEO. San Francisco-based Dignity Health select- ed Mark Slyter to serve as president and CEO of the East Valley market, within Dignity Health Arizona. Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Fla., appointed James F. O'Loughlin CEO, ef- fective Oct. 9. Victoria, Texas-based DeTar Healthcare System CEO William R. Blanchard will retire at the end of 2017. Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County in Rock Springs, Wyo., appointed Irene Richard- son permanent CEO, effective immediately. Chinese Hospital in San Francisco named Jian Zhang, DNP, CEO and Deena Louie CEO of the Chinese Community Health Plan. Nancy Schmid, CEO of Healdsburg (Calif.) District Hospital and its operator North Sono- ma County Health Care District, is resigning. Cincinnati-based Mercy Health appointed Bob Baxter permanent president and CEO of Mercy Health-Toledo (Ohio), effective Oct. 4. Mike Warren, president of SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Ill., retired Oct. 6. Broward Health Coral Springs (Fla.) select- ed Onel Rodriguez to serve as CFO. Fulton County Medical Center in Mcconnell- sburg, Pa., selected Kimberly Slee, MSN, and Deborah Shughart to serve as co-interim CEOs. Robert Rupp, CEO of Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado, is resigning for a new job opportunity. Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas in Austin tapped Christopher Born to serve as president. Brenda Yee, CEO of San Francisco-based Chi- nese Hospital, stepped down. Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lutheran Health Net- work appointed Paula Autry CEO of Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Charisse Oland, EdD, will assume the presi- dent and CEO roles at HSHS St. Joseph's Hospi- tal in Chippewa Falls, effective Nov. 27. Franklin, Tenn.-based Iasis Healthcare CEO W. Carl Whitmer le the role Sept. 29. Byron Quinton, president and CEO of Clarion (Pa.) Hospital, is retiring at the end of October. Philip A. Clayton, president and CEO of Con- way (S.C.) Medical Center, is retiring, effective Dec. 31. Children's Hospital in New Orleans appoint- ed John R. Nickens IV president and CEO, ef- fective Nov. 1. El Paso (Texas) Children's Hospital named Cin- dy A. Stout, DNP, CEO, effective immediately. Philadelphia-based Einstein Healthcare Network tapped Gerard F. Blaney to serve as permanent CFO. Tri-Cities Community Health in Pasco, Wash., appointed Jim Davis CEO, effective in January 2018. Kim Keene, interim CEO of St. Bernard Parish Hospital in Chalmette, La., will assume the post permanently Nov. 5. UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, appoint- ed Mark Funderburk president and CEO, effec- tive Jan. 1, 2018. Houston-based Cypress Fairbanks Medical Cen- ter selected Naman Mahajan to lead as perma- nent CEO, effective immediately. Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Healthcare appoint- ed Stephen McDonnell CFO. Cartersville (Ga.) Medical Center President and CEO Keith Sandlin will retire in January 2018. University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center made CFO Adam P. Anolik's appointment per- manent, effective immediately.