Mr. Skabelund has spent most of his career serving rural, critical access facilities. As CEO of Banner Payson Medical Center over the past four years, he has partnered with Banner Medical Group and other local physician groups to recruit providers to expand the breadth and depth of services in the 16,000-resident community. He has successfully implemented pain management, oncology and primary care services. Mr. Skabelund was also instrumental in starting one of the country’s few rural family medicine residency programs to fill the need for primary care providers. Additionally, a partnership with Banner Air ensures patients have easy access to tertiary and quaternary emergency and trauma medical care. Under his leadership, Banner Payson enjoys a low 13% turnover rate and is one of only five hospitals in Arizona to earn a CMS 5-star quality rating. Mr. Skabelund began his career in 2014 with Banner Health and aims to continue expanding oncology and surgical services at Banner Payson to better serve the region’s significant Medicare population.
