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Regional Medical Center’s CFO
Receives Outstanding Achievement Award

Payson, Arizona (May 25, 2010) – Peter Finelli, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Payson Regional Medical Center, has been honored with an Outstanding Achievement Award from Community Health Systems, one of the nation’s leading systems of general acute-care hospitals.  The organization includes Payson Regional Medical Center and over 120 other hospitals in 29 states.  The Outstanding Achievement Award recognizes hospital leaders who have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to quality healthcare and operational excellence.

Since joining PRMC in September 2003, Finelli has managed the finances of the organization helping the hospital to be recognized as one of the 100 Top Hospitals in the nation by Thomson Reuters. His leadership of the financial services areas have reduced overhead, expanded services and increased employee moral.

Finelli is grateful for the award and credits both strong leadership and the work of frontline employees throughout the hospital for making the accomplishment possible.  “At Payson Regional, we are focused on excellence at every level of the organization. I’m fortunate to be associated with a team of professionals who understand what it takes to be successful and to grow so we can better serve our community.”

Payson Regional Medical Center is a 44-bed acute care hospital serving Payson and the communities along the Rim Country. In 2010, PRMC was recognized for the second time in four years as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals in the nation by Thomson Reuters, an independent business information and research firm. The hospital provides a full emergency department, surgery, diagnostic imaging, birthing center, clinical offices and other health care specialties. For more information about PRMC or to find a physician, go to www.paysonhospital.com.

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