Beverly Enterprises Inc.

Beverly Enterprises Inc. of Fort Smith reported a net loss of $54.5 million for 2000, despite gross revenues of $2.63 billion. The figures show a 3.1 percent increase in total revenue from $2.55 billion in 1999. However, the net loss for 2000 is 59.5 percent less than 1999’s loss of $134.6 million.

On April 5, Beverly Enterprises announced that Scott M. Tabakin, chief financial officer, will leave the company April 30 to take a similar position at Amerigroup Corp., a Virginia Beach, Va., multi-state managed health care company.

Philip W. Small, Beverly’s executive vice president for operational finance, will take on Tabakin’s duties until a permanent replacement is named. A Beverly spokesperson said the company has retained an executive search firm to evaluate internal and external candidates. Small, 44, joined Beverly in 1986 as reimbursement manager, following a variety of public accounting assignments with Ernst & Young.

Tabakin, 42, joined Beverly in 1992 in Virginia Beach as vice president and controller. He was elected senior vice president in 1995, and executive vice president and chief financial officer in 1996.

Beverly Enterprises is provider of post-acute health care. The company operates 531 skilled nursing facilities, as well as 34 assisted living centers, 165 outpatient therapy clinics and 58 home care and hospice agencies.