Umar Farooq was promoted to president of Lumeris’ Essence Healthcare. He was formerly market president of Commonwealth Care Alliance....Arizona Comings & Goings
Former division president of its Arizona region, Todd Werner is now the senior vice president for acute care delivery for Banner Health. Replacing Werner as division president for Banner’s Arizona region is Lamont Yoder, who was promoted from his position as chief executive officer of Banner Baywood Medical Center, Banner Heart...Arizona Comings & Goings
Janice Batts is the new director of RCM Integrity at Arizona Advanced Surgery (AAS), replacing the retiring Cindy Bernardin.
Frank Mitchell, III, MD, a trauma and acute care surgeon, Ambar Matta, MD, a general surgeon and Maria Brown, MD, a bariatric
and foregut surgeon also joined Arizona Advanced Surgery....Arizona Comings & Goings
Jim Elco is the new vice president strategy and financial planning for Northern Arizona Healthcare and Pasquale Bernardi is now president of NAH Medical Group.
Ronald Haase, chief systems officer retired in July.Arizona Comings & Goings
Laurie Clemens is now a provider relations representative at American Health Plans. She was formerly a provider relations manager at
Wellcare Health Plans.Arizona Comings & Goings
Tim Bricker is now Interim SVP/CEO SW Division at CommonSpirit Health.
He was formerly SVP and CEO with MultiCare Health System and recently an independent consultant....Arizona Comings & Goings
Pasquale Bernardi, MD, will begin his work as president of Northern Arizona Healthcare Medical Group on June 1, 2022, He was formerly clinical VP of Ascension Medical Group Wisconsin....Arizona Comings & Goings
Jenn Barrett is now vice president, contracts and value based strategies for Copa Health. She was
formerly the senior director, transformation and
value based solutions at Mercy Care where
she worked for more than a decade....Arizona Comings & Goings
Terri (Rulon) Latham is now vice president of national account sales for Well.
She was formerly national GA sales director for Bright Health....Arizona Comings & Goings
Charlotte Whitmore is now the vice president of Network Services for Health Choice Arizona. She was formerly the director of network development and provider relations manager for Mercy Care.Arizona Comings & Goings
Patricia Tan, MD, is now chief medical officer in UnitedHealthcare’s employer and individual divisions for Arizona and New Mexico.
She was formerly the regional medical director at Optum Enterprise Clinical Services for its Arizona Medicaid business.Arizona Comings & Goings
On September 30, 2022, John Amos will retire as president and CEO of Dignity Health Yavapai Regional Medical Center, where he began his career in 1999.
Congratulations, John, on your retirement!Arizona Comings & Goings
Kim Raine was promoted to senior director of market initiation, strategy and planning at VillageMD, she was formerly the director of physician network development.Arizona Comings & Goings
Heather O'Toole, MD is the new vice president and chief medical officer at SelectHealth. She was previously with Innovation Care Partners in Phoenix as chief medical officer....Arizona Comings & Goings