Health Care Feb 13, 2017 Share

Also: Cumberland House sets up patient assistance fund

authors Geert De Lombaerde

The top executives of Saint Thomas Health have picked the leader of their group in charge of acquisitions, physician recruitment and development to oversee a new push coordinating women and childrens health programs.

Kristen Toth (pictured) joined Saint Thomas in early 2014 as executive director of Saint Thomas Health Alliance after a dozen years in the pharmaceutical sector. In that role, she helped craft the regional health systems business development, partnerships and service line program development. Her new title is vice president of program development for women and children and will have her oversee the planning, services, clinical processes and business practices for that line of business.

Saint Thomas runs nine hospitals as well as a network of affiliated joint ventures, medical practices, clinics and rehabilitation facilities that cover a 68-county area. The system employs more than 8,000 people.

Alcohol and drug addiction treatment provider Cumberland Heights has created a fund to help patients pay for services, courtesy of a former patient with Music Row ties.

Cumberland Heights, which treats about 2,500 people annually, set up The Timothy Cotton Fund for Patient Assistance with the proceeds of the recent $285,000 sale Cottons home on Setliff Place in East Nashville. Cotton was a longtime driver for many musical acts, including Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson and Lonestar. He died early last year and will his home to Cumberland Heights.

Tim Cotton was a generous soul who loved caring for others, said Cumberland Heights CEO Jay Crosson. His incredible donation and the Timothy Cotton Fund for Patient Assistance will help many, many people recover life from drug and alcohol addiction. Tims memory will live on at Cumberland Heights in perpetuity.

The $285,000 fund is part of Cumberland Heights endowment and will help patients unable to afford treatment or without insurance to cover its costs. Bill Branch of Life Style Real Estate Advisors brokered the sale of Cottons home and donated his commission to Cumberland Heights.

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