Carris Health names board of directors

Erica Dischino / TribuneHealth care leaders who are part of the new Carris Health partnership chat at a ceremony Wednesday at the Affiliated Community Medical Centers in Willmar. Carris Health is the new health care entity that partners Affiliated Community Medical Centers and Rice Memorial Hospital as a subsidiary of CentraCare Health. — Erica Dischino / TribuneHealth care leaders a part of the new Carris Health partnership signed the agreement at a ceremony Wednesday at the Affiliated Community Medical Centers in Willmar. Carris Health is the new health care entity that partners Affiliated Community Medical Centers, Rice Memorial Hospital and CentraCare Health.

By Anne Polta

January 03, 2018 at 10:21 PM

WILLMAR - Ten members have been named to the board of directors of Carris Health, the new nonprofit health care organization that brings Affiliated Community Medical Centers and Rice Memorial Hospital into CentraCare Health System as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Four of the new board members were nominated by ACMC. They are Dr. Michael May, Dr. Jonathan Mellema, Dr. Kevin Unger and Dr. Richard Wehseler.

The four board members chosen by Rice Hospital are Douglas Allen, David Anfinson, Dr. Lee Cafferty and Jon Saunders.

The final two board members, nominated by CentraCare, are Ken Holmen, CentraCare chief executive, and Craig Broman.

Mike Schramm and Dr. Cindy Firkins Smith, the co-CEOs of Carris Health, will serve as non-voting members of the board.

The legal agreements to create Carris Health were finalized in December.

By Anne Polta

Carris Health names board of directors

WILLMAR -- Ten members have been named to the board of directors of Carris Health, the new nonprofit health care organization that brings Affiliated Community Medical Centers and Rice Memorial Hospital into CentraCare Health System as a wholly ow...