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Carol Crews, executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) for Tanner Health System, once again is keeping prestigious company as one of the nation’s “Hospital and Health System CFOs to Know” for 2023.

The list, published by trade journal Becker’s Hospital Report in May, features 126 of the industry’s top financial leaders — a who’s who of C-suite professionals who keep their healthcare organizations on solid financial footing.

Crews, a certified public accountant (CPA), joined Tanner in 1991 as a staff accountant. She rose to senior accountant, controller, vice president of finance and senior vice president before being named an executive vice president in 2022.

As Tanner’s CFO, Crews oversees all financial-related activity for the system, including strategic forecasting, audits, supply chain management and governmental filings. Her areas of responsibility include accounting, payroll, patient financial services, patient registration and scheduling, supply chain, health information management, revenue integrity and more.

Crews earned her bachelor's in business administration in accounting from the University of West Georgia, where she graduated magna cum laude, and later earned her CPA certification. She is a member of the west Georgia chapter of the Georgia Society of CPAs, the Healthcare Financial Management Association and the Georgia Hospital Association.

Crews was one of four CFOs from Georgia healthcare organizations on the Becker’s list, which featured leaders from some of the nation’s largest healthcare organizations, including UAB Health System in Birmingham, Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, UC San Diego Health in San Diego and Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.

The full list can be found here.