Healthcare Financial Management Association, based in Westchester, Ill., has named Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health South Florida CFO Ralph Lawson as chairman.
Mr. Lawson has been CFO of Baptist Health South Florida since 1989. He has overseen acquisitions of South Miami Hospital, Homestead (Fla.) Hospital, Mariners Hospital in Tavernier, Fla., and Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables, Fla., as well as Baptist Health's $2 billion investment portfolio. Mr. Lawson has more than 30 years of healthcare financial experience. Prior to joining Baptist Health, he spent 17 years at Deloitte in the healthcare practice area.
According to the release, one of Mr. Lawson's goals as chairman of HFMA is to "spread the message that hospital cost containment has a critical role in getting the country's economy back on track."
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Mr. Lawson has been CFO of Baptist Health South Florida since 1989. He has overseen acquisitions of South Miami Hospital, Homestead (Fla.) Hospital, Mariners Hospital in Tavernier, Fla., and Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables, Fla., as well as Baptist Health's $2 billion investment portfolio. Mr. Lawson has more than 30 years of healthcare financial experience. Prior to joining Baptist Health, he spent 17 years at Deloitte in the healthcare practice area.
According to the release, one of Mr. Lawson's goals as chairman of HFMA is to "spread the message that hospital cost containment has a critical role in getting the country's economy back on track."
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