Sutter Health names Ochsner exec Thomas to be its next CEO

Effective Dec. 1, Warner Thomas will take the helm of Sacramento, California-based Sutter Health, becoming the system’s first external CEO in more than 40 years, reports Healthcare Dive. Thomas joins Sutter from Louisiana-based Ochsner Health, where as CEO and president he led the system’s 40 hospitals and more than 300 urgent care and health centers for a decade.