Ascension Medical Group names former Cleveland Clinic executive its new president
Joseph Caccione, a cardiologist and Cleveland Clinic executive, has been named president of Ascension Medical Group.
Ascension Medical Group is the national provider organization of Ascension, the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. Ascension Medical Group includes 6,500 employers providers in 16 states and the District of Columbia.
Cacchione joined the Cleveland Clinic in 2009 and had been chairman of operations and strategy for the Cleveland Clinic’s heart and vascular institute since 2011. Before then, he was executive vice president and chief of quality and operations at Saint Vincent Health System in Erie, Pennsylvania, from 2004 to 2009.
Cacchione, a member of the American College of Cardiology’s board of trustees, is board certified in cardiology, interventional cardiology and internal medicine.
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