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Acting on the recommendation of hospital management company HealthTechS3, the Gila Regional Medical Center Governing Board on Thursday appointed Kathleen Cahill as CEO of the county-owned hospital. “She’s got significant health care experience, both here in New Mexico and, more broadly, as a hospital executive and a hospital market CEO, consultant and, most recently, as an ambulatory clinic executive for UNM,” said Michael Lieb, HealthTechS3 vice president. “She’s got long …

Hospital’s audit raises accountability questions Written by Geoffrey Plant on May 4, 2021 The results of a fiscal audit requested by the Gila Regional Medical Center Governing Board shortly after it took over governance of the county-owned hospital around this time last year surfaced at the group’s regular meeting last Thursday. The document, prepared by Dingus, Zarecor and Associates Certified Public Accountants in February, raises accountab...

April 9, 2021 Fire head: ‘Grant County’s ready’ for fire season Written by Geoffrey Plant on April 9, 2021 Local, state and federal firefighters are gearing up for a potentially very busy fire season, according to Grant County Fire Management Officer Randy Villa, who updated commissioners Thursday about the county’s overall fire preparedness as it heads into what is predicted to be a hot and dry summer. Commissioners also heard a report f...

Officials: Hospital ‘trending in right direction’ Written by Geoffrey Plant on February 26, 2021 As long as the state’s Crisis Standards of Care Plan and the elements of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s pandemic-related public health orders which restrict surgeries and procedures that hospitals may perform to only those considered ※essential” are in effect, Gila Regional Medical Center’s patient volumes and ...

COVID restrictions hamper hospital’s recovery Written by Geoffrey Plant on February 8, 2021 Since an outside management company took over the day-to-day operations of Gila Regional Medical Center last year and successfully qualified it as a federally designated critical access hospital, the county-owned nonprofit’s financial outlook has started to improve. Nonetheless, the pandemic and related restrictions are negating financial turnaround me...