Albia, Iowa-based Monroe County Hospital and Clinics CEO Veronica Fuhs will serve as chief executive of Davis County Hospital in Bloomfield, Iowa, as well, the board of trustees of both facilities decided.
Here are five notes:
1. The two critical access hospitals signed a shared CEO service agreement. Both entities' governance will remain independent, however.
2. Ms. Fuhs has served as CEO of Monroe County Hospital since February 2015.
3. Under her leadership, Monroe County Hospital received a $589,000 Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program grant and began a $19 million construction project.
4. Ms. Fuhs earned her master's degree in healthcare administration from Des Moines (Iowa) University.
5. Both Monroe County Hospital and Davis County Hospital are affiliated with Clive, Iowa-based Mercy Health Network.