Following eighteen years of progressive financial health care experience in financial restructuring and in the successful development and execution of financial turnaround plans for large medical networks, Gary E. Bie, CPA, accepted the position as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Nassau Health Care Corporation in 2001. Since that time, through a variety of revenue cycle, supply chain, strategic initiatives, and information technology upgrades, NHCC has improved its bottom line financial performance in excess of $200 million annually, on an ongoing basis on its current $532 million budget.

For almost a decade prior to working at NHCC, Mr. Bie served in a variety of roles, including Vice President of Finance and Chief Restructuring Officer for a large academic multi-hospital integrated health care delivery system where he successfully spearheaded the execution of a financial and operational turnaround under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. He also served as the Associate Director of Finance at another large academic multi-hospital integrated health care delivery system where he stabilized the operations of that financially distressed hospital through identification of revenue enhancement and cost reduction measures.

Mr. Bie has also worked in the field of integrated health care delivery and managed care where he served as Chief Financial Officer, providing physician practice management and integrated health care deliveries strategies to hospital-owned organized group practices in multiple states where he was responsible for all financial functions including physician practice billing, claims processing, financial reporting, general ledger, payroll, accounts payable, budgeting and purchasing.

Mr. Bie started his career in public accounting specializing in health care managing audit engagements for large hospital engagements throughout New York City and Long Island for approximately seven years and attained the level of manager for an international public accounting firm.

Mr. Bie obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting in 1983 from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his Certified Public Accountant Certification from the State of New York in 1985. Active in numerous societies including the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts and the Health Care Financial Management Association, Mr. Bie has lectured frequently on the topic of financial restructuring and feasibility studies for major medical projects.