John J. McCormack has been named interim CEO at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital. McCormack filled the vacancy created by the departure of former President/CEO Doug Jones, who retired this month. McCormack began his duties at MCMH on July 6.
James I. Marshall has been hired as the new CEO of Mercy Hospital. Most recently he served for two years as the CEO for the Sakakwea Medical Center in Hazen, ND, a critical-access hospital licensed for 25 beds with two rural health clinics, a surgical clinic, and a 32-bed basic-care facility that is community owned and operated under the Hazen Memorial Hospital Association.
Baptist Health System President/CEO Trip Pilgrim has been named senior vice president and chief development officer for Vanguard Health Systems, the parent company of Baptist Health System. Baptist Health System COO Graham Reeve has been named as Pilgrim's replacement. Pilgrim has served as the president/CEO for Baptist Health System since September of 2005. Before that, he served for three years as Baptist's vice president of business development.
XLHealth, which runs Medicare chronic condition special needs plans, has appointed John R. Mach, Jr., MD, to CMO, effective Aug. 1. Most recently, Mach served as chairman/CEO of United HealthCare's Evercare health plans, the business unit that owns and manages all of United's Medicare special needs plans. XLHealth also has appointed Karl Broussard to serve as its vice president of contracting and provider relations. Before joining XLHealth, Broussard served nine years in various executive roles at Coventry Health Care, most recently as vice president of network development with the company's Vista health plan.
Tenet Healthcare Corp. has appointed Joe Thomason as CEO of Tenet's Centennial Medical Center, a 118-bed acute care hospital in Frisco, TX. Thomason, 49, has served as the hospital's interim CEO since March. Thomason recently served as CEO of RHD Memorial Medical Center in Dallas and Brownsville Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas. Before that, he was COO for Sierra Medical Center, a 354-bed acute care hospital in El Paso, TX.
The AARP has decided to suspend its 401(k) match for at least nine months. According to a recent study by the Grant Thornton compensation and benefits consulting practice, 29% of employers have altered or intend to alter their 401(k) match this year. Two-thirds of those will eliminate it (often temporarily), 22% will reduce it, and 11% will bump it up.