Seventeen years into his career as an administrator with Samaritan Health, Marty Cahill has gotten to know the nonprofit health provider pretty well.
But this year, as he has taken over as CEO of the five-hospital chain, which serves an area stretching from Lincoln City to Lebanon and Corvallis, a lot has changed.
Cahill, who is in his “mid-50s”, came to Samaritan after, he said, getting interested in the world of health services while working…