Former Blue Cross executive takes helm of UMMC finances

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The University of Mississippi Medica l Center has hired a former Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi executive as its new chief financial officer.

  Jennifer Sinclair will oversee the finances and budget for the entire medical center, according to a release last month from UMMC. Her first day was April 24.  Dr. LouAnn Woodward, vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the medical school, described the position as “challenging” and introduced Sinclair to the Institutions of Higher Learning trustees at April’s health affairs meeting. “I’m looking forward to it, really,” Sinclair said at the meeting.

This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

 

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