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September 30, 1997
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William M. Kent has been promoted to executive vice president and chief
operating officer of the Johns Hopkins Medical Services Corporation (MSC). He
has served as vice president for clinical operations at MSC for the last two
and a half years.
In a letter announcing the appointment, Ronald R. Peterson, president of
the Johns Hopkins Health System, praised Kent's outstanding leadership
qualities. "He has improved operations dramatically at the seventeen sites
managed by the Medical Services Corporations."
Kent began his career at Hopkins as manager of ambulatory care operations
at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1989. In 1991, he became director of
administrative services for the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center before joining
the MSC in 1995.
"At a time when Hopkins faces many challenges in the evolving health care
marketplace, the Medical Services Corporation remains committed to bringing
Hopkins quality health care to the communities it serves throughout Maryland,"
said Kent.
Kent earned a bachelor of arts degree in biology from Wittenberg University
before obtaining a masters in health administration from Washington University
School of Medicine in 1987. He lives in Baltimore with his wife, Karen, and
their two-year-old daughter, Lauren.
He is a member of the Medical Group Management Association, the American
College of Healthcare Executives, and the Society for Ambulatory Care
Professionals.
Johns Hopkins Medical Services Corporation is a non-profit, wholly owned
affiliate of the Johns Hopkins Health System and provides primary and secondary
care to families at 17 sites throughout Maryland, including Baltimore,
Annapolis, Catonsville, Cockeysville, Columbia, Frederick, Hagerstown, Laurel,
Pasadena, Perry Hall, Rockville, and Westminister. MSC provides health care
services to approximately 100,000 members of the Prudential Health Care Plan,
FreeState Health Plan, Chesapeake Health Plan, Uniformed Services Family Plan,
as well as private, fee-for-service patients.
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