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Citing the need for stronger financial leadership, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems President Michelle Hood announced Wednesday that Blue Hill Memorial Hospital is under new management. Effective Wednesday, Dr. Erik Steele, chief medical officer for EMHS, will serve as interim chief executive officer of the 25-bed coastal hospital, taking over from former CEO Tim Garrity, who has served in the position for about five years.
Hood said the hospital has made "significant progress" under Garrity's leadership, but the combination of delayed payments from Maine's Medicaid program, changes in health care reimbursements, and the national economic crisis has taken its toll.See the full content of this document
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Ailing Blue Hill Hospital's Ceo Replaced
"I'm restructuring the leadership requirements," Hood said. "The two of us [Hood and Gar...
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