Unity Well being appoints Mark Amox subsequent president and CEO
Searcy-based healthcare supplier Unity Well being has named Mark Amox its new president and CEO. Amox will assume the job on Nov. 1. He replaces Steven Webb, who resigned earlier this yr after almost 4 years.
“Mark Amox is a superb match for Unity Well being due to his experience in strategic planning, give attention to affected person security and high quality care, and his expertise efficiently main quite a lot of healthcare organizations,” mentioned Janet Hines, chair of the Unity Well being board of administrators. “Amox is the appropriate chief to take Unity Well being into the subsequent season of development. Mark has the correct mix of government expertise and heartfelt dedication to Arkansas. We’re excited he will probably be on the helm of Unity Well being as we exit the pandemic and proceed our dedication to offer compassionate care.”
Amox is a local Arkansan with greater than 20 years of healthcare management expertise. He was most lately the COO at Regional Medical Heart in San Jose, Calif., a part of the HCA Healthcare household of hospitals.
Whereas at Regional Medical Heart, Amox targeted on growing strategic partnerships, enhancing key service strains, and overseeing campus enlargement and enhancement initiatives totaling over $200 million {dollars}.
Amox has additionally held management roles for hospitals in Nevada, Texas and Florida. In Arkansas, he labored for eight years as administrator of pediatrics on the College of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.
Amox earned a bachelor’s diploma from Henderson State College in Arkadelphia. He acquired his grasp of healthcare administration and grasp of enterprise administration from the College of Houston at Clear Lake, Texas.
“As an Arkansan, I’m honored on the alternative to return house to affix the Unity Well being household of associates,” mentioned Amox. “Unity Well being is a outstanding group devoted to offering the very best high quality of care, near house. I sit up for constructing upon this wealthy custom of excellence by specializing in our individuals, our sufferers and the communities we serve.”
Unity Well being has greater than 2,300 staff and 150 physicians. It consists of 4 hospital campuses: White County Medical Heart in Searcy, Specialty Care Campus in Searcy, Unity Well being in Newport, and opening quickly, Unity Well being in Jacksonville. The healthcare system consists of 13 household observe clinics situated in Beebe, Bradford, Cabot, Heber Springs, Newport and Searcy.
