Becker’s Hospital Review has named the following CFOs to its list, “125 Hospital and Health System CFOs to Know.” These men and women help lead renowned tertiary centers, academic medical centers, community hospitals and health systems in all financial matters while balancing quality patient care and innovative healthcare reform strategies. The Becker’s Hospital Review editorial team used several resources to develop this list, including nominations, prior Becker’s Hospital Review lists and input from industry experts.
Clint Adams. CFO of Ardent Health Services (Nashville, Tenn.). Since 2003, Mr. Adams has led the financial operations of Ardent Health Services, which owns and operates three different health systems — Lovelace Health System in Albuquerque, N.M., Hillcrest HealthCare System in Tulsa, Okla., and Baptist St. Anthony’s Health System in Amarillo, Texas. Prior to his time with Ardent, Mr. Adams was a senior audit manager for Ernst & Young and staff accountant for Deloitte.
Katherine Arbuckle. Senior Vice President and CFO of Ascension Health (St. Louis). Ms. Arbuckle became senior vice president and CFO of Ascension Health, the largest non-profit and Catholic health system in the United States, in April 2012. She had a prior stint at Ascension from 2002 to 2006 as vice president of finance. Ms. Arbuckle also was CFO of Bon Secours Health System, based in Marriottsville, Md., for more than five years and assistant vice president of finance at St. Vincent Health in Indianapolis.
Charles Ayscue. Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO of Mission Health (Asheville, N.C.). Mr. Ayscue has served as senior vice president of finance and CFO of Mission Health since March 2007, and his healthcare finance career has mostly been based in the Tar Heel State. Prior to Mission Health, Mr. Ayscue was CFO of UNC Health Care in Chapel Hill, N.C., for 20 years, where he helped develop a combined operating expense budget of more than $1.4 billion for the 1,096-bed system. He also served as comptroller and associate director of financial services at The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro, N.C.
Jenny Barnett. Executive Vice President and CFO of Catholic Health East (Newtown Square, Pa.). Ms. Barnett is responsible for the financial oversight and stewardship of Catholic Health East, which recently announced a merger with Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health this past October. She has been at CHE since 2006, and before becoming executive vice president and CFO, Ms. Barnett was CHE’s vice president of finance and chief accounting officer. Prior to CHE, she served as system director of finance and corporate controller of Christus Health, based in Irving, Texas, and director of accounting at Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston.
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Talana Bell. CFO of Flowers Hospital (Dothan, Ala.). Ms. Bell started her healthcare career at Flowers Hospital in 1999 as a financial analyst. She served in that role for six months before being promoted to CFO. This past September, Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, the parent company of Flowers Hospital, awarded Ms. Bell with an Excellence in Leadership Award, which recognizes hospital leaders who have demonstrated commitment to quality healthcare and operational excellence.
Chris Bergman. Vice President and CFO of The Christ Hospital (Cincinnati). Mr. Bergman, who has more than 30 years of healthcare financial experience, joined The Christ Hospital in December 2008. Previously, he was CFO of the Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Mich., and vice president of finance at Centura Health in Englewood, Colo. He was a senior audit manager at Ernst & Young before entering the hospital sector. In 2011, the Cincinnati Business Courier named Mr. Bergman as its “CFO of the Year.”
Michael Blaszyk. Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Corporate Officer and CFO of Dignity Health (San Francisco). As senior executive vice president, chief corporate officer and CFO of Dignity Health, one of the largest health systems in California, Mr. Blaszyk oversees the financial affairs and corporate operations for the $13.1 billion integrated health system. He has more than 30 years of experience in managing finances and operations in the healthcare sector, and he previously served as CFO of University Hospitals in Cleveland. Mr. Blaszyk also serves as a member of the finance committees for St. Louis-based Ascension Health, Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives and Cincinnati-based Catholic Health Partners.
Sally Boemer. Senior Vice President and CFO of North Shore Medical Center (Salem, Mass.). Ms. Boemer never intended to pursue a career in healthcare finance, but that changed after she took an administrative fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in 1993. The fellowship allowed her to rotate through all of the hospital’s operations and finance departments. Ms. Boemer assumed the position of senior vice president for finance at Massachusetts General in 1999. She is currently senior vice president and CFO of North Shore Medical Center, a two-hospital system that is part of Boston-based Partners HealthCare, the parent of Massachusetts General.
Mark Bogen. Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO of South Nassau Communities Hospital (Oceanside, N.Y.). Mr. Bogen has more than 35 years of healthcare financial experience, and before being named CFO of South Nassau Communities Hospital in April 2012, he was the hospital’s vice president of finance for four years. Prior to joining South Nassau, Mr. Bogen was CFO of New York City’s Preferred Health Network before it merged with NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System. In 1997, he founded his own consulting firm, The Bogen Consulting Group, which merged with Besler Consulting in 2004.
Date: May 28, 2013