Andrea Price named Mercy president and CEO |
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Monday, 16 August 2010 00:00 |
Andrea R. Price has been promoted to president and chief executive officer of Mercy.
Ms. Price joined Mercy in 2009 as chief operating officer, at which time she assumed responsibility for the operations and performance of Mercy’s seven hospitals and outpatient centers, Mercy Medical Partners employed physician group and Mercy College of Northwest Ohio. In her new role, she assumes additional responsibility for oversight of the entire Mercy organization, including strategy, governance, physician integration and community partnerships.
Andrea R. Price
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Ms. Price has more than 25 years of health care experience and is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). She was also the 2010 recipient of the Midwest Healthcare Executives Group and Associates (MHEGA) Regent’s Senior Level Healthcare Executive Award, which recognizes health care executives with more than 20 years of health care experience for their significant contributions toward the achievement of the goals of the ACHE and the advancement of health care management excellence.
In addition to serving as a board member for MHEGA, Ms. Price is president-elect for the National Association of Health Services Executives, a nonprofit designed to advance and develop black health care leaders, and elevate the quality of health care services rendered to minority and underserved communities.
Prior to joining Mercy, Ms. Price served as executive vice president and chief operating officer for Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Mich. She has also served in senior executive roles at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich., and Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Ms. Price received a bachelor of art degree in psychology from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in health administration from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She and her husband, Dr. Edward Johnson, have four children.
Mercy is a not-for-profit health system in northwest Ohio composed of Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Mercy St. Charles Hospital, Mercy St. Anne Hospital, Mercy Children’s Hospital, Mercy Tiffin Hospital, Mercy Willard Hospital, Mercy Hospital of Defiance, Mercy Medical Partners, and Mercy College of Northwest Ohio.
Mercy is the largest region of Catholic Healthcare Partners, one of the nation’s largest health systems.
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Last Updated on Monday, 16 August 2010 00:00 |