Mercy Health CEO to lead merger with Bon Secours

CINCINNATI — Mercy Health President and CEO John M. Starcher, Jr., will take on the same role for the soon-to-be-merged Bon Secours Mercy Health, officials for the systems announced this week. 

After the merger is completed this fall Rich Statuto, president and CEO of the Maryland-based Bon Secours Health System, will stay on as an adviser for strategic growth and innovation and will retire in 2019, according to a statement announcing the moves. Mr. Starcher was named to the top job at Cincinnati-based Mercy Health in 2016 after 13 years with the system. 

John Starcher, current president of Mercy Health, will lead the soon-to-be merged Bon Secours Mercy Health system.

Mr. Starcher is a graduate of Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo College of Law.

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The merged system will be officially called Bon Secours Mercy Health, though individual facilities will retain their respective names to preserve community familiarity. A combined board of directors will be led by Chris Allen, chair of the Bon Secours board. Mercy Health board chair Katherine W. Vestal will be vice chair.