Client News: Clearwater's Morton Plant Hospital Names New COO

Source: Tampa Bay Online

TAMPA - Morton Plant Hospital has hired Kristopher Hoce as its chief operating officer. Hoce, CEO of Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, N.C., will begin his new duties Jan. 3.

Pardee is about one-third the size of Clearwater's Morton Plant, which has 687 beds. Hoce, 51, has 28 years experience in the industry and will fill the spot left vacant by Hal Ziecheck, who was named chief operating officer for Morton Plant North Bay Hospital in New Port Richey.

Morton Plant is part of the BayCare Health System, which also includes St. Joseph's and Mease Countryside hospitals