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CEO Staffing Changes

CEO Staffing Changes (Sept. 1, 2023) – The Kansas Hospital Association would like to inform you of the latest member hospital administrator changes since our last hospital list printout in July:

  • Melissa Hall, RN, MSN, chief executive officer (had been interim), Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, El Dorado
  • Lisa Swenson, chief executive officer, Morton County Health System, Elkhart
  • Cathy Pimple, chief executive officer, Newman Regional Health, Emporia
  • James "Jay" Tusten, chief executive officer, Clara Barton Medical Center, Hoisington
  • Nicholas “Nick” Baldetti, DBA, MBA, MS, acting chief executive officer/chief operating officer, Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson
  • Camille Davidson, interim administrator, Stanton County Hospital, Johnson
  • Alex Haines, chief executive officer, St. Luke Hospital and Living Center, Marion
  • Tara Overmiller, chief executive officer, Phillips County Health System, Phillipsburg
  • Jeremy W. Rabe, MBA, chief executive officer, Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital, WaKeeney
  • Claudio J. Ferraro, hospital president, Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc. (St. Joseph), Wichita

Our Kansas Hospitals and Health-Related Facilities list is available on the KHA website in PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader format) at www.kha-net.org. A username and password are required. Click on Kansas Hospitals, CEO Directories, Kansas Hospital List and Kansas Hospitals and Health-Related Facilities List. Please contact Cheryl Carson at (785) 233-7436 if you have updates and provide the start date of the new administrator/chief executive officer, picture, birthday and press release/bio.
--Cheryl Carson