Northwest Community Healthcare names new chief financial officer
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (August 6, 2015) - Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH) has named John Skeans as chief financial officer at the Arlington Heights-based healthcare system.
Skeans, 54, who has more than 23 years of healthcare leadership experience, comes to NCH after serving as CFO at SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He also has previously served as CFO at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center in Chesapeake, Va., and at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis. In his new role, Skeans will bring his experience and knowledge in accounting, budgeting and financial leadership to NCH. Skeans brings a wealth of experience in financial and business leadership roles with various hospitals and healthcare systems, as well as consulting organizations.
"John's financial leadership will greatly benefit NCH," NCH CEO Steve Scogna said. "I look forward to working with John in positioning NCH for a strong and successful future."
Skeans began his new role at NCH in mid-June. He is looking forward to his work at NCH. "I am eager to work with a dedicated team whose main goal is providing the best care for patients in the community," Skeans said.
Skeans currently lives in Palatine with his wife, Tamera, and two children. He likes spending his free time with his family.
About Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH)
Serving Chicago's northwest suburbs since 1959, NCH is a comprehensive, patient-centered system of care that serves more than 350,000 outpatients each year and more than 20,000 inpatients treated annually at the 496-bed acute care hospital in Arlington Heights. The award-winning hospital holds the prestigious Magnet designation for nursing excellence, is designated as a Primary Stroke Center, earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval in 2014, and was awarded the Leapfrog Group's designation as one of the nation's Top Hospitals based on quality and safety criteria. NCH has four Immediate Care locations in the northwest suburbs and operates an NCH Easy Access walk-in clinic in Palatine. NCH has a medical staff of more than 1,000 physicians, which includes the board-certified primary care doctors and specialists of the NCH Medical Group. These physicians have selected our facility as a place where they want to treat and care for their private patients. For more information, or to find a doctor on the NCH Medical staff, visit www.nch.org.