AccentCare named Jeffrey S. Sherman as CFO effective September 16, 2013. Prior to joining Accentcare, Sherman served as executive vice president and CFO of LifePoint Hospitals.
Accretive Health, Inc. announced the appointment of Sean F. Orr as its new CFO and treasurer. John Staton, who has served in those positions since 2005, has taken the position of senior vice president, provider business solutions, with the company.
Targeted Medical Pharma selected William B. Horne as CFO. Horne previously served as CFO for several different organizations, including OptimisCorp and Patient Safety Technologies, Inc.
Tracy Griffin Collander was hired as executive director, behavioral healthcare accreditation program, at the Joint Commission. Collander has worked in behavioral health as a clinician and an executive. Most recently she served as executive director of the Gateway Foundation.
LifePoint Hospitals appointed Leif Murphy as new CFO. Murphy has been involved in LifePoint’s management team for the past two years.
Wendy Shanahan-Richards, MD has joined HDMS as senior vice president for health plan services. Shanahan-Richards is a surveyor for the NCQA.
Michael W. Ferro, Jr. stepped down as chairman of Merge Healthcare. The Board of Directors appointed Dennis Brown as the new chairman.
Mountain States Health Alliance officials announced that Alan Levine has been named as president and CEO effective January 6, 2014, following the retirement of current CEO, Dennis Vonderfecht.
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