STVHS New President and CEO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 5, 2015
Neeysa Biddle Named Ascension Health Leader for
St. Vincent’s Health System, Birmingham, Alabama
Contact:
NICK RAGONE, Chief Communications Officer, Ascension
314.733.8941
Nick.Ragone@ascension.org
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – February 5, 2015 – Neeysa Biddle, FACHE, has been named Senior Vice President, Ascension Health and Birmingham Market Executive. In this role she has leadership responsibility for St. Vincent’s Health System (STVHS), a Ministry Market of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit healthcare system. Since September 2014 Biddle has served as interim President and CEO of STVHS, where she had served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2005-2011. Before rejoining STVHS she served as national Director for the Ascension Leadership Academy, a subsidiary of Ascension.
Ascension is positioning its Ministry Markets, including STVHS in Birmingham, to lead the development of clinically integrated systems of care that deliver on its goals for improved health outcomes, enhanced person-centered experience and enhanced provider experience at a lower overall cost of care for all.
“Neeysa is a valuable part of the Ascension leadership community,” said Patricia A. Maryland, Dr.PH, President, Healthcare Operations and Chief Operating Officer of Ascension Health, the healthcare delivery subsidiary of Ascension. “She is deeply committed to the Mission of Ascension, the STVHS ministry, and the greater Birmingham community.”
“We are delighted that Neeysa has returned to St. Vincent’s Health System,” said Bob Barnett, STVHS Board Chair. “She is an experienced, accomplished leader with a strong commitment to our mission and work. The board is confident Neeysa will continue to contribute significantly to our ministry and community.”
A fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Biddle has more than 25 years of healthcare administrative and executive experience. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Health Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Prior to joining STVHS in 2005, she was Chief Operating Officer of Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham, part of Tenet Healthcare
Among her numerous community and professional leadership roles and recognitions, she has served on the Alabama Hospital Association’s Board of Directors and as an adjunct faculty member at UAB’s School of Health Professions, where she was selected as the 2001 Alumnus of the Year. She has been named one of the Top 40 Graduates of the UAB Health Administration program and North Alabama Girl Scouts’ 2012 Woman of the Year.
About St. Vincent’s Health System
St. Vincent’s Health System is made up of St. Vincent’s Birmingham, St. Vincent’s Blount, St. Vincent’s East, St. Vincent’s St. Clair, St. Vincent’s One Nineteen Health and Wellness, and the St. Vincent’s Ambulatory Healthcare Network which includes a wide range of additional services and entities from family care locations to home health. STVHS provides a special brand of high-touch, high-tech quality care to people in more than 40 different ZIP codes. STVHS has an extensive network of skilled physicians and associates, as well as the most advanced technologies available. A Ministry Market of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit health system, with more than 150,000 associates serving in 23 states and the District of Columbia, STVHS is committed to providing healthcare that works, healthcare that is safe, and healthcare that leaves no one behind for life.
About Ascension
Ascension (www.ascension.org) is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest Catholic health system, Ascension is committed to delivering person-centered care to all with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. In FY2014, Ascension provided $1.8 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. More than 150,000 associates and 35,000 affiliated providers serve in 1,900 sites of care – including 131 hospitals and more than 30 senior care facilities – in 23 states and the District of Columbia. In addition to healthcare delivery, Ascension subsidiaries provide a variety of services and solutions including physician practice management, venture capital investing, treasury management, biomedical engineering, clinical care management, information services, risk management, and contracting through Ascension’s own group purchasing organization.
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