New CEO Appointed at Tennova Healthcare - Shelbyville
5/31/2016
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. – June 1, 2016 – Bill Rich has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Tennova Healthcare – Shelbyville effective June 20. He has served as Chief Operating Officer at 152-bed Tennova Healthcare – Regional Jackson in Jackson, Tennessee since 2014.
“I’m grateful for the opportunity to advance my career within Tennova Healthcare and continue to support the delivery of care across the state,” Rich said. “The physicians, nurses and other professionals at Shelbyville have a reputation across the network and in this area for providing high quality care, and I look forward to working closely with them.”
Rich has over a decade of leadership experience in hospital settings. During his tenure in Jackson, he contributed to growing how the hospital serves the West Tennessee region through the design and ongoing construction of a 10,000-square-foot surgery expansion, installation of new CT and MRI equipment, and recruitment of five physicians to the community among other accomplishments.
“Bill has a track record for growing and improving the way hospitals serve their patients and communities,” said Walt Wood, Chairman, Tennova Healthcare – Shelbyville Board of Trustees. “He has the right experience to guide our strategic development as part of a statewide network and continue to meet the needs of our local residents.”
Previously, Rich served in several roles at Mercy Health and Community Mercy Health Partners in Ohio. He holds a master’s degree in Health Services Administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio and a bachelor’s degree in Toxicology from Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio.
One of the state’s largest health networks, Tennova Healthcare includes 16 hospitals and more than 115 physician clinics. The combined network has approximately 2,600 licensed beds, 2,800 physicians on the combined active medical staffs, and 9,000 employees, with more than 70,000 admissions and 465,000 emergency department visits each year. Tennova Healthcare – Regional Jackson is owned, in part, by physicians. Learn more at www.Tennova.com.
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