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179 Hospital and health system executive moves John Adlesich, CEO of South Big Horn County Hospital in Basin, Wyo., submitted his resigna- tion to the hospital board. Irving, Texas-based Medical City Healthcare tapped Jon Alford to serve as CFO of Medi- cal City Plano (Texas) and Medical City Frisco (Texas), a Medical City Plano facility. Philadelphia-based Hahnemann University Hospital's CMO George Amrom, MD, will re- tire June 30. Shawnee Mission (Kan.) Health President and CEO Ken Bacon departed April 6. Michael Bigham, MD, was appointed Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital's first chief quality officer. Jackson-based University of Mississippi Med- ical Center selected William Buck to serve as interim CEO of UMMC Grenada and UMMC Holmes County in Lexington. Mary Black Health System-Spartanburg (S.C.) appointed Parkes Coggins CEO. Pikeville Medical Center named Aaron Crum, MD, senior vice president, assistant CEO and CMO. Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health tapped Michelle Fuentes to serve as president of Ad- ventist Health Sonora (Calif.). St. Mary Mercy Livonia (Mich.) named Mat- thew J. Griffin, MD, CMO. Pikeville Medical Center appointed Michelle Hagy senior vice president and CFO. Hahnemann University Hospital's CEO Mi- chael Halter will depart April 13. Pikeville Medical Center selected Kansas Jus- tice to serve as senior vice president and COO. Kennewick, Wash.-based Trios Health appoint- ed Scott Landrum interim CEO. Trios Health named Tom Marshall interim CFO. Daniel McCormick, MD, is the new president and CEO at Franciscan Health Crown Point (Ind.). Dave Molmen, CEO of Grand Forks, N.D.- based Altru Health System, is retiring at the end of the year. Stephens Mundy, president and CEO of Al- ice Hyde Medical Center in Malone, N.Y., and Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Platts- burgh, N.Y., is retiring at the end of June. Alta Vista Regional Hospital in Las Vegas, N.M., dropped the 'interim' from CEO Caleb F. O'Rear's title. Pikeville Medical Center named Michelle Rainey senior vice president and chief nurs- ing officer. Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System selected Kevin V. Roberts to serve as executive vice president and CFO, effective in April. Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital in Elko named Steven Simpson CEO, effective April 2. Munson Healthcare Charlevoix (Mich.) Hospi- tal selected John J. Singer IV to serve as COO. Sanford, N.C.-based Central Carolina Hospital selected Spencer omas to serve as perma- nent CEO. Navicent Health Baldwin in Milledgeville, Ga., selected Judy Ware to serve as interim CEO. Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System named Brad Wehe CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2019. Northwest Texas Healthcare System in Amaril- lo named Ryan Chandler CEO. St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn., selected Dawn Rudolph to serve as president and CEO. John Kessler, president and CEO of Salem (Ill.) Township Hospital, resigned March 5. Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based DCH Health System named Paul B. Betz COO. Shannon Brown, CEO of Huntsville (Texas) Memorial Hospital, resigned. Sisseton, S.D.-based Coteau des Prairies Health Care System named Greg Weaver interim CEO. Covington, La.-based Lakeview Regional Med- ical Center named Jacques Guillot, MD, CMO. Bad Axe, Mich.-based Huron Medical Center selected Michael Johnston to serve as president and CEO, effective March 5. St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City tapped Mark Robinson to serve as CEO. Hospital and health system transactions e New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General signed off on the proposed merger of Manchester, N.H.-based Elliot Health System and Nashua-based Southern New Hampshire Health March 5. Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare officially integrated Columbus (Ga.) Regional Health March 1, making Piedmont a 10-hospital system. Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Ser- vices and Tyler, Texas-based UT Health Northeast finalized their joint purchase of East Texas Medical Center Regional Health- care System, also in Tyler, March 1. Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health issued a statement March 2 stating the health system suspended merger discussions with Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health Care. Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health completed the sale of 70-bed Vista Medical Center West in Waukegan, Ill., to New York City-based US HealthVest on March 1. Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours Health System declared its intent to merge with Cincinnati-based Mercy Health Feb. 21 to create an $8 billion system. St. Louis-based Ascension, the nation's larg- est Catholic health system, signed a definitive agreement Feb. 15 to integrate one of Illi- nois' largest Catholic health systems, Chica- go-based Presence Health. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems revealed Feb. 14 its subsidiaries en- tered into a definitive agreement to divest Leesville, La.-based Byrd Regional Hospital and its associated assets to subsidiaries of Al- legiance Health Management, a 14-hospital organization in Shreveport, La. Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care and Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care received approval to merge from the Federal Trade Commission Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health, for- merly Carolinas HealthCare System, signed a letter of intent to merge with Macon, Ga.- based Navicent Health Feb. 8. Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System fi- nalized the terms of its agreement to integrate Ladysmith, Wis.-based Rusk County Memo- rial Hospital Feb. 6.