Renown Health’s CEO-CFO Duo Recognized As “Highly Successful” in Enhancing Healthcare and Strategic Partnerships By Beckers’s National Hospital Review
February 10, 2025
Renown Health is proud to announce that Brian Erling, MD, MBA, President & CEO and Anna Loomis, MBA, Chief Financial Officer, have been recognized as a “highly successful duo” in their 2025 list by Becker’s Hospital Review.
Anna Falvey of Becker’s writes, “These dynamic CEO-CFO duos collaborate to develop innovative yet actionable strategies for their hospitals and health systems. Leveraging their leadership expertise, visionary thinking and financial acumen, these executives play a vital role in advancing healthcare delivery within the organizations. This list recognizes CEO and CFO teams for their dedication to enhancing healthcare.”
In their announcement, Becker’s highlighted that, “Combining Dr. Erling’s strategic vision with Ms. Loomis’ financial expertise, Renown is advancing its mission to improve health through economic recovery, sustainable growth and innovation. Under their leadership, Renown generated healthy volume growth and a strategic partnership with University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. The duo emphasizes aligning clinical and financial goals to enhance patient care and operations, expand service access and ensure long-term financial resilience. Renown's financial position has seen significant year-over-year improvement by focusing on margin enhancement and increased state provider fee funding. Together, they instituted monthly operations reviews with leaders in every service area and hospital to track people, clinical quality, service and financial dashboards. This approach has been pivotal to the recovery strategy, achieving a $107 million financial turnaround in one year without workforce reductions. Other key initiatives include reducing contract labor, decreasing length of stay, focusing on patient throughput, fostering stronger relationships with patients and purchasers, and building resilience to ensure sustainability and growth of Renown’s safety net mission.”
Becker’s announced their list of 30 CEO-CFO leaders for 2025, stating, “For hospitals and health systems to thrive, CEOs and CFOs must work hand in hand, aligning their visions and strategies for long-term success. In recent years, healthcare organizations nationwide have navigated complex challenges like workforce shortages and the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic. These dynamic CEO-CFO duos have tackled those issues head-on, blending innovation with results-driven decision-making to foster resilience, growth and sustainability within their healthcare organizations.”
“What an honor to be recognized alongside Anna Loomis, our Chief Financial Officer, by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the nation’s top CEO-CFO duos! It is a such a pleasure to work with Anna. She is positive, approachable, innovative, and a resilient leader. Her proven track record of financial stewardship and her deep understanding of the complexities of the healthcare landscape make her an ideal fit for our team,” said Brian Erling, MD, MBA, President and CEO, Renown Health. “Our organization plays an essential role as the only not-for-profit, academic health system in Nevada. Together, we will continue to make healthcare more affordable and to advance our mission to save lives, nurture minds and care for all people.”
“We are working diligently across the board, to advance healthcare excellence and deliver exceptional value to our community,” said Anna Loomis, Chief Financial Officer. “A strong partnership between a CEO and CFO is crucial for every organization’s success. The partnership that Dr. Erling and I have created with our Board, Finance Committee and Finance team has been vital in aligning Renown’s vision and strategic plan with our financial strategy. Our collaboration ensures that strategic decisions are financially sound and support Renown’s long-term objectives. We have open and transparent communication, and that helps to foster our People First approach at Renown. It’s an exciting time to be a part of the Renown team, and we are honored to be nationally recognized.”
Ms. Loomis oversees all aspects of financial management for Renown Health including budgeting, financial planning, revenue cycle management, supply chain and strategic investments for Nevada’s #1 ranked health care organization. With over 20 years in finance leadership and strategy, Ms. Loomis is leading several transformative efforts to strengthen the organization and build partnerships.
“When the CEO and CFO are aligned, it helps align and inspire our entire organization of 8,000 caregivers,” said Sandeep Randhawa, MS, Chief People Officer, Renown Health. “This trust is essential for securing investment in our future as a health system, maintaining employee morale and supporting our 161-year legacy and a positive reputation in our community. We are indeed very fortunate to have both Dr. Erling and Ms. Loomis leading our team. They are a dynamic duo!”
The Becker's Hospital Review editorial team accepted nominations for this list and curated it to highlight the accomplishments of these leaders. Leaders and organizations cannot pay for inclusion on this list.
As the region’s only Level 2 Trauma Center for adults and children, Renown serves over 1 million people and 100,000 square miles. In U.S. News and World Report Best Hospital Rankings, Renown Regional Medical Center is named #1 Hospital for the State of Nevada for 2024, 2023 and 2022.
Renown Health is Nevada’s largest, not-for-profit integrated healthcare network serving Nevada, Lake Tahoe, and northeast California. With a diverse workforce of more than 8,000 employees, Renown has fostered a longstanding culture of excellence, determination, and innovation. The organization comprises a trauma center, two acute care hospitals, a children’s hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, a medical group and urgent care network, and the locally owned not-for-profit insurance company, Hometown Health. Renown is currently enrolling participants in a community-based genetic population health study, the Healthy Nevada Project®. To join the Renown Health team, visit renown.org/careers. Becker's Healthcare is the go-to source for healthcare decision-makers and one of the fastest growing media platforms in the industry. Through print, digital and live event platforms, Becker's Healthcare equips healthcare leaders with information and forums they need to learn, exchange ideas and further conversations about the most critical issues in American healthcare today.