Lebanon
Dartmouth-Hitchcock today announced that the 66-year-old Weinstein, the president and CEO of the Lebanon-based system, will retire at the end of his term in June.
“Jim has created a strong foundation for a new leader to build on the accomplishments of the past five years, and to solidify Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s future as a sustainable health system,” Anne-Lee Verville, the chairwoman of the board of trustees that oversee Dartmouth-Hitchcock entities, said in a letter to D-H employees.
“Witt/Kieffer, a leading executive search firm, has been retained to assist with the process of a national search to identify and evaluate both internal and external candidates for the position of CEO and president of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health system.”
Letter about James Weinstein’s retirement by Valley News on Scribd
Weinstein has run Dartmouth-Hitchcock as it added several Twin State hospitals to its fold and tried to navigate major trends in health care nationally, including accountable care organizations, payment reform and other aspects of the Affordable Care Act.
But D-H also outsourced some functions and reported a $39 million operating loss in fiscal year 2016 and recently laid off 84 employees. The health system reported a small operating profit in the three months that ended Sept. 30.
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Posted at 11:35 a.m. See Tuesday’s Valley News for a full report.