Community Health Systems Announces That Lynn Simon, MD, President, Healthcare Innovation and Chief Medical Officer, Will Retire and Transition Into a Consulting Role at the End of the Year
September 11 2024 - 4:15PM
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Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) announced today that
Lynn Simon, MD, President, Healthcare Innovation and Chief Medical
Officer, will retire from her current executive management position
at the end of the year and transition into a consulting arrangement
effective January 1, 2025. Under the terms of her consulting
agreement, Dr. Simon will continue to advise the Company’s
management team regarding innovation in healthcare, and will
continue to identify, evaluate and facilitate potential new
partnerships and emerging capabilities for the organization.
Simon joined Community Health Systems (CHS) in 2010 and has
served as Chief Medical Officer since 2017. During her 14-year
career at CHS, Simon’s broad areas of responsibility have included
every aspect of clinical operations.
Among her many accomplishments at CHS, Simon established one of
the first AHRQ-certified Patient Safety Organizations (PSO) along
with the framework, expectations, and tools that helped achieve a
90% reduction in the serious safety event rate over the past
decade. Simon developed CHS’ proprietary Transfer Center, creating
round the clock access to help hospitals inside and outside of the
CHS organization facilitate prompt and safe patient transfers
between facilities ensuring patients quickly receive the services
and level of care needed. Simon also led the development of the CHS
Patient Access Center, which provides centralized scheduling for
patient appointments into primary care practices. The Transfer
Center and Patient Access Center have been key to creating better
access to health services and driving growth at CHS-affiliated
health systems.
In early 2023, Simon assumed a new executive leadership role
designed to accelerate innovation across CHS. Simon has forged
relationships and implemented technologies that are improving care
delivery, creating better patient experiences, streamlining
workflows, and improving the work experience for clinicians and
support teams. Some of these advancements include implementation of
a remote patient monitoring program for people with chronic
conditions that currently serves more than 14,000 people, a virtual
patient sitting program that is designed to provide 24/7 monitoring
to help protect hospitalized patients at high risk for falls, a
maternal-fetal early warning system that uses AI to improve safety
in childbirth, and a partnership with Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs
that is addressing drug shortages and the rising costs of
pharmaceuticals used in hospital settings.
Commenting on today’s announcement Tim L. Hingtgen, Chief
Executive Officer of Community Health Systems, Inc., said, “Lynn’s
numerous contributions across the CHS organization and over many
years have positively affected patient care and clinical outcomes,
improved the experience of our clinicians, advanced our culture in
meaningful ways, and will have long-lasting and significant impact.
I am so grateful for her leadership and look forward to working
with her more in the years ahead.”
As part of a long-term succession plan, Miguel Benet, MD,
Executive Vice President of Clinical Operations, will become the
Company’s President of Clinical Operations and Chief Medical
Officer beginning in 2025. Dr. Benet currently oversees all of the
Company’s clinical services and operations, including emergency
medicine, surgical services, cardiovascular care, obstetrics and
other service lines, clinical research, nursing, pharmacy services,
data science and AI, clinical process improvements, care
management, clinical documentation and utilization review,
physician coding and documentation, Graduate Medical Education
programs, and a broad range of initiatives to advance safety,
quality and clinical outcomes.
Hingtgen said, “Miguel is an extremely accomplished clinical and
operational leader who is highly regarded by physicians, nurses,
health system administrators, and his colleagues at CHS. He is a
solutions-oriented leader whose unique perspectives already are
advancing clinical care in our health systems. CHS will continue to
benefit from Miguel’s expertise and commitment to the future of
medicine as he assumes the role of President of Clinical Operations
and Chief Medical Officer next year.”
In addition to her consulting role at CHS, Simon plans to remain
involved in the healthcare industry with a continuing focus on
innovation. Simon has cultivated relationships with venture capital
firms, start-up companies, and others who are creating new
solutions for healthcare. In addition, she looks forward to
focusing on current and potential future board and advisory
opportunities. Simon serves on the board of directors for Ascend
Learning, ForeFront Dermatology, and Cadence. Simon has received
numerous awards and recognitions, including being named to Modern
Healthcare’s lists of the Top Healthcare Innovators, 50 Most
Influential Physician Executives and Leaders, and the Top 25 Women
in Healthcare.
About Community Health Systems, Inc.
Community Health Systems, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest
healthcare companies. The Company’s affiliates are leading
providers of healthcare services, developing and operating
healthcare delivery systems in 39 distinct markets across 15
states. The Company’s subsidiaries own or lease 70 affiliated
hospitals with more than 11,000 beds and operate more than 1,000
sites of care, including physician practices, urgent care centers,
freestanding emergency departments, occupational medicine clinics,
imaging centers, cancer centers and ambulatory surgery centers.
Shares in Community Health Systems, Inc. are traded on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol “CYH.” The Company’s headquarters
are located in Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb south of Nashville.
More information about the Company can be found on its website at
www.chs.net.
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