Spectrum-Zeeland Community Hospital Names New President By Gary Stevens
May 6, 2021 4:48 PM
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – The search for a new president of Zeeland Community Hospital is over.
On Thursday (May 6, 2021), Spectrum Health, which absorbed ZCH into its system 10 years ago, announced the appointment of Bill Hoefer as market leader for the system’s southwest region, which includes assuming the operational reins of the 57-bed “acute care” facility located near Zeeland’s eastern city limits.
Hoefer comes east from St. Louis, where he had been the Chief Operating Officer of the 700-bed Mercy Hospital South. He has 26 years of health care experience, in hospitals ranging from under 200 beds to his most recent opportunity.
Bluffton Hospital discontinues labor, delivery services
BLUFFTON Bluffton Hospital’s labor and delivery services, which temporarily closed in December 2020 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, will not reopen as Blanchard Valley Health System has opted to consolidate its labor and delivery services at the main campus in Findlay.
The hospital cited falling birth rates and the increased risk factors for new mothers, many of whom are having children later in life than in decades past.
The Bluffton OB-GYN office will remain open, as will prenatal classes offered at Bluffton Hospital.
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Spectrum Health names new president of Zeeland Community Hospital
Updated May 06, 2021;
ZEELAND, MI Spectrum Health has named Bill Hoefer as the new president of Zeeland Community Hospital and the market leader for Spectrum’s southwest region.
Hoefer takes over the role from Ron Lewis, who left in January to become president of Blanchard Valley Health System in Findlay, Ohio.
Hoefer has 26 years of experience in the health care industry. He was most recently the chief operating officer (COO) of Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis, MO, a 700-bed hospital.
Zeeland Community Hospital is a 57-bed acute care hospital.
During Hoefer’s tenure, Mercy Hospital South gained Joint Commission recognition as an advanced primary stroke center and heart failure program.
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Putnam County court records
March 31
Tony Lomeli, 49, 204 E. Broadway St., Leipsic, was sentenced to 180 days jail for failure to comply with order/signal of an officer and attempted intimidation. He was given credit for six days served and granted work release. He was placed on five years community control. He must obtain and maintain employment and complete all counseling and treatment recommended. Charges of abduction, assault and resisting arrest were dismissed.
April 1
Renee A. Horstman, Cloverdale, and Christopher P. Horstman, Cloverdale, were granted a dissolution of marriage. They were married Oct. 16, 2010 and have three children.
April 5
Michael T. Huizenga, 53, 2764 Road 22-B Continental, was sentenced to 180 days jail for an amended charge of inducing panic. He was also fined $1,000 with the judge suspending the jail sentence and $500 of the fine. He must not possess any dangerous weapons and must forfeit the Remington 870 Magnum Express Pump shotgun to the sheriff