HCA Healthcare veteran Terence van Arkel named North Carolina Division CFO; Mission Health’s Ron Paulus to remain with HCA
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA), a leading healthcare provider with 185
hospitals and more than 1,800 sites of care in 21 states and the United
Kingdom, today announced veteran hospital leader Greg Lowe has been
named president of the newly created Asheville-based North Carolina
Division, which comprises the recently purchased Mission Health system
of six hospitals in western North Carolina, effective April 1.
Lowe has served as chief executive officer of HCA Healthcare’s
Chippenham and Johnston-Willis (CJW) hospitals, a two-campus system in
Richmond, Va., since 2016.
In addition, HCA Healthcare veteran Terence van Arkel has been appointed
CFO of the North Carolina Division. Ronald A. Paulus, MD, Mission
Health’s president and CEO will transition to a new role as a strategic
advisor on key areas of operations and report to Chuck Hall, president
of HCA Healthcare’s National Group.
“Greg is a talented leader and system operator with experience expanding
medical services to meet the healthcare needs of the community,” said
Hall. “Greg and Terence head up an experienced, patient-focused North
Carolina Division leadership team to support the continued success of
Mission Health. We appreciate Dr. Paulus’s leadership of Mission Health
and look forward to his continued contributions to HCA Healthcare in his
new role.”
Before becoming CEO of CJW, Lowe was CEO of Lawnwood Regional Medical
Center & Heart Institute, an HCA Healthcare-affiliated level II trauma
center in Fort Pierce, Fla. During his tenure at Lawnwood, Lowe led the
opening of a level III NICU and developed a pediatric emergency
department and the Treasure Coast’s only comprehensive stroke center.
Before joining HCA Healthcare, Lowe held CEO roles at hospitals in North
Carolina and Tennessee.
Van Arkel, who has been CFO of HCA Healthcare’s South Atlantic Division
since 2016, played an important role in the integration of
recently-acquired Memorial Health in Savannah, Ga. He has spent more
than 23 years with HCA Healthcare, serving in a variety of hospital
leadership roles, including as CFO of Regional Medical Center of San
Jose, Doctors’ Hospital of Augusta, JFK Medical Center and Orange Park
Medical Center. He also served as chief operating officer of Trident
Medical Center and Doctors’ Hospital of Augusta.
About HCA Healthcare
Nashville-based HCA Healthcare is one of the nation's leading providers
of healthcare services, comprising 185 hospitals and more than 1,800
sites of care, including surgery centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care
centers, and physician clinics, in 21 states and the United Kingdom.
With its founding in 1968, HCA Healthcare created a new model for
hospital care in the United States, using combined resources to
strengthen hospitals, deliver patient-focused care and improve the
practice of medicine. HCA Healthcare has conducted a number of clinical
studies, including one that demonstrated that full-term delivery is
healthier than early elective delivery of babies and another that
identified a clinical protocol that can reduce bloodstream infections in
ICU patients by 44 percent. HCA Healthcare is a learning healthcare
system that uses its more than 31 million annual patient encounters to
advance science, improve patient care and save lives. Please click
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