ACHIEVEMENTS
Rebekah Mussman is the new Crete Area Medical Center CEO.
Eric Mooss is president of the Bryan Physician Network.
Carol Friesen received national and state HFMA recognition.
Christina Saum was honored by her alma mater.
Mussman is Mooss leads HFMA honors College Crete hospital’s Bryan Physician Friesen with recognizes president/CEO Network Medal of Honor Saum Rebekah Mussman becomes president and chief executive officer of Crete Area Medical Center in August. For the past six years, she has served as chief financial officer of Kearney County Health Services in Minden. Mussman began her career at Harlan County Health System in information management and advanced to chief financial officer and interim chief executive officer during her seven years with that organization. She also is active as an officer in the Nebraska Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). n
Eric Mooss, FACHE, CMPE, is the new president of the Bryan Physician Network. He succeeds Shirley Travis, who retired in July. Mooss was executive director of primary care for the Banner Medical Group in Northern Colorado; before that he was in leadership roles in major health systems in Denver and Omaha. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Certified Medical Practice Executive. Mooss earned a bachelor’s in Health Administration and Policy at Creighton University, Omaha, and a Master of Health Administration at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. n
Bryan Vice President of Health System Services Carol Friesen, FHFMA, has been recognized by the state and national levels of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). The Nebraska Chapter of HFMA awarded its Founders Medal of Honor to Friesen this spring in recognition of her significant service and leadership at the organization’s chapter and national levels. In June, she began a term as secretary-treasurer on the National HFMA Board. With more than 40,000 members, HFMA is the premier organization for health care finance leaders. n
Southeast Community College honored Christina Saum, MT, with its Distinguished Alumni Award. She graduated from SCC’s Medical Laboratory Technology program in 1995 and earned a bachelor’s in Allied Health from Doane College in 1999. Saum is a clinical laboratory specialist-microbiology at Bryan and is a clinical microbiology instructor for SCC. She is responsible for the quality and types of testing in Bryan’s microbiology department and serves on the Infection Prevention Committee and teams related to urinary tract infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship. n
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