Robert McVicker has been promoted to Associate Vice President for Decision Support and Business Planning at MCG Health, Inc.

“As we continue to grow, planning and support for our finance function becomes ever more important,” said Dennis Roemer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at MCG Health, Inc. “As a not-for-profit hospital, we face numerous challenges. As we tackle these challenges, Mr. McVicker’s 10-year experience at MCG Health, Inc., combined with his even longer experience in finance, will help us better serve our patients and families.”

McVicker will be responsible for special operations analysis, data warehouse design and development, profit improvement analysis across product lines and payer contracts, variance reporting and analysis, long-term capital planning, financial planning, and other assistance with proposed debt financings, cash flow forecasting and other decision support functions.

McVicker has more than 30 years’ experience in finance and is the former Director of Financial Services at MCG Health, Inc. He holds a Masters in Business Administration from Ohio University and is a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

MCG Health System is composed of three separate organizations -- MCG Health, Inc. and the clinical services offered by the faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia and the members of the MCG Physicians Practice Group Foundation. The physicians of MCG Health System are community physicians, faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia, or employees of the MCG Physicians Practice Group Foundation, not employees of MCG Health, Inc.  MCG Health, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation operating the MCG Medical Center, MCG Children’s Medical Center, the MCG Sports Medicine Center, MCG Ambulatory Care Center, the Georgia Radiation Therapy Center and related clinical facilities and services. MCG Health, Inc. was formed to support the research and education mission of the Medical College of Georgia and to build the economic growth of the CSRA, the state of Georgia and the Southeast by providing an environment for faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia and the MCG Physicians Practice Group Foundation and community physicians to deliver the highest level of primary and specialty health care.  For more information, please visit www.MCGHealth.org.