Victor S. Jordan has been named the health network executive and chief
operating officer for Providence St. Joseph Health Southern California,
the region’s second-largest health care provider.
Reporting to Erik G. Wexler, regional chief executive officer, Providence
St. Joseph Health Southern California, Jordan will be responsible for
day-to-day operations, including growth, quality, employee engagement,
productivity and financial performance. He also will work closely with
the chief executives of the not-for-profit health system’s 14 Southern
California hospitals and its two large medical foundations to ensure delivery
of high-quality, accessible and affordable care.
Says Wexler, “Victor will contribute greatly to Providence St. Joseph
Health. His collaborative, respectful and inspirational style is a good
fit with our culture. Like all of us, he is driven to improve outcomes
and advance strategic initiatives. Equally important is his personal commitment
to the mission and values of the Sisters of Providence and the Sisters
of St. Joseph of Orange, which direct us to focus on the needs of our
communities’ most vulnerable.”
“I’m excited to be returning to Southern California and I look
forward to advancing the health care mission of Providence St. Joseph
Health,” Jordan said.
With more than 20 years of experience in health systems, Jordan most recently
was executive vice president and chief financial officer of the seven-hospital
Detroit Medical Center (DMC), where he coordinated approximately $1 billion
in capital development projects, including an advanced technology heart
hospital, a pediatric specialty ambulatory center and a $175 million project
to replace a patient tower for Children’s Hospital of Michigan.
While at DMC, he was the executive sponsor of a company-wide mentoring
program for future financial operations leaders, which significantly increased
internal promotions. He oversaw population health strategies for the health
system, including those related to the owned Medicaid health plan and
the Medicare Pioneer accountable care organization (ACO). These strategies
were all related to coordinating and improving care as well as meeting
high-quality thresholds. Also, he worked with the senior leadership team
at DMC on appropriate ER utilization through a CMS innovation grant. As
a result, three holistic primary care clinics were opened adjacent to
the hospitals’ emergency rooms.
Jordan’s other prior regional management experience includes the
New England and Chicago markets for Tenet Healthcare.
He will be joined by his wife and two children when they relocate from
Michigan. He assumes his new role on March 26.