September 6, 2013 – FamilyCare, Inc., is pleased to announce the appointment of William “Bill” Murray to chief operating officer, effective October 14, 2013. Murray will lead operations for FamilyCare in the Portland Metropolitan area and Eastern Oregon.
“Bill is a recognized leader in state and local healthcare initiatives,” says FamilyCare President and CEO Jeff Heatherington. “I’m impressed with the way he leads teams of capable and dedicated people and with his keen understanding of what drives financial success for a company.”
Murray is a seasoned healthcare executive with successes in a series of roles spanning regulatory, finance, and business management. As chief executive officer of the North Bend Medical Center, the largest clinic serving the Southern Oregon Coast, he successfully led the conversion to electronic health records, repositioned the clinics for health care reform, and was awarded Oregon’s first ACO-Medicare Shared Savings Program contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Prior to that, Murray held the chief executive officer role at Southwest Oregon IPA, d.b.a. Doctors of the Oregon Coast South in Coos Bay, Ore. He was responsible for managing the physician-owned organization which contracts with the Oregon Health Plan, offers a Medicare Advantage Plan, and a self-insured health plan. To turn around financial losses, Murray restructured operations and contracts to create operating margins and long-term financial stability. While in this position, he was active in the state’s health care legislative process and was selected by the governor to help develop the coordinated care organization health care delivery model in effect today.
Murray, a CPA, ran his own healthcare-focused financial accounting business and has held executive positions with financial institutions and in the high tech industry.
He holds a business degree from the University of Oregon and is a certified public accountant.
