Health system names chief legal and compliance officer

LAKEWOOD RANCH – Stratum Health System, parent company of Tidewell Hospice, has named Alan Weldy its chief legal and compliance officer.

Weldy started at Stratum Health System on April 27, according to a press release. 

He comes to Lakewood Ranch-based Stratum with 34 years of legal experience and more than a decade of health care compliance and general counsel experience. Most recently, Weldy served 12 years as general counsel, vice president of human resources and compliance at Goshen Health, formerly known as Indiana University Health Goshen, in Goshen, Ind.

He also spent 16 years with the firm Yoder, Ainlay, Ulmer and Buckingham, including 10 years as partner. Weldy has served as adjunct professor and associate professor of business at Goshen College, his undergraduate alma mater.

“Even 1,100 miles away I knew of Stratum Health/Tidewell from friends whose family members were cared for by its incredible staff and volunteers,” Weldy says in a statement. “The compassion, enthusiasm and sense of mission of Tidewell colleagues clearly stood out during my interview process. Learning about the merger of Stratum Health System and Empath Health served to heighten my professional excitement and personal sense of call to help shape the future of the new organization.”

Stratum Health System was created to oversee and support the missions of Tidewell Hospice, Approved Home Health, Avidity Home Health, Connexis Medical Services, SCATA Real Estate LLC and Treasures Thrift Shop.