Memorial Medical Center’s Steve Winegeart Named CFO of the Year
March 6, 2020
LifePoint Health President and CEO David Dill with 2019 LifePoint Health CFO of the Year Steve Winegeart
Financial leader earns top honor from LifePoint Health
Las Cruces, New Mexico (March 3, 2020) – Memorial Medical Center (MMC) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Steve Winegeart has been named 2019 CFO of the Year by LifePoint Health®, a leading healthcare company dedicated to Making Communities Healthier®. The award is given annually to one CFO within LifePoint’s nationwide network of 88 hospital campuses who best exemplifies the company’s core values of honesty, integrity and trustworthiness, inclusion, compassion and legal and ethical compliance.
“Steve is an operations-focused and solutions-driven financial leader who understands the unique role he plays in both meeting operational challenges head-on to help ensure a solid bottom line and collaborating with other departments to help enhance the patient experience,” said Conrad Deese, senior vice president of operations and CFO for LifePoint Health, of which MMC is a part. “We are proud to honor the tremendous impact his leadership has made at Memorial and in the Las Cruces community with this prestigious recognition.”
Under Winegeart’s leadership, MMC achieved significant financial and operational milestones in 2019, strengthening the hospital’s ability to provide high quality care close to home for Las Cruces and the surrounding region. His accomplishments also contributed to MMC’s receipt of LifePoint’s 2019 companywide High Five Award for operational excellence – the highest honor a LifePoint hospital can receive.
“More than just a ‘numbers guy,’ Steve is an excellent leader, a natural motivator and a vital part of our hospital’s success over the last year,” said John Harris, chief executive officer of MMC. “I am so proud of his dedication to operational excellence and fiscal responsibility, and I am delighted to see him recognized for his tireless efforts to further our mission of Making Communities Healthier.”
Winegeart is a highly respected financial leader both at home and across the state of New Mexico, with more than 40 years of healthcare finance experience. Prior to joining MMC as CFO in 2018, he served as CFO for a number of other hospitals, including LifePoint facilities Watertown Regional Medical Center in Watertown, Wisconsin, and Los Alamos Medical Center in Los Alamos, New Mexico. He is a participant of the New Mexico Hospital Association’s finance subcommittee and has served on the Graduate Medical Education Advisory Board of New Mexico.
He received the CFO of the Year Award at LifePoint’s annual hospital leadership meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.
About Memorial Medical Center- At Memorial Medical they are committed to providing excellent care to our community. Their facilities provide comprehensive services to residents throughout the Southern New Mexico. They strive to offer the latest technology in imaging services, orthopedics, cancer and cardiac care. Their commitment to high-quality care is strong. Their team is committed to providing compassionate care and they bring new and innovative programs to show who matters the most - our communities.
About LifePoint Health®
LifePoint Health is a leading healthcare company dedicated to Making Communities Healthier®. Through its subsidiaries, it provides quality inpatient, outpatient and post-acute services close to home. LifePoint owns and operates community hospitals, regional health systems, physician practices, outpatient centers and post-acute facilities across the country. It is the sole community healthcare provider in the majority of the non-urban communities it serves. More information about the company can be found at www.LifePointHealth.net.