Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has promoted two executives, effective May 1.
Here are 11 things to know about the executives.
Tim L. Hingtgen will be promoted to executive vice president of operations.
1. Mr. Hingtgen has more than two decades of executive level healthcare management experience.
2. He joined CHS in 2008 as a vice president of operations and was promoted to president of division IV operations in 2014.
3. During his tenure at CHS, he has successfully overseen the operations of affiliated hospitals in Alaska, Arizona, California, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, officials said. They said Mr. Hingtgen has also worked with some of the system's most successful affiliated hospitals and demonstrated he is able to help turn around underperforming facilities.
4. Prior to joining CHS, Mr. Hingtgen was COO or CEO of healthcare facilities in Arizona, Indiana and Nevada.
5. He earned a master's degree in business administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
John W. McClellan will be appointed president of division IV operations.
6. Mr. McClellan has two decades of healthcare management experience.
7. He joined CHS in 2009 as a vice president of operations.
8. At CHS, he has worked to successfully acquire and integrate affiliated hospitals in Indiana and Pennsylvania, officials said. They said he also has been a leader in the system's effort to establish clinically integrated networks in key markets.
9. Prior to joining CHS, he was CEO of hospitals in Florida, Missouri and North Carolina.
10. In his role, Mr. McClellan will have management responsibility for 31 affiliated hospitals in New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.
11. He earned a master's degree in healthcare administration from the University of Kentucky, based in Lexington.
In addition to the executive promotions, CHS will realign its operating divisions, effective May 1, reducing the number of divisions from six to five and reorganizing its portfolio in advance of the planned spin-off of Quorum Health Corp. The spin-off is expected to be completed on April 29.
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