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Mosaic Life Care Board of Trustees chair, Serena Taylor, addresses the news media as interim CEO Mike Poore listens/Photo by Brent Martin By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostMosaic Life Care has brought in an interim CEO as it searches for the successor of Dr. Mark Laney, who took early retirement.Mosaic Life Care Board of Trustees chair Serena Naylor says Mosaic has seen strong interest in the position."When you've got an outstanding organization like Mosaic, with a really strong balance sh...

Dr. Edward Kammerer/Photo by Brent Martin By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostAn executive with Mosaic Life Care insists the health system is running smoothly in wake of the recent leadership shake up.Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Edward Kammerer, says though Mosaic has lost its CEO and Chief Operating Officer, it is running smoothly."So, the core team is still here and present and is really unchanged," Kammerer tells reporters. "We are waiting for Mike Poore. He starts on March 14th. He&#...

Mike Poore/Photo courtesy of Mosaic Life Care By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA veteran health care executive has been named interim Chief Executive Officer of Mosaic Life Care.Mike Poore, currently interim CEO for Faquier Health in Virginia, will begin his duties in St. Joseph March 14th. He will fill the vacancy left with the abrupt early retirement of CEO Dr. Mark Laney, part of the leadership shakeup at Mosaic that also saw the departure of Chief Operating Officer Michael Pulido. Mosaic has be...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA statement has been released by Mosaic Life Care in wake of a shakeup of Mosaic leadership.The Mosaic Life Care Board of Trustees announced on Friday Chief Executive Officer Dr. Mark Laney has taken early retirement and Chief Operating Officer Michael Pulido is also leaving Mosaic.Today, the Board of Trustees announced that Mosaic is financially very secure and that an interim chief executive officer will be chosen soon to guide Mosaic until a new CEO is chosen.The...

The Mosaic Life Care Board of Trustees announced Friday the departures for its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

Dr. Mark Laney/file photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostMosaic Life Care has announced a leadership shake up, with the top two executives leaving the St. Joseph health care provider.An announcement issued by the Mosaic Life Care Board of Trustees states Chief Executive Officer Dr. Mark Laney has taken early retirement. Chief Operating Officer Michael Pulido is also leaving Mosaic.No additional explanation about their departure has been offered by Mosaic.The Mosaic board thanked Laney and Pulido ...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostMosaic Life Care is working through extremely high patient numbers as the Omicron variant raises COVID-19 numbers throughout the region.Mosaic CEO, Dr. Mark Laney, says the health care system has reactivated its Incident Command System to cope with the spike in patient numbers."This is an internal tool that we use when we have a highly specified or intense circumstance," Laney tells reporters during a recent news briefing. "More than a year ago, that ...

Dr. Mark Laney/file photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostMosaic Life Care CEO, Dr. Mark Laney, is pleased the United States Supreme Court upheld the Biden Administration requirement that health care workers be vaccinated against COVID-19.While the court struck down the administration's mandate that businesses require vaccination, it upheld the rule requiring medical facilities that receive federal funds mandate workers be vaccinated.Laney welcomes the ruling."This is consistent with wha...