Title: Kevin Manemann
Earlier title: Govt vp and chief integration officer, Metropolis of Hope
New title: Chief working officer, Sutter Well being
Manemann, an government with greater than 20 years of management expertise in giant well being methods, will probably be Sutter Well being’s subsequent chief working officer, the Sacramento, California-based system introduced Tuesday.
He’ll be filling a job that’s sat vacant since March, when earlier COO Mark Sevco left Sutter to develop into the CEO of Pittsburgh-based Alleghany Well being Community.
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Manemann, who assumes his new function on Sept. 15, was previously an government at Southern California-based Metropolis of Hope, a $6 billion most cancers care system. Previous to that, Manemann held a number of management roles at Windfall St. Joseph Well being, the third-largest nonprofit well being system within the U.S. — together with main a $10 billion division overseeing Northern and Southern California.
Manemann was at Windfall for greater than 16 years, in accordance with his LinkedIn.
Manemann’s choice as COO is the newest in a string of government appointments for Sutter. The system named a new chief monetary officer in Might, a brand new chief scientific officer and chief nurse officer in January, and a brand new senior vp of inhabitants well being in December.
At Sutter, Manemann will work carefully with the system’s chief doctor government to co-lead medical and nonclinical operations, in accordance with the discharge. Manemann’s particular purview contains Sutter’s working construction, service traces, ambulatory surgical procedure facilities, nursing and residential care.
One among his priorities will probably be to assist Sutter’s ambulatory progress plans, the discharge stated. The system, already a powerhouse in Northern California with greater than two dozen hospitals, has been steadily snapping up extra of the area’s care supply market, including roughly 1,000 docs and superior observe clinicians in 2024.
Sutter additionally opened or expanded quite a lot of care facilities final 12 months, whereas saying different capital initiatives, together with a sophisticated neurological and neurosurgical care complicated and a complete most cancers heart.
The system can be pursuing progress by means of a three way partnership with SCAN Well being Plan to supply new Medicare Benefit merchandise subsequent 12 months, and a cope with GE Healthcare to combine synthetic intelligence into its operations.
Amid these initiatives, Sutter’s funds have remained comparatively steady in comparison with a few of its nonprofit friends, in accordance with rankings businesses. Nonetheless, the system hasn’t been resistant to pressures hitting hospitals, together with rising prices of labor and medical provides.
Sutter reported $142 million in working earnings in 2024, down from $320 million the 12 months prior. Although, hefty funding earnings in each years hiked Sutter’s income to $1 billion and $1.2 billion in 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Sutter can be coping with different operational challenges going through suppliers, together with contract spats with main insurers. Sutter additionally been hit with multimillion-dollar settlements this 12 months to settle authorized actions over alleged anticompetitive habits, retirement plan mismanagement and fraudulent billing for anesthesia companies.
