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KentuckyOne Health names new board chair and vice chair
KentuckyOne Health has named Richard A. Schultz chair of its board of directors and Jane J. Chiles as vice chair.
Schultz succeeds Bob Hewett, who served as chair since KentuckyOne?s inception in 2012. Schultz will remain on the board, according to a news release.
?Richard and Jane have been with us from the beginning as we have successfully integrated KentuckyOne Health into a dynamic health system, improved our financial performance, and developed signature programs to improve the health status of citizens across the Commonwealth,? Ruth W. Brinkley, president/CEO, said in the release. ?They will provide leadership to our board members as we continue to move forward with the ever-changing health care landscape.?
Schultz and Chiles have served on KentuckyOne Health's board since 2012.
Schultz, a University of Kentucky graduate, has served on many different boards, including one of KentuckyOne's predecessor organizations, Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare. He was the president of Paul Schultz Advertising until 2007, according to the release.
Chiles, a graduate of Loyola University in Chicago, co-founded the Friedell Committee for Health System Transformation, which has a mission to improve the health of Kentuckians, and continues to serve on its board. From 1990 to 2002, Chiles was employed by the Catholic Conference of Kentucky, lobbying on the state level and to some degree on the federal level on a wide range of social issues, according to the release.
Schultz succeeds Bob Hewett, who served as chair since KentuckyOne?s inception in 2012. Schultz will remain on the board, according to a news release.
?Richard and Jane have been with us from the beginning as we have successfully integrated KentuckyOne Health into a dynamic health system, improved our financial performance, and developed signature programs to improve the health status of citizens across the Commonwealth,? Ruth W. Brinkley, president/CEO, said in the release. ?They will provide leadership to our board members as we continue to move forward with the ever-changing health care landscape.?
Schultz and Chiles have served on KentuckyOne Health's board since 2012.
Schultz, a University of Kentucky graduate, has served on many different boards, including one of KentuckyOne's predecessor organizations, Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare. He was the president of Paul Schultz Advertising until 2007, according to the release.
Chiles, a graduate of Loyola University in Chicago, co-founded the Friedell Committee for Health System Transformation, which has a mission to improve the health of Kentuckians, and continues to serve on its board. From 1990 to 2002, Chiles was employed by the Catholic Conference of Kentucky, lobbying on the state level and to some degree on the federal level on a wide range of social issues, according to the release.
- Dr. Steven J. Stack Of Lexington Is Sworn In As 170th President Of The American Medical Association
Dr. Steven J. Stack, an emergency physician practicing in Lexington, was sworn in as the 170th president of the American Medical Association, the nation?s largest physician organization. Dr. Steven J. StackHe is the organization?s youngest president in...
- Kentuckyone Health Lays Off 500 Of 15,000 Employees, Says It Won't Fill 200 Vacancies; Cites Obamacare And Merger
KentuckyOne Health, which dominates the Louisville hospital market and has scores of locations across the state, says it has laid off 500 of its 15,000 employees and identified 200 vacancies that it won't fill, as it adjusts to federal health reform...
- Kentuckyone Health Announces Layoffs, But Not How Many
Major hospital operator KentuckyOne Health says it is laying off workers, but isn't saying how many. "The many steps we have taken so far across KentuckyOne Health to reduce our expenses to match our revenue have not been enough," the company...
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Hospital group KentuckyOne Health says it will launch a program on Nov. 1 that will let Kentuckians get urgent care at any time by consulting with a medical professional over the phone or web camera. The group says KentuckyOne Anywhere Care is...
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