Executive Committee
John Baran, Chief Financial Officer
John Baran is an expert in the financial management of health care organizations. He has spent more than 31 years leading organizations through financial turnaround, restructuring and operational matters.
He is presently the Chief Financial Officer of Auburn Memorial Hospital, a 99 bed community hospital. Under Mr. Baran’s direction, the hospital entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April 2007. He led the negotiations with the unsecured creditors, including the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and secured creditors to reach a very favorable settlement for all parties.
Mr. Baran is directly responsible for the financial turnaround of the hospital. In 2005 and 2006, AMH incurred operating losses of $6 million each year. In 2007, under Mr. Baran’s leadership, AMH had an operating gain of $1 million and in 2008 the budget operating gain is $2 million.
This was not the first time Mr. Baran has brought financial gains to an organization. For 10 years he was the New York Metro healthcare market leader and partner in charge of healthcare auditing services at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. As the market leader, the healthcare consulting professional staff in the New York office increased from 15 to 75 with annual billings in excess of $20 million. He was personally responsible for annual billings in excess of $4 million.
For 20 years he worked for Ernst & Young. He began his career in the Boston office specializing in healthcare auditing and consulting. After seven years, he was asked to transfer to the Albany office to build the healthcare practice, which he grew to 15 clients with annual billings of $2 million. Ten years later he was asked to transfer to the New York City office to help maintain and further grow the health care practice. The practice he led grew to include eight partners and approximately 120 staff with total billings of approximately $40 million.
Mr. Baran has brought financial leadership to the following health care organizations:
- Bon Secours Medical Center (Detroit)
- Bridgeport Hospital (Connecticut)
- Ingalls Memorial Hospital (Chicago)
- Nashville General Hospital (Tennessee)
- New Island Hospital (Long Island)
- Our Lady of Resurrection Medical Center (Chicago)
- New Hanover Medical Center (North Carolina)
- Pittsburgh Mercy Health System
- Premier Health Partners (Ohio)
- Providence Hospital (Alabama)
- Sacred Heart Health System (Florida)
- Sisters of Charity – Providence Hospitals (South Carolina)
- Temple University Health System (Philadelphia)
- Atlantic Health System (New Jersey)
- Beth Israel Medical Center (New York)
- Columbia University Medical School (New York)
- Kessler Rehabilitation Hospital (New Jersey)
- Meridian Health System (New Jersey)
- Princeton Medical Center (New Jersey)
- St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Medical Center (New York)
- St. Vincent’s Medical Center (New York)
- Stony Brook University Hospital (New York)
- Presbyterian Hospital (New York)
- Methodist Hospital (New York)
- Glens Falls Hospital (New York)
- Beth Israel Hospital (New York)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (Massachusetts)
Mr. Baran was the acting Chief Financial Officer for Long Island Jewish Medical Center. While there, he directed the financial turnaround of the 800 bed teaching hospital
Mr. Baran is a graduate of the Tuck Executive Management program at Dartmouth College; Washburn University (B.S. Business Administration) and the State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A. History).
He is a veteran of the United States Air Force having served as the Administrative Support Officer at Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka, KS.
Mr. Baran is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Healthcare Financial Management Association; Institute of Management Accountants.