Javon R Bea
President/CEO (see Pages 74-80) · Mercy Health System Corporation
President/CEO (see Pages 74-80) at Mercy Health System Corporation. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 9 organizations on the Form 990 record.
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Javon R. Bea is the President and CEO of Mercyhealth, a vertically integrated, multi-regional health system operating seven hospitals and over 100 primary and specialty care locations across 16 northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin counties.
With nearly five decades of experience in the national healthcare arena, he is credited with transforming Mercy Hospital from a struggling community hospital into a large, integrated health system since assuming leadership in 1989. Bea is recognized for pioneering innovative physician compensation models and a custom "culture of excellence" program.
Under his leadership, Mercy Health System merged with Rockford Health System in 2015 to form Mercyhealth, and a new hospital facility in Rockford was named Javon Bea Hospital and Physician Clinic–Riverside in his honor.
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- President and CEO, Mercyhealth (formerly Mercy Health System), 1989 - Present
- Administrative Intern, St. Mary's Hospital (part of Mayo Health System)
- Vice President of a large U.S. hospital (by age 26)
- Physical Therapy Tech, Rockford Memorial Hospital
- Janitor, Rockford Memorial Hospital
- University of Minnesota · Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA)1978
- Mayo Clinic · Physical Therapy Graduate Program
- Northern Illinois University
- Auburn High School
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