Jefferson Health names new CEO

Jefferson Health named Dr. Joseph Cacchione as the CEO of Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University, effective Sept. 6, the not-for-profit Philadelphia-based health system said Monday.

Cacchione is the executive vice president of clinical and network services for Ascension Health, a $28 billion not-for-profit health system with 145 hospitals across 19 states and the District of Columbia.

Jefferson’s previous CEO, Dr. Stephen Klasko,