When I was selected as President & CEO last fall, one of my main goals was to develop a solid management structure that would provide continuity of leadership going forward. To achieve our vision of delivering world-class healthcare, we must fully integrate physicians with our seasoned, experienced management team to provide our System’s future strategic direction.
To reach this goal, I am restructuring the roles of some of our senior leadership team effective March 1, 2012. Jim Budzinski, Executive Vice President & CFO, Mike Graue, Executive Vice President & COO, and Robert Jansen, M.D., who has been promoted to Executive Vice President & WellStar Medical Group President, will assist me with strategic oversight. I am empowering and authorizing them to act on my behalf, when needed, to drive the strategic decisions throughout our System.
Jim Budzinski will have responsibility for all financial areas including accounting, budget and analysis, finance, internal audit, managed care, revenue cycle and supply chain. In addition, I recently asked Jim to oversee the vital information technology area. Mike Graue’s responsibilities will be aligned to focus on facility operations. All WellStar hospital presidents, service line vice presidents as well as our nursing and performance innovation leaders will report to Mike. As part of this realignment, the vice presidents of medical affairs will now report directly to their hospital president.
Along with his responsibilities as President of the WellStar Medical Group, Dr. Jansen will lead our operations that require clinical direction through physician leadership. Service line chiefs and leaders of our Community Health Clinics, Health Parks Operations, Home Health, Hospice and Palliative Care, Hospitalists, Imaging and Outpatient Rehabilitation will report to Dr. Jansen.
In addition, Marcia Delk, M.D., Senior Vice President of Safety & Quality and Credentialing & Chief Quality Officer, will report directly to me along with the leaders overseeing the Foundation, Human Resources, Legal, Public & Government Affairs and Strategic Business Development. The attached new organizational chart will further explain the realignment and shift in responsibilities.
I also would like to announce that Douglas Lundy, M.D., of Resurgeons Orthopaedics, and Mark Diehl, M.D., of Pinnacle Orthopaedics, have been named co-chiefs of our new Musculoskeletal Service Line. Chiefs of our new Behavioral Health and Neurosciences Service Lines will be announced in the near future.
With the maturation of our clinical service lines, many of the duties of the Chief Medical Officer will be absorbed by the service line Cabinets and Councils. Kenneth Kunze, M.D., will become Senior Vice President of Special Projects and has graciously agreed to assist in the transition and to help me on several special projects. I greatly appreciate his contributions and ongoing support.
I strongly believe this realignment will enhance communications and allow us to respond more quickly and decisively to the challenges and opportunities ahead. Thank you for all you do for WellStar.
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