Allion Healthcare Appoints Chief Financial Officer.MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Allion Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ALLI), today announced the appointment of Russell J. Fichera to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 1, 2008. "Russ brings to his new position a great base of experience in the healthcare sector, and a compelling record of leadership and accomplishment in the past two years as one of our directors and chairperson of the Audit Committee," said Mike Moran Mike Moran is the name of:
Mr. Fichera began his professional career with the public accounting firm of Arthur Andersen & Co and has over 20 years of experience in healthcare. Since 2003, he has served as Chief Financial Officer of EnduraCare Therapy Management, a national provider of contract rehabilitation services to skilled nursing facilities skilled nursing facility n. Abbr. SNF An establishment that houses chronically ill, usually elderly patients, and provides long-term nursing care, rehabilitation, and other services. and hospitals. Prior to EnduraCare Therapy Management, Mr. Fichera served as a financial executive in both publicly and privately held health care services companies including American Pharmaceutical Services, a national provider of institutional pharmacy services, Prism Health Group, a privately held therapy program management firm and Critical Care America, a publicly held national provider of home infusion therapy home infusion therapy The IV administration of therapeutics–analgesics, antibiotics, chemotherapy, parenteral nutrition–outside of a formal healthcare environment. See Hyperalimentation, Patient-controlled analgesics, TPN. . Mr. Fichera is a certified public accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. and a member of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants The Massachusetts Society of CPAs, Inc (MSCPA) is the state's premier professional organization of more than 10,000 certified public accountants and accounting professionals. and the American Institute of CPAs. Mr. Fichera received his B.S. in Accounting from Bentley College. About Allion Healthcare Allion Healthcare, Inc. is a national provider of specialty pharmacy and disease management services focused on HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome patients as well as specialized biopharmaceutical medications and services to chronically ill patients. Allion Healthcare sells HIV/AIDS medications, ancillary drugs and nutritional supplies under the trade name MOMS Pharmacy. Allion Healthcare provides services for the intravenous immunoglobulin, Blood Clotting Factor blood clotting factor Coagulation factor, see there and other chronic therapies through its Biomed division. Allion Healthcare works closely with physicians, nurses, clinics, AIDS Service Organizations, and with government and private payors to improve clinical outcomes and reduce treatment costs. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion