Doctors in training have traditionally been insulated from information about the cost of the tests and treatments they order for patients. During four years of medical school, students learn to order tests and treatments based on their knowledge of diseases and of scientific evidence. Until recently, most schools included little information on financial factors, like how the insurance system works and how treatment costs affect patients' behavior. As a result, most physicians enter practice with little sense of how to make the most cost-effective choices for patients, or how their own decisions affect medical bills, writes Susie Okie in this article published by the New York Times.
John A. Orsini has been named executive vice president of finance/CFO for Resurrection Health Care in Chicago, effective May 18. Most recently he was corporate vice president of finance/treasury for Scripps Health in San Diego. Orsini also served 10 years in a variety of senior executive roles at Catholic Healthcare West.
John R. Raymond, MD, has been named president/CEO of The Medical College of Wisconsin, and will assume office as the Medical College's sixth president on July 1. Raymond is currently vice president for academic affairs and provost of the Medical University of South Carolina. Raymond succeeds T. Michael Bolger, who will retire on June 30 after serving nearly 20 years as president and CEO. Bolger will assume the title and office of president emeritus.
Stephen W. Mahan took the reins as CEO for Southern Regional Medical Center last week. He succeeds Clint Matthews, who has served as Southern Regional's CEO as part of an 18-month management contract between the hospital and FTI Healthcare. That contract will soon expire, and the Southern Regional Board launched a search for Matthews' successor several months ago. Mahan most recently served as the CEO at Muskogee (OK) Regional Medical Center.
Robert Malte has been named CEO at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center. A committee that included the hospital board, physicians, and community members picked Malte from more than 125 people who applied for the position. He begins May 10. Malte most recently was president/CEO at Exempla Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, CO. Before that he was senior vice president at ThedaCare and COO at Touchpoint Health Plan in Appleton, WI. He replaces Steve Brown, who left Evergreen in February to become president/CEO of the Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, PA.
Akron General Health System named Vincent J. McCorkle its new president/CEO, effective July 1. McCorkle is now CEO of Sisters of Providence Health System in Springfield, MA, where he has worked in that capacity since 1997. He succeeds Alan Bleyer, who led Akron General as CEO from 2003 until his retirement in 2009. Michael Rindler has served as interim CEO at Akron General since June 2009.