Prior to joining South Nassau, Mr. Allison served as Vice President of Economics, Finance, and Information for the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS).

1. For Immediate Release April 10, 2015
Contact: Damian Becker, Manager of Media Relations
(516) 377-5370
Leading Healthcare Policy and Economics Executive
Named SVP at South Nassau
Oceanside, NY — South Nassau Communities Hospital has named William Allison, a veteran
hospital executive who recently served as a Vice President for the state’s leading healthcare industry
association in Albany, as its Senior Vice President of Health Policy and Planning.
“We are pleased that Bill has joined our healthcare leadership team,” said Richard J. Murphy,
South Nassau’s president and CEO. “Bill has the experience and leadership skills essential to help
guide South Nassau’s ongoing growth and expansion. We are delighted to have someone with his broad
experience and reputation to help us fulfill our mission to provide high quality, patient-centered
healthcare.”
In his role, Mr. Allison is responsible for directing the development of South Nassau’s strategic
planning process, as well as serving as the hospital’s primary contact for state and federal policy
initiatives. Prior to joining South Nassau, Mr. Allison served as Vice President of Economics, Finance,
and Information for the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS). He was a trusted advisor
to downstate hospitals following Superstorm Sandy as they worked to assess financial impacts, file
FEMA claims, and rebuild.
Mr. Allison has extensive, high-level experience in health care finance and delivery in New York State.
In the 1970's he was chief financial officer (CFO) and chief executive officer (CEO) at Lutheran
Hospital in Brooklyn, and subsequently served as vice president of financial planning at St. Vincent's
Catholic Medical Center; from 1980 to 1985 Mr. Allison previously held the position of controller at
South Nassau Communities Hospital; and from 1985 to 2010, he served in variety of executive
capacities at Catholic Health Services of Long Island, including hospital chief operating officer, CFO,
and CEO.
Mr. Allison received his B.S. and M.B.A. from St. John’s University, and his M.P.A. from New York
University.
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2. South Nassau is the only hospital on Long Island to win four major awards for quality in recent
months, including for nursing excellence, patient safety and top rankings from U.S. News & World
Report & from the Joint Commission.
Designated a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), South
Nassau® Communities Hospital is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 455 beds, more than 900
physicians and 3,000 employees. Located in Oceanside, NY, the hospital is an acute-care, not-for-profit
teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art care in cardiac, oncologic, orthopedic, bariatric, pain
management, mental health and emergency services. In addition to its extensive outpatient specialty
centers, South Nassau provides emergency and elective angioplasty, and is the only hospital on Long
Island with the Novalis Tx™ and Gamma Knife® radiosurgery technologies. South Nassau is a
designated Stroke Center by the New York State Department of Health and Comprehensive Community
Cancer Center by the American College of Surgeons and is an accredited center of the Metabolic and
Bariatric Surgery Association and Quality Improvement Program. In addition, the hospital has been
awarded the Joint Commission’s gold seal of approval as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures,
including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care; and disease-specific care for hip and
joint replacement, wound care and end-stage renal disease. For more information, visit
www.southnassau.org.
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