Ashley Johnson Appointed Chief Financial Officer of HCA Healthcare’s American Group
September 01 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Rick Shallcross to retire
HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA), a leading healthcare provider with
177 hospitals and 119 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and
the United Kingdom, today announced that Ashley Johnson has been
appointed chief financial officer of HCA’s American Group, which
includes 85 hospitals. She will assume the position on October 1.
She will replace longtime American Group CFO Rick Shallcross who is
retiring.
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Ashley Johnson Appointed Chief Financial
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“We’re fortunate to have many strong financial leaders within
HCA like Ashley who has successfully led the financial operations
of multiple HCA hospitals and markets,” said Jon Foster, president
of HCA’s American Group. “The depth and breadth of her experience
uniquely qualifies her and will serve her well in this
position.”
Johnson, a 21-year veteran of HCA, has served as chief financial
officer for HCA’s Capital Division with responsibility for
financial operations and reporting for the division’s 18 hospital
campuses located in Indiana, Kentucky, New Hampshire and Virginia.
Prior to that position she served as CFO for several HCA hospitals
including Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center in Denver,
Colorado; Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida; and Central
Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford, Florida. Johnson is a
Certified Public Accountant and holds bachelors’ degrees in
accounting and management from the University of Central
Florida.
A search for Johnson’s replacement at the Richmond,
Virginia-based Capital Division is underway.
Current American Group CFO Rick Shallcross is retiring after 25
years’ service to the company. He joined HCA as CFO of Rose
Healthcare System in Denver, then became the Utah Division CFO in
1996 and the Continental Division CFO in 1997. He has served as a
group CFO for HCA since 2001. Shallcross is a Certified Public
Accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the
University of Denver.
“We are very thankful to Rick for his dedicated service to HCA,
and we appreciate his many contributions to our financial success
and growth over his time with the company,” said Foster. “He has
been a longtime colleague and friend, and we wish him all the best
in retirement.”
About HCA Healthcare
Nashville-based HCA Healthcare is one of the nation's leading
providers of healthcare services, operating 177 locally managed
hospitals and 119 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and the
United Kingdom. With its founding in 1968, HCA created a new model
for hospital care in the United States, using combined resources to
strengthen hospitals, deliver patient-focused care and improve the
practice of medicine. HCA has conducted a number of clinical
studies, including one that demonstrated that full-term delivery is
healthier than early elective delivery of babies and another that
identified a clinical protocol that can reduce bloodstream
infections in ICU patients by 44 percent. HCA is a learning
healthcare system that uses its more than 27 million annual patient
encounters to advance science, improve patient care and save lives.
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