Who: Jim Kendrick, 46

New role: CEO of Plano, Texas-based Community Hospital Corp. He succeeds Mike Williams, who is retiring after 20 years at the helm. CHC is a not-for-profit that owns, manages and consults with about 25 hospitals, mostly in rural areas. It helps struggling community hospitals retain their not-for-profit status. “CHC has always had an amazing reputation helping smaller communities maintain services in a complex, dynamic market. It’s harder and harder for independent hospitals to survive,” Kendrick said.

Read the full article in Modern Healthcare, April 22, 2017.