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Sisters of Mercy Health System Names Ford Senior Vice President

ST. LOUIS, MO (January 8, 2008) – The Sisters of Mercy Health System (Mercy) has named Fred Ford to the position of Senior Vice President. In this role, Ford will assume executive oversight for Mercy Health System of Oklahoma and Mercy’s physician recruitment activities, in addition to maintaining his current responsibilities in the areas of performance management, business intelligence and physician integration. 

Ford previously served Vice President of Performance Management for Mercy. Prior to this, he served as president of Unity Health of Arkansas, a joint venture between Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville and St. Mary’s Hospital in Rogers. He came to Mercy from KPMG Peat Marwick, where he was a partner involved in the integration of health systems.

Ford holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Kansas State University and is a certified public accountant.

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About Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy Health System (Mercy) operates hospitals, physician practices, outpatient clinics, health plans and related health and human services in a seven state area including Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. Its members include 18 acute care hospitals providing more than 4,000 licensed beds, two heart hospitals, a managed care subsidiary (Mercy Health Plans), physician practices, outpatient care facilities, home health programs, skilled nursing services and long-term care facilities. Services are provided by approximately 30,000 co-workers and 4,000 physicians who are employed or practice at Mercy facilities. Mercy is the 9th largest Catholic healthcare system in the U.S. based on net patient service revenue and is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy–St. Louis Regional Community.

 

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