Gerard D. Breen
Ada, OK ***20
Cell 614-***-****
Home 580-***-****
Executive Financial Management
Budgeting Financial Statements Resource Utilization
Highly experienced and accomplished Financial Executive with For-Profit and Not-for-Profit
acute care, psychiatric & physician practice entity experiences..
Core Competencies
1 P & L Management Operations Management
2 Financial Statement Preparation Year End Audit Experience
3 Budget Preparation Acquisition & Change Management
Professional Experience
Interim Chief Financial Officer March 2015 to Present
Newman Memorial Hospital
Responsible for all aspects of financial operations at the hospital. In addition I have assisted the
CEO in educating the staff and Board of Directors of the changes necessary to transition to a
Critical Access Hospital.
Interim Chief Financial Officer January 2015 to February2015
Rock Prairie Hospital
Assisted in the interim transition of the finance department providing accounting and patient
accounting advice and services to hospital as they were finding a full time financial employee.
March – 2012 – March - 2014
Chief Financial Officer-
Rolling Hills Hospital
Full responsibility for all accounting functions and bottom line performance of Rolling Hills
Hospital (RHH) a 60 Bed Acute Psychiatric hospital, located in Ada, Oklahoma. Rolling Hills is
a wholly owned subsidiary of Acadia Healthcare of Franklin, TN. As part of the senior
management actively worked on the expansion of RHH from 44 beds to 60 beds to include the
transition, also of a 14 Bed Adolescent unit. Currently RHH is expanding to include 32
Adolescent Group Home beds. During the previous year guided the hospital to a 25.6 margin
percentage up from 19.6 in the previous year.
March – 2009 - April 2011
Chief Financial Officer-
Ohio Hospital for Psychiatry
Full responsibility for all accounting functions and bottom line performance of OHP a 68 Bed
Acute Psychiatric hospital. As part of the senior management progressively worked on
transitioning OHP from a primarily Adolescent RTC facility to a full service Acute Psychiatric
hospital. Also responsible for a 16 Bed leased Facility and the financial operations of a large
physician clinic.
Wellmont Health Systems – Kingsport TN May 2005 – March 2009
Chief Financial Officer - 9/08-3/09
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital (HCMH)
& Hancock County Hospital (HCH)
Full responsibility for bottom line performance of HCM 60 Bed Acute Care hospital. HCMH
generates over $22 million of Net Revenue with a budgeted EBIDTA of 10 %. As part of the
senior management continually work on growth strategies to strengthen HCMH’s position in
their market. HCH is a 25 Critical Access hospital located in Sneedville, TN. I have helped to
begin to develop a primary care clinic at the hospital, to help provide a better continuum of care.
Chief Financial Officer - 8/07 –9/08
Lonesome Pine Hospital (LPH)
& Jenkins Community Hospital (JCH)
Full responsibility for bottom line performance of LPH a 60 Bed Acute Care hospital. LPH
generates over $32 million of Net Revenue with a budgeted EBIDTA of 6 %. As part of the
senior management continually work on growth strategies to strengthen LPH’s position in their
market. JCH is a 25 Critical Access hospital located in Jenkins, KY. I have helped to begin to
develop a primary care clinic at the hospital, to facilitate the provision of a better continuum of
care for the Community.
System Controller – 5/05- 7/07
Wellmont Health System – Corporate Office
Responsible for operations of the centralized Finance Department, including Accounting,
Accounts Payable, Payroll and Financial Reporting. Wellmont Health System net revenue is
approximately $ 750 million dollars. The system is comprised of eight hospitals, a 100 +
Physician practice, an In-house Collection Agency and other ancillary operations.
Responsibilities included the supervision and coordination of the closing of all entities books on
a monthly basis and the coordination of year end audits.
St Claire’s Medical Center- August 2002 – May 2005
Director of Finance
Morehead, KY
Responsible for operations of the Finance Department, including Accounting, Accounts Payable,
Payroll and Financial Reporting. St Claire’s is a 60 Bed acute care hospital with a Home Health
Agency and four owned Rural Health clinics Responsibilities included the supervision and
coordination of the closing of all entities books on a monthly basis and the coordination of year
end audits.
May 1997 – December 2001
HCA
Nashville, TN
Chief Financial Officer - 7/99 – 12/01
Samaritan Hospital
Lexington, KY
Responsible for operations of the HIM, Case Management, Information Systems, Patient Billing
and Finance Department, including Accounting, Accounts Payable, Payroll and Financial
Reporting. Samaritan was a 160 bed hospital including a 24 Bed SNF unit and a 31 Bed Psych
unit; it included a Home Health Agency and a managed Rural Health clinic. Responsibilities
included the supervision and coordination of the closing of monthly books and the coordination
of reporting with division and corporate departments. Reporting included the supervision of 26
staff.
Corporate Internal Audit- 5/97 –6/99
CFO – Interim Program
Responsible for operations of the HIM, Case Management, Information Systems, Patient Billing
and Finance Department, including Accounting, Accounts Payable, Payroll and Financial
Reporting. Worked as an Interim CFO for facilities being sold and spun off from HCA.
Responsibilities included the supervision and coordination of the closing of monthly books and
the coordination of reporting with division and corporate departments.
Westchester General Hospital
August 1994 – May 1997
Chief Financial Officer
Miami, FL
University Medical Center
July 1986 – July 1994
Assistant Controller
Tucson, AZ
Responsible for Finance, Accounts Payable, Payroll and Reimbursement department 280 Bed
Acute teaching hospital with a 307 FTE Resident program.
Empire Blue Cross
June 1981 – July 1986
Medicare Auditor
New York, NY
Responsible for Medicare cost report audits from small Community hospitals to the Health and
Hospital Corporation of New York City.
Education
Fordham University
Bronx, NY
Bachelors of Science in Accounting and Finance Graduated May 1981
Member of HFMA since 1986