Meredith P. Nelson Appointed Chief Financial Officer for Willamette Valley Medical Center
June 25, 2013McMinnville, OR (June 20, 2013) – Meredith P. Nelson, CPA, has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Willamette Valley Medical Center (WVMC), according to Dan Ordyna, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective June 24.
Nelson comes to WVMC from Valley View Medical Center in Fort Mohave, AZ, where she has been CFO since February 2011. Prior to that, she was at Andalusia Regional Hospital in Andalusia, AL, where she was part of the CFO Development Program with LifePoint Hospitals. She had previously worked at LifePoint’s corporate offices as Hospital Operations Controller for approximately five years. Before that she had worked in various leadership roles with HCA, including Manager of Financial Reporting for Physician Services and Financial Analyst.
“We’re excited to welcome Meredith to Willamette Valley Medical Center and 
to the McMinnville community,” Ordyna said. “She’s going to be a great addition to our staff. Her outstanding financial experience will assist us in navigating the challenges of this era of healthcare reform, during which we must continue to improve quality even as we lower the costs of care.”
A Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Nelson earned her MBA at Belmont University’s Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business in Nashville following completion of her undergraduate degree at Tulane University in New Orleans.
She is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Healthcare Financial Management Association. She and her husband, John who is a software engineer, will be moving to the McMinnville area shortly.
About Willamette Valley Medical Center
Located in McMinnville, Oregon, Willamette Valley Medical Center (WVMC) is an 88-bed acute-care, full-service facility, fully accredited by The Joint Commission. The hospital employs more than 400 people at its current modern facility, which was built in 1996. WVMC features a 24-hour Emergency Department with round-the-clock imaging and laboratory services, a Critical Care Unit and a Senior Behavioral Health Services unit. WVMC also provides a host of other services including a full spectrum of inpatient and outpatient Surgical Services, a Family Birthing Center, Endoscopy, Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Cardio Pulmonary Services, Breast Center, Sleep Lab and Therapy Services. In addition, the hospital offers specialty services in the H. R. Hoover, MD, Cancer Center and the Wound Care Center. For more information, visit www.WVMCweb.com.
About Capella Healthcare
WVMC is a part of Capella Healthcare, which partners with communities to build strong local healthcare systems that are known for quality patient care. Based in Franklin, Tenn., Capella owns and/or operates 14 acute care and specialty hospital facilities in six states. With the philosophy that all healthcare is local, Capella collaborates with each hospital’s medical staff, board and community leadership to take care to the next level. The company has access to significant leadership and financial resources, investing in its family of hospitals to strengthen and expand services and facilities. For more information, visit the www.CapellaHealthcare.com
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