The 210-bed hospital also recently received an upgraded “Baa3” rating from Moody’s Investors Services on $53.9 million in bonds, up from “Ba3.”
Mr. Pernice, a certified public accountant, arrived at Beebe last February, bringing with him more than 25 years of healthcare financial experience at institutions such as Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton in Hamilton Township, N.J. He holds an MBA from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.
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