WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Hospital board fires CEO as money woes highlighted

Jessie Stensland reports from the Public Hospital District board meeting:

Following stark reports of financial distress and mismanagement at WhidbeyHealth, the elected board of hospital commissioners fired CEO Ron Telles without cause during a meeting Thursday afternoon… Telles agreed to continue working until [an interim CEO] is found. Under his contract, Telles will receive nine months of his $430,000-a-year salary.…

The board meeting Thursday began with [WhidbeyHealth CFO Jim] Childers and a consultant, Kevin Smith with the accounting firm EideBailly, providing details on the hospital’s serious financial and bookkeeping woes.