For the first half of May 2009 there are four new CEOs to welcome at Iowa hospitals:

• Barry Jacobsen has been named CEO at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. He has been serving as interim CEO since January and had been CFO for the last 12 years.
• Bill Bumgarner has been named CEO at Spencer Hospital. He is expected to start July 1.
• Jason Harrington has been named CEO at Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit Lake.  He replaces Richard Kielman, who will be retiring at the end of June.
• Jim Hayes has been named CEO of Unity HealthCare in Muscatine. He will start on June 15.

Congratulations to each of these CEOs on their new positions. IHA looks forward to working with each of them in their new roles.