John J. Buckley has been named Chief Administrative Officer for Geisinger Northeast. Before joining Geisinger, Buckley was a member of the executive management team at Temple University Health System in Philadelphia and CEO of Temple East/Northeastern Hospital. He was previously president/CEO of Pottstown Healthcare Corp. in Pottstown, PA, which included Pottstown Memorial Medical Center and Pottstown Imaging and Cancer Treatment Center, and also served in various leadership positions with HCA/Quorum Health Resources.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP has expanded its Health Industries Advisory Practice in the metropolitan New York area with the addition of 11 professionals across the payer, provider, and pharmaceutical & life sciences sectors. The expansion "is a reflection of significant growth in the New York market, the impact of anticipated health reform, and the economic stimulus on health industry participants," according to a release.
Debbie Linnes has taken over as president/CEO of Southeast Missouri Hospital. She succeeds James Wente, who retired after 19 years in the hospital's top job. The announcement was made in July. Linnes' first move as hospital chief was to hire James Limbaugh, COO of Montgomery Bank, to become executive vice president of planning and business development. To take the post, Limbaugh resigned as president of the hospital's board of trustees.
James P. Houser, a former Covenant System executive, was named as interim CEO for the organization. Houser said he expects to be in the interim role for six months while Covenant's board of directors completes a search for a permanent replacement. Houser said he will not be a candidate for CEO.
MetroSouth Medical Center CEO Arnie Kimmel has resigned, a little more than one year after leading a group of investors to save the hospital from closure. Kimmel will be replaced by Enrique Beckman, former CEO of the now-shuttered Michael Reese Hospital, according to a letter sent to employees.
As the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, takes on the task of melding two competing versions of major healthcare legislation, aides say he will lean on President Obama to arbitrate a number of contentious issues that still threaten to divide liberal and centrist Democrats and derail a final bill. Reid's challenge is to bring together legislation that can win 60 votes to stop a Republican filibuster.