WARWICK – Mark E. Crevier, 57, intends to retire as president and CEO of Kent Hospital effective Oct. 15, hospital and Care New England officials announced this afternoon.
A member of the Kent staff since September 2005, when he joined the hospital staff as its chief operating officer and acting CEO while then-CEO Dr. Robert Baute recovered from surgery. He took over from Baute as the hospital’s president and CEO on April 1, 2006.
Crevier, a resident of the Saunderstown section of North Kingstown, previously worked for Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island from 1985 to 1996 as senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer. He then served in the same position with the Care New England Health System from 1996 – when the nonprofit health care network was established by Kent, Women & Infants and Butler Hospitals – until 2005, when he moved to the Warwick hospital.
“It has been a great pleasure to be involved with these exceptional organizations for some 23 years and most recently here at Kent,” Crevier said today. “I have always planned to retire between 55 and 60,” he added, “and when I accepted the position as the president and CEO at Kent, I did so with a three-year timeframe in mind.”
Care New England President and CEO John J. Hynes today said that, “in all of the positions in which Mark has served, he brought a remarkable work ethic, wonderful insight and performance excellence, which have returned tremendous benefits to Care New England, to our hospitals and to our agencies.
“In addition to his primary responsibilities as chief financial officer, he spearheaded many innovations, including administration of several bond issues making use of attractive variable rate financing, the establishment of successful hospital/physician liability insurance programs and the transformation of our clinical information management systems. His leadership will be missed.”
In accepting Crevier’s resignation, Thomas J. Celona, chairman of the hospital board, said that “Mark has provided excellent leadership in the three years he has been at Kent. He has taken our hospital through some exceptionally challenging times, [and] under his direction, we have advanced the scope and quality of care we provide to the community.”
During Crevier’s tenure, the hospital has implemented a new five-year strategic plan, broadened its use of information technology and expanded a number of clinical services, gaining a new Outpatient Infusion Center, a new radiology group and an enhanced Sleep Lab, and establishing a primary coronary angioplasty program. In what the hospital described as “one of the most significant advancements,” he also helped to establish Kent as a full teaching hospital, with the introduction of the residency programs in Emergency Medicine and Family Practice that are slated to begin on July 1.
Under his guidance, Kent also has addressed its persistent financial woes, “with a major performance improvement and financial recovery initiatives in response to the challenging environment confronting Kent and the state’s other community hospitals,” the hospital said.
Kent lost $8.98 million from operations in fiscal 2007, which ended Sept. 30, despite substantial cost-cutting measures instituted in January – such as pay cuts for executives and staff physicians, delays in scheduled pay raises, a partial hiring freeze, and the closure of a community outreach program and two outpatient offices.
But now, the institution is “on track to record a significantly reduced operating deficit in fiscal year 2008, and hopes to return to a positive bottom line in fiscal 2009,” the hospital said today.
“Thanks to great support from so many at every level of our hospital, we have made significant progress in the past couple of years,” Crevier said, “and I am confident that the success of this hospital will continue.”
The search for a successor will begin shortly, Celona said, adding that a search committee already has been formed.
Care New England Health System is a nonprofit health care system with 6,439 employees, 1,519 physicians, 613 licensed beds and 162 infant bassinets as of 2006. Founded in 1996 by Butler Hospital, Kent Hospital and Women & Infants Hospital, it has grown to include Care New England Home Health and one Care New England Wellness Center. To learn more, visit www.carenewengland.org.
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