Rockwall Hospitals, Inc. has named Dan Gideon COO of the Richardson, Texas-based hospital development and hospital management company. Gideon, who has nearly 25 years of hospital management experience, previously was CEO of the HealthSouth Dallas Rehabilitation Hospital.
Emergency Medical Services Corp. has appointed James Murphy as president and COO of its EmCare subsidiary, effective immediately. Murphy is based at the EmCare corporate offices in Dallas. Murphy joined EmCare in 1993 as regional vice president, and has served as Executive Vice President since 2001. In his new role, he has overall operational responsibility for EmCare and its operating divisions.
Pinstripe, Inc., a recruitment outsourcing company, has named Bruce Van Cleave, MD, to its Healthcare Advisory Board. Van Cleave is the CMO and senior vice president for strategic management at Aurora Health Care, where he leads strategic planning and oversees the Aurora UW Medical Group and Aurora's participation in the Center for Urban Population Health.
Disease management company Healthways Inc. has named Steve Brueckner as company president. Bruekner, a veteran at Humana Inc., takes over the title from CEO Ben Leedle Jr. He will also serve as the company's COO. "By having a proven executive of Steve's caliber focus undivided attention on the disciplined execution of the day-to-day management of our business, I will be able to be engaged more fully in driving Healthways growth globally through our three central initiatives," says Leedle, who also warns of possible layoffs before the year is over.
Ed Hannum, a 21-year veteran of AvMed Health Plans has been named AvMed's new president and COO. Hannum's promotion was made by Mike Gallagher, AvMed's CEO and president and CEO of SantaFe HealthCare, AvMed's parent company. Since January, Hannum has served as the acting COO of AvMed.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has named Patrick Geraghty president and CEO, to succeed Mark W. Banks, MD, the organization's current CEO. Geraghty will join Blue Cross this month. He most recently served as Senior Vice President of the Service Division of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, a health plan with 3.6 million members. He has also held several senior leadership positions with Prudential Insurance Company.