In this role, Healy will work with the continuing care division to provide consultative and management services to organizations unaffiliated with CHE, helping to improve and enhance operations at continuing care retirement communities.

“Bill brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this role, said John Capasso, president and CEO of CHE’s Continuing Care Management Services Network. “We look forward to his leadership and expertise in implementing operational strategies that will carry us successfully into the future.”

Healy brings 25 years of progressive administrative experience within rural, metropolitan, and midsize markets across the East, West, and Midwest regions of the country, with a working knowledge of all facets of the senior housing and long-term care industries. He pioneered the nation’s earliest home and community based service models, as well as the Aging-in-Place movement that enables seniors to remain in their communities as they age.

He has a successful record of redirecting challenged organizations through the integration of core corporate traditions and values; board and management transformation; repositioning and pricing of services; and, development of strong quality and expense accountabilities.

He was most recently chief operating officer at Trinity Senior Living Communities, Novi, Michigan, the senior living division of a large Catholic health system. Prior to that, he was a partner and senior vice president at Hamlyn, Cherry Hill, N.J., one of the nation’s most experienced consulting firms in the field of senior living, specializing in marketing, research, and management.

He earned a master’s degree in health services administration from The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and a B.S. in education from Mount St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Catholic Health East (CHE), a Catholic health system co-sponsored by nine religious congregations and Hope Ministries, is based in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. CHE provides the means to ensure the continuation of the Catholic identity and operational strength of the sponsors’ health ministries, which are located in 11 eastern states from Maine to Florida.

The CHE system includes 34 acute-care hospitals, four long-term acute-care hospitals, 25 free-standing and hospital-based long-term care facilities, 14 assisted-living facilities, four continuing-care retirement communities, eight behavioral-health and rehabilitation facilities, 32 home health/hospice agencies, and numerous ambulatory and community-based health services. CHE facilities employ approximately 54,000 full-time employees as partners in ministry.