Organizational appointment and employee certification

Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health announces the following organizational appointment:

Jason Middleton

• Jason Middleton has been appointed regional finance director of the Franciscan Physician Network.
  
  Middleton previously served as Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health’s director of Revenue Management. He has also served as director of Business Development at Franciscan St. Francis Health and as a practice manager for Sigma Medical Group.
  
  Middleton received his bachelor’s degree in industrial management from Purdue University and a master’s of health administration from Indiana University. He has received a yellow belt certification in Six Sigma.
  

James Parsons

• James Parsons, P.T., FACHE, director of Business Development for Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health, recently became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation’s leading professional society for healthcare leaders.
  
  Fellow status represents achievement of the highest standard of professional development. In fact, only 8,500 healthcare executives hold this distinction. To obtain Fellow status, candidates must fulfill multiple requirements, including passing a comprehensive examination, meeting academic and experiential criteria, earning continuing education credits and demonstrating professional/community involvement. Fellows are also committed to ongoing professional development and undergo recertification every three years.
  
  The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of more than 30,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. In addition, ACHE is known for its magazine, Healthcare Executive, and its journals, the Journal of Healthcare Management and Frontiers of Health Services Management, as well as groundbreaking research, career development and public policy programs. ACHE's publishing division, Health Administration Press, is one of the largest publishers of books and journals on all aspects of health.