An experienced health care financial management professional, Merlyn Knapp puts his adaptability and flexible management style to good use in his current position as President and CEO of Saint Catherine Regional Hospital in Charlestown, Indiana. Knapp joined the 96-bed rural institution in the spring of 2012, just as the hospital prepared to declare Chapter 11 Bankruptcy reorganization in response to a longtime legacy of debt. During the following year, Merlyn Knapp led a substantial restructuring of the hospital’s financial processes, including significant rebuilding of revenue-producing essential services, which resulted in the hospital’s first positive operational bottom line in many years. Responding to the particular needs of a small institution, Knapp additionally makes varied contributions to the hospital on a day-to-day level, helping deal with violent patients, overseeing human resources, and supporting physicians.
Merlyn Knapp brings more than thirty years of active professional experience to his role with Saint Catherine Regional Hospital. As owner of the Texas-based company Solutions in Healthcare Financial Management since 2003, Knapp has served as an interim CFO and controller for numerous physician group practices and hospitals, developing turnaround plans, improving billing and collection systems to increase cash flow, and creating performance measurement tools for strategic planning and budgeting. An MBA graduate of Rockhurst University, Knapp is a board-certified fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and American College of Healthcare Executives.
