Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health has named Victor E. Giovanetti president of the company's Western Group of hospitals and promoted three senior leaders to new posts.
Here are 14 things to know about Mr. Giovanetti and the three senior leaders.
1. Mr. Giovanetti replaces Don Bivacca, who is resigning from the post July 3 to pursue other opportunities.
2. In his new position, Mr. Giovanetti will lead the Western Group executive leadership team, which oversees the operations of 19 hospitals in 10 states.
3. Mr. Giovanetti previously was COO of LifePoint Health's Eastern Group of facilities. In that role, he maintained primary oversight of LifePoint's 13 hospitals in North Carolina and Virginia and supported the Eastern Group's operations.
4. Prior to his role as COO of the company's Eastern Group, Mr. Giovanetti was president of Salem, Va.-based LewisGale Regional Health System.
5. Mr. Giovanetti also previously was COO and CEO of Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., and in operations management for Nashville-based Hospital Corporation of America's Mid-America Division. Earlier in his career, Giovanetti served in various management roles with HCA, Symbion and other healthcare organizations in Georgia.
Pam Belcher has been named senior vice president of human resources and talent management.
6. In her new role, Ms. Belcher will be responsible for providing leadership in developing and executing human resources strategy and direction of the organization. Specifically, she will focus on developing and strengthening the areas of compensation and benefits, employee relations, succession planning and performance management.
7. In her previous role at LifePoint, Ms. Belcher served as vice president of organizational development and recruitment for seven years.
8. Prior to joining LifePoint in 2006, Ms. Belcher served as vice president of consulting and client development for Right Management Consultants in Brentwood, Tenn.
Reggie Hill, JD, has been appointed senior vice president, chief compliance and policy officer.
9. As senior vice president, chief compliance and policy officer, Mr. Hill will be responsible for managing the LifePoint's compliance program, including reviewing and evaluating policy and procedural issues and concerns across the organization. He will also give input and recommend strategies related to highly anticipated healthcare policy and reform issues, and help identify potential areas of compliance risk and develop and implement corrective action plans for resolution of issues.
10. Mr. Hill has served as chief compliance officer for LifePoint since 2013.
11. Prior to joining LifePoint, Mr. Hill was an attorney at Nashville law firm Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, where he practiced corporate, healthcare, and mergers and acquisitions law.
Christopher Rehm, MD, has assumed the newly created position of chief medical informatics officer.
12. As chief medical informatics officer, Dr. Rehm will be responsible for leading the deployment and adoption of clinical applications and technology solutions "to enhance the quality, safety and efficiency of the care provided to patients across LifePoint." Dr. Rehm also will work closely with both clinical leaders and vendor partners to ensure the needs of patients, providers and staff are clearly articulated and incorporated into our strategic technology and informatics roadmap.
13. Dr. Rehm previously was vice president of medical informatics at LifePoint.
14. Prior to joining LifePoint, Dr. Rehm served as CMO and vice president of business development for Aionex in Goodlettsville, Tenn.
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