Fellner, Bernard S.
Biography
Bernard S. Fellner spent nearly 18 years as the chief financial officer at National Jewish Hospital (NJH). He began a career in financial management at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston and then worked at University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. When Bernard Fellner arrived at National Jewish Hospital in 1980, NJH had only recently begun to charge for treatment and had deep financial problems. He helped make NJH solvent during the transition of NJH from inpatient to outpatient treatment of asthma. He was an active member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association for over 50 years. In 1997, Fellner left National Jewish Hospital and went to work for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Bernard S. Fellner Digital Essays
Digital Essays, February 2020
Bernard S. Fellner wrote “The Confessions and Convictions of a Conscientight about his nearly 18 years as the chief financial officer of National Jewish Hospital from 1980-1997. There are 50 vignettes in the digitized paper where he tells about things he did right and things he did wrong as CFO at NJH. The paper is 55 pages long.
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