Metro employees helping Metro General

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on February 26, 2010 at 8:50 am

Joey Garrison has details on how waiving co-pays and deductibles for Metro employees who seek treatment at Metro General helped the hospital generate an extra $1 million in profits last year.

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Tags: hospital management, Metro General Hospital, Metro government, municipal government  

Coopwood’s compensation in Memphis

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on January 20, 2010 at 12:37 pm

Reginald Coopwood will be paid $510,000 a year to lead the MED in Memphis for the next three years. It’s not clear what his compensation was at Metro General — he doesn’t appear in our Gannettian friends’ database, likely because an entity other than Metro chipped in — but we’re guessing it was a good bit less. Enough, anyway, to make you leave the best job you’ve ever had.

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Tags: executive compensation, executive leadership, hospital management, Metro General Hospital, Reginald W. Coopwood, The Regional Medical Center at Memphis  

Coopwood close to MED job

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on December 16, 2009 at 8:07 am

The Memphis Daily News says Metropolitan Nashville Hospital Authority boss Reginald Coopwood is close to being offered the CEO job at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Sartorial good sense appears to have contributed to his cause.

During his interview with the committee in November, Coopwood conveyed a sense of calm, pausing to choose his words when answering questions. He wore a bow tie.

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Metro General CEO in running for Memphis job

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on November 19, 2009 at 4:39 pm

Reginald Coopwood, CEO of the Metropolitan Nashville Hospital Authority, is one of two finalists for the job of leading the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, better known as the MED. Here’s the basic job description:

Board members are looking for someone to navigate the hospital through severe financial troubles, galvanize public commitment to the institution, shepherd a campaign for a new facility and establish stable leadership.

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Tags: executive leadership, hospital management, Memphis, Metro General Hospital, Metropolitan Nashville Hospital Authority, Reginald W. Coopwood, The Regional Medical Center at Memphis