Saint Luke's Health System names former Cox exec as CEO of its North Region
Saint Luke's Health System named Darren Bass as CEO of its North Region. In the position, Bass oversees Saint Luke's North Hospital-Barry Road and ...

Saint Luke's Health System named Darren Bass as CEO of its North Region. In the position, Bass oversees Saint Luke's North Hospital-Barry Road and Saint Luke's North Hospital-Smithville. Rated together as Saint Luke's North Hospital, they have 160 patient beds and ranked No. 14 on the Kansas City Business Journal 's list of area acute-care general hospitals, based on 2021 admissions of 7,089. He succeeds Adele Ducharme, who served in the position for more than a decade, according to a release. Bass previously was vice president of clinical services for CoxHealth in Springfield, Missouri.