Frances Clark

Hickory, NC – Frances Clark has been named Hospital Compliance Officer for Frye Regional Medical Center. Clark comes to Frye from another Tenet facility, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, where she served as HCO for more than a year. She brings with her over 20 years of healthcare experience.

“Frances is a natural choice to take on the challenge of a larger, more complex facility such as Frye,” says Denny Bruns, President and CEO of Frye Regional Medical Center. “Her clinical background and her work in risk management will serve her well in the HCO role.”

Clark holds an ASN in Nursing and is licensed in Healthcare Risk Management.

Frye Regional Medical Center, part of Tenet North Carolina, is a 355-bed acute care facility located at 420 North Center Street in Hickory, NC.  The hospital has been serving the medical and health care needs of Catawba County since 1911.  The hospital’s main campus includes a comprehensive heart center and cardiac rehab, orthopedics, bariatric surgery, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, pediatrics, center for neurosciences, cancer center and women’s pavilion.  Frye has several extended campuses to serve families throughout the area including: Wellness and Education Center which houses the Center For Diabetes Self-Management Care, perinatal education and community wellness classes; South Campus for psychiatric services; Viewmont and Tate Surgery Centers; Vein and Wound Center/Infusion Care; Pain Center; Piedmont Therapy, offering sports and industrial rehabilitation; an urgent care facility; FryeCare, an outpatient diagnostic facility; Alexander Campus, which provides 24 hour emergency care along with diagnostic and laboratory services and infusion care; plus HealthPoint, which provides extensive industrial services and programs to employers.

Frye Regional Medical Center is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.  To learn more about the hospital, visit www.fryemedctr.com