Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, September 10, 1995 TAG: 9509110167
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A-6 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Thomas Robertson became chief executive officer of Roanoke Hospital Association, which is now Carilion Health System, in 1986. He joined the company in 1969 as an accountant and later as executive vice president oversaw much of its growth as a regional network of healthcare facilities. Robertson is a native of Roanoke and a graduate of National Business College.
Hugh Thornhill, a native of Roanoke, is senior practice manager for Carilion, which means he buys primary care physican practices, a strategy of many hospital systems because it creates a network of physicians that can be marketed as a group. As of July, Carilion owned practices in 16 localities - Roanoke to Hillsville - representing 37 physicians; the goal by year's end is 20 to 22 locations and 50 to 60 physicians.
Thomas Maxfield is president of Carilion Health Plans, the Carilion affiliate set up in 1993 to market Carilion's hospitals, its 600-plus physician network, a worker's compensation network and a managed care plan to insurance companies, employers and other contractors for health care. Maxfield is a former vice president in charge of managed care operations with Metropolitan Life in Connecticut and was recruited by Carilion to put together its strategy for coping with managed care.
Lester Lamb, president and chief executive officer of Radford Community Hospital for 25 years, is a graduate of Richmond College of the University of Richmond and has a master's degree in hospital administration from the Medical College of Virginia. His duties also include management of Giles Memorial Hospital and he is board chairman of Carilion Consolidated Laboratory, which oversees lab operations for Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Community Hospital of Roanke Valley and Radford Community.
COLUMBIA/HCA HEALTHCARE CORP., largest provider of health care services in the U.S. Public stock company with headquarters in Nashville. Owns 326 hospitals and 115 outpatient surgery centers in 36 states, England and Switzerland. Virginia Division has 15 hospitals and outpatient surgery centers and includes five hospitals in Southwest Virginia.
Richard Scott was an attorney in Dallas when he and a partner started Columbia Hospital Corp. in October 1987. He now is the chief executive officer of the for-profit Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. He is a native of Kansas City, Mo., and a graduate of the University of Missouri and has a law degree from Southern Methodist University. Columbia's main growth came in 1993 when it got 75 hospitals in a merger with Galen Healthcare and in 1994 when it acquired 100 hospitals in a merger with Hospital Corporation of America, another 116 hospitals when it merged with HealthTrust Inc, and 96 outpatient surgicenters when it merged with Medical Care America of Dallas.
Dr. Thomas Frist Jr., chairman of Columbia/HCA and a physician, was a founder with his father of Hospital Corporation of America, which merged with Columbia last year. He is a native of Nashville, and Columbia moved its headquarters from Louisville to that city in the past year. The Frist family owns Columbia/HCA stock worth about $810 million.
Wickliffe Lyne is chief executive officer of the Virginia Division, Columbia/HCA. Lyne is a native of Richmond and a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College and has a master's degree in hospital administration from the Medical College of Virginia. Lyne interned at Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley prior to it becoming part of the Carilion Health System Inc. He worked with Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) for 21 years and was president of its Western Group Operations when it merged with Columbia in 1994. Virginia operations include 15 hospitals and surgery centers. Columbia also has hospitals in Bluefield, W.Va.,
William Downey became president and chief executive officer of Columbia's largest hospital in Southwest Virginia, Lewis-Gale Hospital in Salem, in July. He had been senior vice president of Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. He is a graduate of James Madison University and has a master's degree in health administration from the Medical College of Virginia. His hospital needs the referrals from physicians in Western Virginia as do Carilion's hospitals in the Roanoke Valley.
Christopher Dux, chief executive officer of Pulaski Community Hospital, is a graduate of Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, N.C. He was trained in hospital administration in Charlotte through a program directed and sponsored by The Duke Endowment. He joined HealthTrust in 1991 and became part of Columbia when it merged with HealthTrust in 1995.
Gene Wright, Montgomery Regional Hospital chief executive officer, has worked for Humana, HealthTrust and now Columbia/HCA, and has been with Montgomery for two and a half years. He has a degree in business administration from Murray State University in Kentucky and did graduate studies at the University of Minnesota.
by CNB