Compassus Adds Three to Corporate Office

Sep 24, 2018 at 02:09 pm by Staff


At the end of July, Compassus, a nationwide network of community-based hospice, palliative and home health programs headquartered in Brentwood, announced the addition of three healthcare veterans to its corporate office.

Brian Blackburn has been named vice president of technology. H\A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he has more than 15 years of infrastructure management and implementation experience in the healthcare industry and previously held leadership positions in IT management and implementation at HCA. In his role with Compassus, Blackburn will lead companywide initiatives to standardize, deploy and manage technology that supports the company's mission.

Jesse Verni has been appointed vice president of financial planning and analysis. He brings nearly 20 years experience to his new role, most recently serving as vice president of finance for Change Healthcare. Verni will lead the finance team in developing budgets, forecasts and financial analytics.

Tom Frundle has been hired as service desk manager. Beginning his 20-year healthcare career as a registered nurse, Frundle has worked in product management positions for clinical applications for the past six years. He has authored several articles and served as an instructor and lecturer in his nursing role and served as a volunteer flight paramedic during the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics. At Compassus, he will oversee frontline support to associates related to technology issues.

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