Joe Wanner will be Bartlett Regional Hospital’s new CEO

Bartlett Regional Hospital’s CFO Joe Wanner talks to unit astatine a meet and shake hands arsenic a finalist for nan hospital’s CEO position connected Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)

Bartlett Regional Hospital’s committee of board has named Joe Wanner, nan hospital’s main financial officer, arsenic its caller CEO. 

Wanner was 1 of 3 finalists. He will statesman nan caller domiciled astatine nan extremity of this month. He takes complete from Ian Worden, who has held nan position successful nan interim since past October. 

“I’ve seen what a bully CEO tin do to an statement and what a bad 1 tin do. So I deliberation I tin travel successful and make a affirmative effect to nan organization,” he said. 

Wanner has been nan city-owned hospital’s CFO for astir a year, but he’s moved betwixt Juneau and Oregon for wellness attraction jobs since 2011.

His assignment arsenic CEO is conscionable nan latest successful a drawstring of activity turnover astatine nan city-owned hospital. 

Last August, nan hospital’s imperishable CEO David Keith retired aft a twelvemonth connected nan job. His resignation — and that of nan erstwhile CFO Sam Muse — came a week aft a expert and committee personnel said staffing and guidance problems were starring to inadequate attraction of behavioral wellness patients. 

Wanner said a cardinal privilege for him will beryllium continuing nan momentum of nan hospital’s thrust toward financial stableness successful caller months. 

“My imagination would beryllium that we request to get right-sized for wherever we’re at. So we’re going done looking astatine each programme correct now. Does it person nan capable staffing? Does it person capable contracts, resources?” he said. “We’re still digging done each those it is simply a analyzable organization, truthful this isn’t thing you could move astir overnight.”

This spring, nan hospital’s committee shared that it was facing a multimillion-dollar financial crisis that threatened to adjacent its doors wrong 3 years without important cuts.

The committee is now successful nan mediate of seeking subsidies aliases third-party providers for programs that they opportunity are draining money. Otherwise, they will beryllium trim astatine nan extremity of adjacent month. 

Worden will proceed to assistance arsenic interim CEO done a modulation period. The infirmary will statesman recruiting for a CFO replacement successful nan coming weeks.