Thompson Health Vice President of Finance Mark Prunoske has announced the appointment of three new directors within the health system: Director of Patient Financial Services/Patient Access, Director of Finance and Director of Reimbursement.

The federal Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has invited Thompson Health’s Director of Health Information Management and Utilization Management to serve on one of its advisory panels.

Palmyra-Macedon seventh grade students recently presented Thompson Health with new picture books valued at nearly $800.

The Thompson Health Board of Directors has appointed Deborah K. Weymouth as the Chief Operating Officer for F.F. Thompson Hospital. Ms. Weymouth, who will now oversee all the clinical and non-clinical Hospital departments, additionally assumes the title of Executive Vice President, Thompson Health.

Kathy Grimes, Director of Operations for Senior Living and Service Excellence at Thompson Health, has been appointed to the 2008 Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The Award, created by public law in 1987, is the highest level of national recognition for performance excellence that a U.S. organization can receive.

Deborah Weymouth, Thompson Health’s Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer, was recognized on May 15 by the Rochester Chapter of Financial Executives International and the Rochester Business Journal as “Financial Executive of the Year” in the category of Small Not-for-Profit.

Susan Bonanni of Canandaigua is the new social worker/coordinator for Thompson Health’s Sands Cancer Center.

Timothy Quill, MD, a nationally-recognized expert in end-of-life issues, will be the keynote speaker at “Insights and Innovations,” a community symposium hosted by the Sands Cancer Center on Wednesday, May 21.

Thompson Health is pleased to announce the naming of Wendy Ubbink as the manager of the Recreation Therapy Department at the M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center.

Thompson Health, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS) and the Wegmans School of Pharmacy at St. John Fisher College are teaming up to enhance pharmacy services in the Finger Lakes area.