Marilyn Tavenner will step down from her role as CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans on June 1, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Georgia, Illinois, and Washington, D.C.
- Washington, D.C.: America's Health Insurance Plans CEO Marilyn Tavenner will step down from her role on June 1. Tavenner, who served in the position since 2015, will be succeeded by Matt Eyles, who currently works as COO of the organization (Haefner, Becker's Hospital Review, 3/14).
- Georgia: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta has selected a team of architects and consultants for its new campus and replacement hospital. The replacement hospital, which could cost as much as $1.3 billion to construct, will include a center for advanced pediatrics, as well as support buildings and over 20 acres of greenspace. Children's Healthcare has picked HKS to serve as lead architect and HGOR for landscape design, among other partners for the project (Mandel, Atlanta Business Chronicle, 3/12).
- Illinois: Harrisburg Medical Center has picked Donald Hutson to serve as CEO. Hutson, who most recently served as CEO of University of Mississippi Medical Center Grenada and Mississippi Medical Center Holmes County, served in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps for 21 years, before retiring as a lieutenant colonel (Vaidya, Becker's Hospital Review, 3/12).
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