HFMA Annual Conference 2018

Wayne Bennett
CFO
LRGHealthcare


Wayne Bennett comes to LRGHealthcare with 30 years’ experience directing and planning financial activities of complex healthcare systems including serving as CFO for his most recent organization, Franklin Community Health Network (FCHN), which is an $80 million, rural, non-profit healthcare system. Throughout his time at FCHN, he has taken a number of steps to continuously improve its financial position including developing a disciplined annual strategic planning process to assess the overall financial health of the organization and set future financial targets; as well as installing a decision support platform, including cost accounting, to provide better visibility into the financial performance of the organization. Bennett also played a key role in transitioning the organization to the MaineHealth system. Prior to his time with FCHN, Bennett held various financial leadership positions for several organizations. He served as CFO for both Mt. Ascutney Hospital in Windsor, VT and Mercy Health Systems of Maine in Portland as well as Director of Finance for Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cleverly, MD and Vice President of Finance for Central Maine Healthcare in Lewiston. He holds an MBA/MHA from the Institute of Health Administration at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA as well as a BS in Biology from Bates College in Lewiston, ME.

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