GLENS FALLS -- Glens Falls Hospital announced Friday it has hired Mitchell Amado as senior vice president and chief financial officer.<br /><br />Amado has experience in health insurance and hospital finances, most recently as chief financial officer of the Greater Hudson Valley Health System in Orange County.<br /><br />“His background in health care finance will certainly help guide us as we continue to focus on providing quality health care services,” said Dianne Shugrue, the hospital’s CEO, in a press release.<br /><br />Amado also previously worked at Kingston Hospital in Kingston, St. Luke’s Hospital in Newburgh, Horton Medical Center in Delaware County, and the Albany office of Blue Cross/Blue Shield.<br /><br />He has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from LeMoyne College in Syracuse.