Presidents, CEOs
* Scott Beacham has been named president of the Utica-Watertown division at Excellus Health Plan, Syracuse, N.Y. He will continue as president of the Central New York division.
Administrators
* Robert Krenitsky has been named chief administrative officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Central New York, Syracuse. He will continue as vice president of information technology.
* Scott Ziskin has been named administrator and executive vice president of Jewish Nursing Home of Western Massachusetts, Longmeadow. He had been administrator of Salmon Brook Center, Glastonbury, Conn.
CFOs, CIOs, COOs
* Nancy Hellyer has been named executive vice president and chief operations officer of Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village, Ill. She had been president and chief executive officer of LaGrange (Ill.) Memorial Hospital.
* David Yeager has been named chief financial officer at Saint Joseph Hospital, Omaha, Neb. He had been regional director of finance for Orange County at Tenet HealthSystems, San Diego.
VPs, associates, assistants
* David Budke has been named senior vice president of operations at Physicians Surgical Care, Houston. He had been senior vice president at Mariner Post-Acute Network, Houston.
* Robert Bycer has been named vice president of medical group administration at Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, Vt. He had been chief operating officer of Medical Faculty Associates at George Washington University Medical Center, Washington.
* Rick Faulise has been named senior vice president of claims operations at Physicians Health Services, Shelton, Conn. He had been vice president of claims management.
* Kathy Longworth-Gentry has been named senior vice president of customer service and the provider call unit at Physicians Health Services, Shelton, Conn. She had been senior vice president of commercial customer service at First Union National Bank, Charlotte, N.C.
* Dawn Sorenson has been named vice president of value management and education at Methodist Hospitals of Dallas. She had been manager of management and leadership development at North Memorial Health Care, Robbinsdale, Minn.
* Nancy Whitelaw has been named vice president of research and demonstrations at the National Council on the Aging, Washington. She had been program director at the Center for Health Services Research at Henry Ford Health System, Detroit.
* Nancy Yedlin has been named vice president of planning operations and chief of staff at Physicians Health Services, Shelton, Conn. She had been manager of health network planning at Pitney Bowes, Stamford, Conn.
