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Executive Personnel Changes - 10/24/25

Executive Personnel Changes - 10/10/25

Acara Healthcare names Kerri Pendley Chief Executive Officer EIN Presswire, Dallas, TX; by Momentum Healthcare and Technology Consulting; 9/25/25 Acara Healthcare today [9/25] announced the appointment of Kerri Pendley as Chief Executive Officer, effective July 8, 2025. Pendley, who has served as Interim CEO since October 2024, was unanimously confirmed by the Board of Directors in recognition of her leadership during a pivotal year for the organization. With more than two decades of leadership experience in post-acute and home-based care, Pendley has guided Acara through a period of renewal and transformation. During her interim tenure, she stabilized operations, implemented cost-saving initiatives, and spearheaded a comprehensive growth strategy across Acara’s personal care, home health, and hospice service lines. 

Executive Personnel Changes - 9/19/25

68 hospitals, health systems cutting jobs Becker's Hospital Review; by Kelly Gooch and Kristin Kuchno; 8/29/25 A number of hospitals and health systems are reducing their workforces or jobs amid financial and operational challenges. [Listed] are workforce reduction efforts or job eliminations announced in 2025.

Major health systems undergoing COO transitions in 2025 Becker's Hospital Review; by Kelly Gooch; 8/15/25 Several major U.S. health systems have appointed COOs this year — some to newly created positions — amid a resurgence of the COO role. While some systems have tapped internal veterans as successors, others have chosen new COOs from outside their organizations.  Here are 11 COO changes to know: ...

Executive Personnel Changes - 7/16/25 

BrightSpring Health Services (NASDAQ:BTSG) Q1 earnings: Leading the senior health, home health & hospice pack StockStory; by Jabin Bastian; 5/22/25 The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how BrightSpring Health Services (NASDAQ:BTSG) and the rest of the senior health, home health & hospice stocks fared in Q1. ... The 7 senior health, home health & hospice stocks we track reported a strong Q1. As a group, revenues beat analysts’ consensus estimates by 2.3%. ... 

'Legendary' Hemsley takes over at UnitedHealth amid rough seas Modern Healthcare; by Nona Tepper; 5/14/25 Stephen Hemsley returns to the top spot at a UnitedHealth Group that looks very different from the one he helmed almost a decade ago and faces trouble bubbling up in its Optum healthcare services subsidiary. Over the past three years, the company has reported rising Medicare Advantage costs in its UnitedHealthcare insurance subsidiary. But some see Optum as more concerning. With Andrew Witty resigning as CEO on Tuesday [5/13], it falls to Hemsley to right the ship.

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty steps down Modern Healthcare; by Shelly Banjo; 5/13/25 UnitedHealth Group Inc. unexpectedly replaced its chief executive and suspended earnings guidance, raising increasing questions over how the company once regarded as a safe bet by investors has got its cost predictions so wrong. The company brought back Chairman and former CEO Stephen Hemsley for the top role, saying Andrew Witty has resigned “for personal reasons.” The health insurer, whose top insurance executive was murdered in New York last December, also ripped up its 2025 outlook. The meltdown in its outlook blindsided investors yet again. 

The Carilion office driving 139 projects Becker's Hospital Review; by Kelly Gooch; 5/5/25 Roughly five years ago, Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic recognized the need for an organizational pivot to better align system strategic plans with major operational initiatives. That led to the creation of its Enterprise Project Management Office, which leaders say has already yielded results. At the outset, senior leaders sought to build an internal group that could consistently implement and support the organization’s strategic plan.  Carilion — an integrated health system with seven hospitals, home health services, imaging, pharmacies, urgent care centers, a ground and air transportation network and a more than 800-member multispecialty physician group — had previously housed pockets of project management within various departments, ... However, the health system’s goal was more standardization, as many project managers were splitting their time between project management and day-to-day operations.

Executive Personnel Changes - 4/25/25