CLEVELAND, OH: MetroHealth hires consultant as interim CFO

MetroHealth System has agreed to hire a consultant as its interim chief financial officer and pay him up to $576,000 a year plus expenses while it continues to pay the former CFO's $440,000 salary plus benefits. Consultant Jeff Rooney of Martinville Dunn will be up to $40,000 a month, be reimbursed for expenses, including travel from Chicago, his lodging here, food and up to a 20% performance bonus when his contract ends. The taxpayer-funded hospital board voted 8-0 to hire Rooney with two members absent.