St. Francis Health exec earns career achievement award from ACHE

Jared Stark (l), executive director for Franciscan St. Francis Health-Mooresville, is presented with the award by Michael O’Neil, senior vice president and chief operating officer for Memorial Health System in South Bend, Ind., andIndiana ACHE Regent.

INDIANAPOLIS – Jared Stark, executive director for Franciscan St. Francis Health-Mooresville, has garnered recognition from the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Indiana chapter.

He is the recipient of the 2011 Early Career Professional Regent’s Award, awarded to a hospital administrator under 40 years old who has demonstrated significant accomplishments in the health care field; participation in local and state hospital association activities and civic/community projects; and creative management.

Specifically, Stark was cited for a variety of accomplishments during his tenure at Mooresville, including HealthGrades rankings in the top 5 percent for joint replacement; increases in patient, employee and physician satisfaction; expansion of the Mooresville campus; and increases to the hospital’s income.

He also has been tapped to lead the development and operations of a new short-stay hospital in Carmel, scheduled for opening in April 2012.

 

Stark, who was appointed executive director of the Mooresville hospital in July 2008, also served in executive positions at Riverview Hospital (Noblesville) and Provena St. Mary’s Hospital (Kankakee, Ill.). He received his bachelor’s degree from Wabash College and his master of business administration degree from Indiana Wesleyan University.  

A native Hoosier and Morgan County resident, he is a Certified Health Care Executive and Fellow of the ACHE and holds memberships in several professional and civic organizations.

Stark received the Early Career Professional Regent’s Award at the recent Indiana Hospital Association’s annual meeting.