JRMC names new president and CEO.(Jefferson Regional Medical Center)(Brief article)

Jefferson Regional Medical Center of Pine Bluff has named Walter Johnson, the current administrator at the hospital, as its new president and CEO, effective Oct. 1. He replaces Robert P. Atkinson, who will continue to serve as president and CEO emeritus until July 1, 2010. Johnson joined JRMC in September 1994. He began his health care career in the mid '80s with Humana.

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Upon receiving his master's degree in health administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, he served in various leadership and senior management positions at Humana and HMA.

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