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By Laura Bacon, NT Staff Writer
There’s a new face at the Cass County Memorial Hospital. Steve Lewis started at CCMH a week and four days ago, and will be replacing CCMH Assistant Administrator and CFO Michael Collins when he leaves in late June.
Lewis, who comes to CCMH from Tri County Hospital in Lexington, Neb., worked there for 25 years, spending the last 14 years there as the CFO.
He said he had known Mike Collins through the VHA, a health care provider alliance, and heard that he was planning to retire, and that sparked the interest in moving to CCMH, a slightly larger hospital.
“If I hadn’t known him, I might have (not considered) Atlantic, but just knowing him encouraged me to apply,” he said.
“It was a good time to move,” he said, noting he sent in his resume and made the top five, and then was offered the job.
Both Lewis and his wife are originally from Superior, Neb., and looked forward to settling in a small town.
“One thing that drew us,” Lewis said, “was the location. My wife loves the fine arts, and the location between Des Moines and Omaha means we can take in more plays and concerts,” he said.
In addition he said they really liked small towns, “this is the right size town for us.” He noted that he had gotten his undergraduate degree at Peru State College and always wanted to move back to the southwest Iowa or eastern Nebraska area, “we like this part of the country, the rolling hills and the scenery.”
Lewis says he looks forward to helping the foundation raise funds, “I’d like to help build their assets,” he said.
And while the hospital he comes from had the same number of beds “the health system is smaller,” he noted. Overall he said Tri County was about one third smaller than CCMH, and didn’t include things like Eye Associates or the behavioral health department.
“It’s a wonderful place, a wonderful health system,” he said, noting he was glad to be in Atlantic.
Lewis, who comes to CCMH from Tri County Hospital in Lexington, Neb., worked there for 25 years, spending the last 14 years there as the CFO.
He said he had known Mike Collins through the VHA, a health care provider alliance, and heard that he was planning to retire, and that sparked the interest in moving to CCMH, a slightly larger hospital.
“If I hadn’t known him, I might have (not considered) Atlantic, but just knowing him encouraged me to apply,” he said.
“It was a good time to move,” he said, noting he sent in his resume and made the top five, and then was offered the job.
Both Lewis and his wife are originally from Superior, Neb., and looked forward to settling in a small town.
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In addition he said they really liked small towns, “this is the right size town for us.” He noted that he had gotten his undergraduate degree at Peru State College and always wanted to move back to the southwest Iowa or eastern Nebraska area, “we like this part of the country, the rolling hills and the scenery.”
Lewis says he looks forward to helping the foundation raise funds, “I’d like to help build their assets,” he said.
And while the hospital he comes from had the same number of beds “the health system is smaller,” he noted. Overall he said Tri County was about one third smaller than CCMH, and didn’t include things like Eye Associates or the behavioral health department.
“It’s a wonderful place, a wonderful health system,” he said, noting he was glad to be in Atlantic.
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