HJBR Mar/Apr 2020

DIALOGUE 10 MAR / APR 2020 I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF BATON ROUGE   Chad Olinde CEO Pointe Coupee General Hospital C had Olinde has served as chief executive officer of Pointe Coupee General Hospital since January 1, 2006. Previously, he was assistant administrator and chief financial officer at Pointe Coupee General for 12 years. Prior to his service at PCGH, Mr. Olinde served as director of reim- bursement at Opelousas General Hospital, and as a senior cost report audi- tor of Medicare operations for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana. Mr. Olinde received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Louisiana State University in 1987, and a Master of Business Administration degree with an emphasis in healthcare administration in 2000. He is a certi- fied public accountant and serves on the Louisiana Rural Hospital Coalition board and the Louisiana Hospital Association Trust Funds board. ONE ON ONE