It\u2019s already been 10 months since the hospital last had a financial chief as it is having a hard time recruiting one.<\/p>\n
Because of this Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. chief executive officer Esther Muna and hospital executives have now resorted to surveying past applications of possible candidates for the chief financial officer job.<\/p>\n
Muna said they are looking at a total of 21 possible candidates for the CFO position and have touched base with past applicants if they are still interested.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe still have their files and in the past they were interested prior to the former CFO [Jack Taitague] and we\u2019ll see if they\u2019re still interested,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Former CHCC CFO Jack Taitague resigned from his post in August last year, just a few months after being hired.<\/p>\n
Last March, the hospital was close to recruiting a former hospital CFO, however its offer was declined and the hospital started the recruitment process once again.<\/p>\n
As of now, Cora Ada is the acting CFO.<\/p>\n
The hospital is now only working with financial consultants providing help to the cash-strapped corporation.<\/p>\n
When asked about the finance officer, Muna said that they haven\u2019t had any luck in finding a finance officer so far.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe finance officer will be helping the CFO, but in the mean time the finance officer position is still open and not closed so interested individuals can still apply for it. The finance officer will not only help the CFO but assist while we don\u2019t have a CFO,\u201d Muna said.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now, we\u2019re using a financial consultant, while we\u2019re looking, and we\u2019re closing on the gap for the bills, and still have some issues with the Electronic Health Record system [EHR],\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
She said the hospital does need a CFO but the CFO needs to understand health financials, which is complex in its own way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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