180-bed Lakewood Ranch hospital names new CEO.
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180-bed Lakewood Ranch hospital names new CEO. Universal Health Services picks Jason Madsen to take over its 180-bed facility in the growing community. * By Jay Heater * | 9:54 a.m. June 29, 2026 * | 2 Free Articles Remaining! * Manatee-Sarasota Lakewood Ranch Medical Center has named healthcare executive Jason Madsen CEO. The hospital's parent company, suburban Philadelphia hospital and health services giant United Health Services, announced the hiring. Madsen replaces Rob Anderson, who resigned in March after a year in the role. Like Madsen, Anderson had been working in Texas (El Paso) prior to Lakewood Ranch. Anderson had been hired in April 2025 to replace longtime LWRMC leader Andy Guz, who UHS had promoted to oversee Manatee Memorial Hospital in downtown Bradenton. After the departures of both Anderson and Guz, UHS named hospital COO Philip Reber interim CEO. "From a professional standpoint, this is a good opportunity to come into an organization that has a strong foundation and reputation for quality of service," Madsen says in an interview with the East County Observer, sister paper of the Business Observer, while driving east through Texas from his home in Texoma, north of Fort Worth. "I have been with Universal Health Services for a decade and I've always looked at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center as a hospital that achieves the high marks. "This is one of the...
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