Mercy Springfield has named a new CEO for its Rehabilitation Hospital. Jay Guffey will take over the job after more than 40 years in health care.
Guffey served as the joint venture board chair for the facility for four years and worked through its design, construction and opening.
He replaces Bruce Eady, who recently took a position as vice president of Patient Logistics at Mercy Hospital Springfield.
Guffey began his career at Mercy at a respiratory therapist before moving into a number of leadership roles, but most recently he served as chief operating officer of Jordan Valley Community Health Center.
According to Mercy, in the less than four years since Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital Springfield opened, it’s placed in the top 7 percent of nearly 800 rehabilitation hospitals across the country.
