Mount Sinai South Nassau Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
As senior vice president and CFO, John Pohlman will be responsible for the overall financial management of the hospital and will manage its financial reporting and related internal controls.
Oceanside, NY, November 14, 2019 --(PR.com)-- Hospital and healthcare industry finance expert John A. Pohlman, CPA, has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside, NY.
“John has a tremendous grasp on the complexity of hospital finances and the knowledge and experience to develop and implement the short- and long-term revenue and budgeting strategies to ensure that Mount Sinai South Nassau can expand and add the healthcare services and programs needed by the communities and patients we serve,” said Richard J. Murphy, President and CEO of the hospital.
As senior vice president and CFO, Mr. Pohlman will be responsible for the overall financial management of the hospital and will manage its financial reporting and related internal controls. He will also direct the organization’s financial planning related to growth, financing and associated issues and will coordinate all relationships with auditors, third-party reimbursement agents, managed care companies, investment bankers and the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY).
Mr. Pohlman comes to Mount Sinai South Nassau from Catholic Health Services’ (CHS) St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown, NY, where he had been serving as chief operating officer since 2018. He was named CFO after providing steady economic and financial insight and leadership as the medical center’s vice president of finance and administration from 2012-17. From 2007-11, Mr. Pohlman demonstrated fiscal and financial prudence as a regional vice president of finance for Catholic Health Services, coordinating the financial operations of three acute care hospitals and two Skilled Nursing Facilities with total revenues of approximately $1.0 billion.
Mr. Pohlman’s impressive tenure with CHS began in 2000 when he was hired to serve as director of financial reporting at St. Catherine’s. He started his career at Ernst & Young, LLP, in Melville, NY, where he served as Lead Senior on The New York Presbyterian Healthcare System audit from 1997-2000. A 1995 graduate of Fordham University, Bronx, NY, with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Mr. Pohlman earned a Master of Business Administration, Business Management from Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY, in 2006. He is an active member of public accounting and healthcare management associations, including the Healthcare Financial Management Association and the American College of Healthcare Executives. Mr. Pohlman is a resident of Dix Hills, NY.
Mount Sinai South Nassau is in the midst of a $400 million long-term strategic growth initiative that will transform its Oceanside and Long Beach campuses. Expansion projects that it plans to commence within the next 36 months include construction of a four-story Southwest Addition, a three-story parking structure, and a new central utility plant and electrical emergency facility on the hospital’s main campus in Oceanside and a $40 million Medical Arts Pavilion at its Long Beach campus.
“John has a tremendous grasp on the complexity of hospital finances and the knowledge and experience to develop and implement the short- and long-term revenue and budgeting strategies to ensure that Mount Sinai South Nassau can expand and add the healthcare services and programs needed by the communities and patients we serve,” said Richard J. Murphy, President and CEO of the hospital.
As senior vice president and CFO, Mr. Pohlman will be responsible for the overall financial management of the hospital and will manage its financial reporting and related internal controls. He will also direct the organization’s financial planning related to growth, financing and associated issues and will coordinate all relationships with auditors, third-party reimbursement agents, managed care companies, investment bankers and the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY).
Mr. Pohlman comes to Mount Sinai South Nassau from Catholic Health Services’ (CHS) St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown, NY, where he had been serving as chief operating officer since 2018. He was named CFO after providing steady economic and financial insight and leadership as the medical center’s vice president of finance and administration from 2012-17. From 2007-11, Mr. Pohlman demonstrated fiscal and financial prudence as a regional vice president of finance for Catholic Health Services, coordinating the financial operations of three acute care hospitals and two Skilled Nursing Facilities with total revenues of approximately $1.0 billion.
Mr. Pohlman’s impressive tenure with CHS began in 2000 when he was hired to serve as director of financial reporting at St. Catherine’s. He started his career at Ernst & Young, LLP, in Melville, NY, where he served as Lead Senior on The New York Presbyterian Healthcare System audit from 1997-2000. A 1995 graduate of Fordham University, Bronx, NY, with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Mr. Pohlman earned a Master of Business Administration, Business Management from Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY, in 2006. He is an active member of public accounting and healthcare management associations, including the Healthcare Financial Management Association and the American College of Healthcare Executives. Mr. Pohlman is a resident of Dix Hills, NY.
Mount Sinai South Nassau is in the midst of a $400 million long-term strategic growth initiative that will transform its Oceanside and Long Beach campuses. Expansion projects that it plans to commence within the next 36 months include construction of a four-story Southwest Addition, a three-story parking structure, and a new central utility plant and electrical emergency facility on the hospital’s main campus in Oceanside and a $40 million Medical Arts Pavilion at its Long Beach campus.
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Mount Sinai South Nassau
Damian J. Becker
516-377-5370
southnassau.org
Damian J. Becker
516-377-5370
southnassau.org
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