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63 Hospital and Health System Transactions Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare entered into a definitive agreement Jan. 5 to sell St. Lou- is-based Des Peres Hospital and other Ten- et-owned physician practices and hospital-af- filiated operations in the area to St. Luke's Hospital, a 493-bed facility in Chesterfield, Mo. UnityPoint Health-Des Moines (Iowa) and Grinnell (Iowa) Regional Medical Center, in partnership with the Iowa City-based Uni- versity of Iowa Health Care, announced their finalized affiliation Jan. 3. Tenet Healthcare and Baylor Scott & White Health signed a definitive agreement to dis- solve a joint venture the two Dallas-based health systems finalized two years ago. e Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare's petition to gain control of two Illinois hospitals Dec. 29. St. Louis-based SSM Health and the Congre- gation of Sisters of St. Agnes completed the sponsorship transfer of two Wisconsin-based health organizations Jan. 4. Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health Care completed its purchase of bankrupt Eden, N.C.-based Morehead Memorial Hospital Jan. 1. Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth finalized the acquisition of its sixth hospital — Lamar, Mo.-based Barton County Memorial Hospi- tal — Jan. 1. Hospital and Health System Executive Moves Redwood City, Calif.-based Verity Health Sys- tem tapped Richard Adcock to serve as CEO. Verity Health System named Mark S. Fratzke, DNP, permanent president and CEO of Seton Medical Center in Daly City, Calif., and Seton Coastside in Moss Beach, Calif. Aberdeen, Wash.-based Grays Harbor Com- munity Hospital's CFO Joseph Vessey will step down March 23. Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Health System, announced its president and CEO David J. Bailey, MD, is planning to retire. Chuck Carr, CEO of Lexington, Va.-based Car- ilion Stonewall Jackson Hospital, retired. Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, Neb., appointed Jeanne M. Goche interim CEO. Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill, W. Va., se- lected Christopher Howe, RN, as CEO, effec- tive Jan. 4. Medina, N.Y.-based Orleans Community Health CEO/President Wendy Jacobson resigned. Grangeville, Idaho-based Syringa Hospital and Clinics named Abner King CEO, effective Jan. 9. Eau Claire, Wis.-based HSHS Sacred Heart Hos- pital President and CEO Julie Manas abruptly departed from her roles. Baton Rouge, La.-based Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System appointed Michael J. McBride president and CEO, effective Feb. 19. Scott H. Perra, president and CEO of Utica, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Health System, plans to retire June 30, 2019. Britt, Iowa-based Hancock County Health Sys- tem CEO/Administrator Jeff Stampohar re- signed Jan. 26. West Grove, Pa.-based Jennersville Hospital tapped Ronnie Ursin, DNP, to serve as presi- dent and CEO. North Valley Hospital in Whitefish, Mont., select- ed Kevin Abel to serve as CEO, effective April 2. Sutter Roseville (Calif.) Medical Center CEO Pat Brady retired. Norton (Kan.) County Hospital dropped "in- terim" from CEO Gina Frack's title. Jim Millard, president and CEO of Kenmore (N.Y.) Mercy Hospital, retired Jan. 6. Peggy Naleppa, DrM, retired Jan. 3 from her roles as president and CEO of Salisbury, Md.- based Peninsula Regional Health System and Peninsula Regional Medical Center . Patti M. Ellish, president and CEO of St. Tam- many Parish Hospital in Covington, La., plans to retire, April 30. Cheverly, Md.-based University of Maryland Capital Region Health President and CEO Neil J. Moore is stepping down, effective in June. Kearney (Neb.) Regional Medical Center CEO Larry Speicher is stepping down from his role. Morgantown, W. Va.-based WVU Medicine named Steve Altmiller president and CEO of Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg, W. Va., effective Jan. 15. Oskaloosa, Iowa-based Mahaska Health Part- nership selected Kevin DeRonde to serve as CEO, effective Feb. 19. Eureka, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health, Hum- boldt County named Roberta Luskin-Hawk, MD, chief executive, effective Feb. 1. Kahului, Hawaii-based Hale Makua Health Ser- vices selected Kirsten Szabo to serve as CFO. Phoenix-based Maricopa Integrated Health System selected Richard Mutarelli to serve as CFO. Howard County General Hospital in Colum- bia, Md., selected Claro M. Pio Roda, DrPH, to serve as vice president of finance and CFO. Athens, Ga.-based St. Mary's Health Care Sys- tem selected Montez Carter to serve as its per- manent president and CEO, effective Dec. 20. Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare named Mi- chael Cruz, MD, permanent CEO for the central region. University of Miami Health System permanent- ly appointed Edward Abraham, MD, executive vice president for health affairs and CEO. Nashville, Tenn.-based Saint omas Health President and CEO Karen Springer will leave her roles for a new position within parent orga- nization St. Louis-based Ascension. Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain States Health Alliance appointed Trish Baise, DNP, RN, to CEO of Franklin Woods Community Hospital and Woodridge Hospital, both based in Johnson City. Crossroads Community Hospital in Mt. Ver- non, Ill., selected Amanda Basso, MSN, RN, to serve as CEO. John Porter, president and CEO of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health, is retiring, ending a 44-year career with the organization. Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health ap- pointed Joe Reppert CFO, effective Feb. 1. Nashville, Tenn.-based Saint omas Health appointed Brad Hull CFO of regional hospitals.