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CEO Staffing Changes

CEO Staffing Changes (Nov. 1, 2024) – The Kansas Hospital Association would like to inform you of the latest member hospital administrator changes since our last hospital list printout in September:

  • Jeanette Filpi, interim chief executive officer, NW Kansas Managed Hospitals, Rawlins County Health Center, Atwood, and Goodland Regional Medical Center, Goodland
  • William "Pat" Patton, administrator, Anderson County Hospital, Garnett, and Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola
  • Krista Eylar, MBA, chief executive officer, Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center, Inc., Hiawatha
  • Lorraine Meyer, interim chief executive officer, Community HealthCare System, Inc., Onaga
  • Debbie Gafford, interim chief executive officer, Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park
  • Jeremy Drinkwitz, president, Mercy Hospital Pittsburg, Pittsburg
  • Roddex Barlow, hospital president, Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc. (St. Francis), Wichita

Our Kansas Hospitals and Health-Related Facilities list is available on the KHA website in PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader format) at www.kha-net.org. A username and password are required. Click on Kansas Hospitals, CEO Directories, Kansas Hospital List and Kansas Hospitals and Health-Related Facilities List. Please contact Cheryl Carson at (785) 233-7436 if you have updates and provide the start date of the new administrator/chief executive officer, picture, birthday and press release/bio.
--Cheryl Carson