Becoming transparent; Schubart brings spirit of openness on board at system.(William Schubart, chairman of Fletcher Allen Health Care)

Modern Healthcare, February, 2007 by Wilson, Linda

Byline: Linda Wilson

Turning to the insight he gained as the chairman of not-for-profit boards of trustees, William Schubart III steered 434-bed Fletcher Allen Health Care to an open and accountable decisionmaking process-the antithesis of a secretive style that had led to several years of tumult at the organization.

Schubart, 61, served a four-year term on the board of Burlington, Vt.-based Fletcher Allen, from December 2002 to December 2006, becoming chairman in December 2003.

He was one of many new board members appointed in 2002 and 2003 as Fletcher Allen reeled from federal and state investigations into a scheme in which top executives had conspired to hide from state regulators the true costs of an ambitious expansion, called the...

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