Leadership

Healthcare industry revenue cycle management company Savista has hired Karen Moore as its senior director of revenue cycle solutions. 

Miriam Parsa, MD, has been appointed chief pediatric medical officer for Cottage Health, a healthcare system based in Santa Barbara, Calif. 

Maryland-based Meritus Health has selected the first associate dean and chief medical officer for the proposed Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine in Hagerstown, Md., the Hagerstown Herald-Mail reported Jan. 5.

HCA Healthcare has appointed Jackie DeSouza-Van Blaricum as its new president for the far West division, overseeing eight hospitals and several healthcare facilities in Las Vegas and California, according to a Jan. 3 report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

As 2023 kicks off, the American Medical Association has highlighted nine key mistakes that chief wellness officers will want to avoid at work this year, including taking on too much work and trying too hard to please everyone. 

Raashan Williams, MD, has been named medical director of the Catheterization Laboratory at the Jersey City Medical Center in New Jersey, the Hudson County View reported Jan. 3.

Claudia Gidea, MD, has been appointed medical director of heart transplant, mechanical circulatory support and advanced heart failure at Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Medical Center.

Samuel Cloud, DO, has been named the chief medical officer of Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, N.Y., the center announced in a release Jan. 3.

Ardent Health Services, a Nashville, Tenn.-based health system, has selected Brad Hoyt, MD, as its next chief medical information officer.

Dr. Mouaz Al-Mallah has been installed as president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology for the 2023 term.