Gregory Meier, CPA and Dottie Bringle, RN: Tragedy in Joplin: A Hospital’s Response to a Deadly Tornado

Date and Time
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012  1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

(F02) Gregory Meier, CPA and Dottie Bringle, RN: Tragedy in Joplin: A Hospital’s Response to a Deadly Tornado (1.5 CPEs)

No industry should be better prepared to respond to a natural disaster than health care. But what happens when the hospital becomes a victim, too? Mercy’s Gregory Meier, Executive Director of Finance, and Dottie Bringle, COO and Chief Nursing Officer, will share their remarkable story and lessons learned about disaster recovery after St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri, suffered a direct hit from a powerful tornado.


Level
Overview

Prerequisites/Prework
Basic knowledge of healthcare finance operations

Speaker
Gregory Meier, CPA
Executive Director of Finance
Mercy

Dottie Bringle, RN
COO and Chief Nursing Officer
Mercy’s St. John’s Regional Medical Center