Samaritan Welcomes Two New Executives to Their Leadership Team
Samaritan recently announced the addition of two new executives to the not-for-profit organization’s leadership team. Jim Seaman has been named Chief Financial Officer, and Sherri DeVita, RN, BS has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations.
“Jim and Sherri both possess invaluable skills in their respective fields and a wealth of experience in the healthcare space,” said Phillip W. Heath, president and CEO of Samaritan. “We are excited to see how their individual expertise and dedication to patient-centric care will support Samaritan’s continued growth and ensure the consistent delivery of quality, compassionate care to our patients and their loved ones.”
Jim Seaman comes to Samaritan with more than thirty years of healthcare finance experience. He previously served as senior healthcare financial executive consultant with Furtek & Associates, where he managed healthcare clients nationwide and helped organizations develop and strengthen their internal controls to encourage sustainable growth. In his new role as CFO, Jim is responsible for overseeing all of the organization’s financial functions, including strategic financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, accounting and revenue cycles. He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and business administration from Millersville University.
Sherri DeVita, RN, BS, of Jim Thorpe has more than twenty years of nursing and clinical operations management experience, specializing in clinical services and clinical policies and procedures. As Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations at Samaritan, Sherri is responsible for overseeing all hospice operations, social work, counseling and Samaritan’s Center for Grief Support, as well as quality and compliance, business development, IT services and medical records. She first joined Samaritan in 2022 as the director of quality and Compliance, and was quickly promoted to vice president of quality, compliance & education in 2023. Sherri earned an associate degree in nursing from Luzerne County Community College and her bachelor’s degree in computer science and business administration from Ohio State University.
For more information on Samaritan, visit www.SamaritanNJ.org.
About Samaritan:
Samaritan is a not-for-profit, independent organization locally founded in Moorestown, New Jersey in 1980 as one of the first hospices in the country. Samaritan is now one of the State’s leading providers of primary care at home, palliative medicine, hospice care, grief support, advanced illness care, education and advocacy. Samaritan serves patients and families in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer counties who are coping with the stresses of aging, serious illness or grief wherever they call home. Samaritan also has two dedicated inpatient hospice centers in Voorhees and Mount Holly. Beyond the services covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance plans, Samaritan annually provides nearly $1M in donor-funded non-reimbursed care for patients and families in the South Jersey region. A thrift shop in Westmont also supports Samaritan services and programs. Samaritan is accredited by The Joint Commission; a member of the National Partnership for Hospice Innovation; and is a four-star hospice in the national We Honor Veterans program. For more information, visit www.SamaritanNJ.org.