Alicia Hardy, CEO of OLE Health in Napa, believes comprehensive, quality health care shouldn’t be reserved for those whose wallets are the fattest. OLE Health is the only nonprofit health center in Napa County. OLE has seven clinics in Napa and Solano counties that serve nearly 40,000 patients; some of whom are the most vulnerable in the community. Next summer, it combines forces with CommuniCare Health Centers in Yolo County.
AdventHealth has named Isaac Sendros president and CEO for AdventHealth Redmond, a 230-bed hospital with more than 50 years of service to the Rome, Georgia, community. He will assume leadership on Feb. 27 and will report to Mike Thompson who was recently named president/CEO for the Southeast Region of AdventHealth.
The dispute between MetroHealth and former CEO Dr. Akram Boutros over allegations of misappropriation of funds continues in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. Boutros was fired in November, one month before his planned retirement, after claims that he authorized more than $1.9 million in bonus payments to himself over a four-year period beginning in 2018, without disclosing those payments to MetroHealth's Board of Trustees.
SCHENECTADY — A coalition of advocates who oppose an ongoing merger between Schenectady's Ellis Medicine and St. Peter's Health Partners has launched an online survey to assess whether existing agreements between the providers have already affected access to services.