DALLAS and FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 23 /PRNewswire/ — Sam Hazen, President of HCA’s Western Group, has announced that James C. Scoggin, Jr., currently Executive Vice President of the Methodist Healthcare System in San Antonio, has been appointed President of HCA’s North Texas Division. The Methodist Healthcare System is a joint venture between HCA and the not-for-profit Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas.
Mr. Scoggin will assume his new position on February 13, 2006. There will be a transition period with William D. Poteet, III, current HCA North Texas Division President, who in November announced his retirement effective the first of May.
“Jim is a very experienced healthcare executive and is well suited to lead HCA in the dynamic North Texas market,” Mr. Hazen said. “Jim has been very instrumental in developing the Methodist Healthcare System as the leading hospital system in San Antonio. We look forward to him doing the same for us in the Dallas/Fort Worth market.”
Mr. Scoggin, who is 47, graduated from Texas A&M University in May 1980 and began his healthcare management career with Humana as a Financial Specialist at Southmore Medical Center in Pasadena, Texas. After seven years with Humana in positions including hospital CFO and COO, he joined Methodist Hospital in San Antonio in 1987 as Chief Operating Officer where he served for eight years until the formation of the Methodist Healthcare System.
In 1995, Mr. Scoggin was appointed CEO of Methodist Hospital and later assumed responsibilities for all hospital operations in the South Texas Medical Center. The center at that time had approximately 1,100 beds and included Methodist Hospital, Methodist Women’s & Children’s Hospital and Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital.
In March 2000 Mr. Scoggin was promoted to Executive Vice President of the Methodist Healthcare System. In this role, he had responsibility for consolidated system departments including legal operations, managed care contracting, real estate/MOB development and management, human resources, physician organizations, outpatient businesses, transplant services, marketing and strategic planning, rural market development, and overall network development. He also has worked closely with the Methodist Healthcare CEO in Board/Partner relations and communications.
HCA North Texas
CONTACT: Gary Conwell of HCA North Texas, +1-972-401-8720, or cell,+1-281-387-6986, or [email protected]
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