The University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) announces the appointment of Allen Yearick, MHA, LNHA, as permanent administrator and vice president of Aging Services at Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing, a certified 153-bed facility. Yearick served in the role of interim administrator since January 2018 and brings more than 25 years in nursing home and acute care operations to the role. “Over the past five months, Allen has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to supporting Woodridge’s team, residents and families,” said Anna Noonan, CVMC’s president and chief operating officer. “We all look forward to partnering with Allen to continue deepening Woodridge’s culture of caring and strengthening the delivery of exceptional patient- and family-centered care at the facility.”
Yearick is a licensed nursing home administrator (LNHA) in Vermont, Florida, Minnesota and Nebraska and comes to Vermont from Sarasota, Fla, where he served as president of the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA), Florida chapter. The group recently received ACHCA’s 2018 Chapter Achievement Award.
Yearick earned a bachelor’s degree in biology/psychology from West Virginia University and a master’s degree in hospital administration (MHA) from the University of Minnesota. He also holds a graduate certificate in gerontology from the University of South Florida and is core-trained in assisted living facility administration.
“I am humbled by the wonderfully positive reception I’ve received from Woodridge’s leadership team and our caring staff,” Yearick said. “We have been actively enhancing our culture and becoming a truly engaged team in caring for our dear residents. There is tremendous opportunity and growth that lies ahead for Woodridge and long-term care at CVMC.”
To learn more, visit www.cvmc.org/woodridge.
About The University of Vermont Health Network - Central Vermont Medical Center
Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) is the primary health care provider for 66,000 people who live and work in central Vermont. We provide 24-hour emergency care and offer a full spectrum of inpatient and outpatient services at the main hospital and CVMC’s 23 community-based medical group practices. These include two ExpressCare clinics, open 7 days a week, and CVMC's Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing, a 153-bed long- and short-term care facility. Our professional staff includes more than 200 physicians and 70 advanced practice providers representing 25 medical specialties.
We employ more than 1,700 full- and part-time employees and depend upon hundreds of volunteers and donors who help carry out our mission of working collaboratively to meet the needs and improve the health of our community.
Central Vermont Medical Center is a member of OneCareVermont, the statewide accountable care organization.
About The University of Vermont Health Network
The University of Vermont Health Network is an academic health system comprised of six affiliate hospitals, a multi-specialty medical group and a home health agency. We serve residents of Vermont and northern New York with a shared mission – working together, we improve people’s lives. Our partners include:
- The University of Vermont Medical Center
- The University of Vermont Health Network Medical Group
- The University of Vermont Health Network – Alice Hyde Medical Center
- The University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center
- The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital
- The University of Vermont Health Network – Elizabethtown Community Hospital
- The University of Vermont Health Network – Moses Ludington
- The University of Vermont Health Network – Porter Medical Center
- The Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties
Our 4,000 health care professionals are driven to provide high-quality, cost-efficient care as close to home as possible. Strengthened by our academic connection to The University of Vermont, each of our hospitals remains committed to its local community by providing compassionate, personal care shaped by the latest medical advances and delivered by highly skilled experts.