CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER NAMES ZACH RIGGINS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

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CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER NAMES ZACH RIGGINS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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Riggins brings over a decade of experience in various financial positions at HCA Healthcare facilities nationwide.
 
INDEPENDENCE, MO. — (Jan. 29, 2024) — Centerpoint Medical Center — part of HCA Midwest Health, Kansas City’s largest healthcare provider — today announced that Zach Riggins was appointed chief financial officer (CFO). An experienced financial and business leader, Riggins brings over a decade of experience in various financial positions at HCA Healthcare facilities nationwide.
 
Riggins served the past three years as CFO for HCA Florida Citrus Hospital in Inverness, Fla., where his responsibilities included financial oversight, capital deployment, throughput supervision, and management of several key functional areas. During his time there, the facility saw improved financial metrics, a GME program that more than doubled in size, and reduced length of stay for ED patients. Before this role, Riggins worked for multiple HCA Healthcare facilities in Virginia, Indiana, and Tennessee as associate CFO, controller, assistant controller, and staff accountant. In these positions, Riggins gained a breadth of financial management, strategic planning, and operational experience overseeing various service lines, expansion projects, staff recruitment and retention efforts, and process and productivity improvement initiatives.
 
“Zach’s outstanding leadership, healthcare expertise, and outcomes-oriented approach, combined with his passion for the health and well-being of the community, is an asset to Centerpoint Medical Center,” said CEO John McDonald. “He will help us further elevate the exceptional care we provide our patients.”
 
“I am excited to join Centerpoint Medical Center and be part of this hospital that serves the community with compassionate, high-quality healthcare,” Riggins said. I look forward to working alongside and building on the excellence created by the many dedicated professionals who care for patients.”
 
Riggins earned two bachelor’s degrees – one in accounting and one in finance – and an MBA from the University of Tennessee. He is also a certified public accountant.
 
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About Centerpoint Medical Center
Centerpoint Medical Center (CTMC)—part of HCA Midwest Health, Kansas City’s leading healthcare provider—is located near I-70 and 291 Highway in Independence, Missouri.  Centerpoint Medical Center is a 285-bed acute care hospital with a Level II Trauma Center, 24/7 Emergency Department, an Accredited Chest Pain Center, a Certified Stroke Center, and neurological care including neurosurgery, comprehensive women’s services including a premier birthing center with a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, orthopedic services, advanced diagnostic imaging, surgical and other acute care services.  The Joint Commission, the nation's leading independent accreditor of healthcare organizations, has ranked Centerpoint Medical Center as a Top Performer on Key Quality measures, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical care, and bestowed CTMC with The Gold Seal of Approval of accreditation for national standards of health care quality and safety in hospitals. Centerpoint also features a state-of-the-art inpatient rehabilitation wing with 16 beds for the care of trauma, stroke, and orthopedic patients who require long-term rehabilitation. For more information, https://hcamidwest.com/locations/centerpoint-medical-center/.
 
About HCA Midwest Health 
As the Kansas City area’s largest healthcare provider, HCA Midwest Health consists of seven hospitals and dozens of outpatient centers, clinics, physician practices, surgery centers, and an array of other facilities and services to meet area residents’ healthcare needs. HCA Midwest Health is one of the area’s largest employers, with more than 10,000 colleagues and a local economic impact of more than $1.3 billion each year. That includes more than $113 million annually in charity and uncompensated care and almost $200 million in federal, state, and local taxes to help improve the schools, roads, and infrastructure of the communities we serve. HCA Midwest Health facilities include Research Medical Center, Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Centerpoint Medical Center, Menorah Medical Center, Lee's Summit Medical Center, Belton Regional Medical Center, Lafayette Regional Health Center and Research Psychiatric Center. HCA Midwest Physicians, which is part of HCA Midwest Health, is a network of experienced, multi-specialty physicians located throughout the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area. Currently, HCA Midwest Physicians represents 600+ providers. It includes 80+ specialties, providing care in 150+ locations to serve our community. The physicians, licensed professionals and support staff who comprise the HCA Midwest Health team are dedicated to improving healthcare in the Greater Kansas City and outlying areas to create healthier communities that lead to healthier tomorrows. For more information, visit hcamidwest.com.

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