July 11, 2016

Richard Shuman, MD, to Lead Mercy’s Physician Network Organization

 

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Staff report

Photo courtesy of Mercy Medical Center

SPRINGFIELD — Richard Shuman, MD, has been named Senior Vice President of Mercy Medical Center’s Physician Network Organization (PNO). In this position, Dr. Shuman will be responsible for strategic and operational management of our practices within the PNO. As member of the Senior Leadership Team, Dr. Shuman will focus on promoting the delivery of high quality health care services, providing leadership for the effective management of medical resources and staff, and ensuring clinical quality management and improvement activities as we strategically align and integrate our physician practices.

Most recently, Dr. Shuman served as President for RiverBend Medical Group.  Dr. Shuman’s career at RiverBend spanned more than 20 years and he has served in a number of leadership positions including Medical Director of Operations and Chief of Medicine. He has provided consulting services to Baycare PHO in Springfield, and served as Medical Director of Tufts Health Plan in Springfield.   

Board certified in Internal Medicine, Dr. Shuman is a member of the Board of Directors for Health New England and serves as Chair of the Baycare Board of Directors. 

Dr. Shuman completed his residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire where he also served as Director of Pre-Admission Testing.  Dr. Shuman is a graduate of University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester and Harvard University in Cambridge. During his academic career, Dr. Shuman received a number of awards in recognition of his superior academic achievements. 

The Sisters of Providence Health System (SPHS) has established itself as one of the leading providers of health care services in Western Massachusetts. In 2015, SPHS became part of Trinity Health – New England, an integrated health care delivery system that is a member of Trinity Health, Livonia, MI, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation.  SPHS includes Mercy Medical Center, a 182-bed acute care hospital in Springfield; Providence Behavioral Health Hospital,  located in Holyoke and licensed for 126 beds; Weldon Rehabilitation Hospital, a comprehensive hospital-based rehabilitation center on the campus of Mercy Medical Center; Brightside for Families and Children, an outpatient service offering counseling and family support programs; two outpatient substance abuse treatment centers; and Mercy Continuing Care Network that includes skilled nursing facilities, residential  care facilities, an adult day health program, Mercy Homecare, Mercy Hospice and Mercy LIFE, a Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly.  More information about SPHS is available at www.mercycares.com.