David Spillers retiring as CEO of Huntsville Hospital; new CEO named
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
Posted Feb 23, 2021
Huntsville Hospital CEO David Spillers, displaying a chart indicating a flattening of the curve of positive COVID-19 tests in Madison County in April 2020, announced his retirement on Feb. 23, 2021. (Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com)
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David Spillers, chief executive officer of the Huntsville Hospital Health System, will retire in July.
Spillers has overseen dramatic growth in the health system since becoming CEO in 2006 and has become a prominent voice in north Alabama during the coronavirus pandemic.
The hospital announced Spillers’ retirement Tuesday as well as naming Jeff Samz, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the health system, as his successor.
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West Virginia Delegate John Kelly, R-Wood, left, speaks with St. Joseph Recovery Center Program Director Jordan Granus, center, and CEO Donna Meadows about the long-term, medication-assisted substance abuse treatment program in a patient room during a May 2019 open house at the facility. (File Photo)
PARKERSBURG State Delegate John Kelly plans to introduce legislation requiring the approval of the West Virginia Health Care Authority before a drug or alcohol abuse treatment center can open or expand.
“We need to stop this influx,” said Kelly, R-Wood.
There are 283 state-licensed treatment beds in Wood County, 203 of them within the city limits of Parkersburg, according to statistics from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and local facilities. That’s up from 30 in the space of five years.
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Freshman Representative Jessica Bateman on the intersection between health and housing Sydney Kurle | Feb 18, 2021
Share this: is a newcomer this year in the House, but she is no stranger to politics in Olympia. From 2012 to 2015, she worked as a legislative assistant to former Representative Chris Reykdal. Then in 2015, she was elected to the Olympia City Council and later served as Mayor Pro Tempore of Olympia.
Bateman serves on the Housing, Human Services and Veterans committee along with the Capital Budget committee. She also serves as vice chair of the Health Care and Wellness committee. In this Q&A, she talks about how her life experiences have shaped her drive to serve the public and the connection between housing and health.