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Published November 02, 2009 09:07 pm - St. John’s Regional Medical Center is now part of the Sisters of Mercy Health System, of St. Louis. The anticipated transfer of ownership from Catholic Health Initiatives, based in Denver, to the Sisters of Mercy was announced Monday. Sisters of Mercy takes charge at St. John’s By Wally Kennedy wkennedy@joplinglobe.com St. John’s Regional Medical Center is now part of the Sisters of Mercy Health System, of St. Louis. The anticipated transfer of ownership from Catholic Health Initiatives, based in Denver, to the Sisters of Mercy was announced Monday. The move was signaled in late September when the Sisters of Mercy — not Catholic Health Initiatives — chose Gary Pulsipher to head St. John’s when the transfer was complete. Pulsipher is a former St. John’s administrator with ties to the area. Now what? What is not known is what happens next. Could additional belt tightening and job consolidation be in the cards? Pulsipher on Monday said meetings were held Friday with 500 to 600 employees of St. John’s to let them know the transfer was imminent. Many of them wanted to know how the transfer might affect their employment. “We told them that every person who is in good standing on Friday with St. John’s is automatically in good standing with the Sisters of Mercy as of midnight Saturday,” he said. Pulsipher said there is a possibility that some jobs will move from St. John’s in Joplin to Sisters of Mercy operations in Springfield and St. Louis. “But that’s months down the road before we get to that,” he said. “There will be some job consolidations in the future, but there is also the possibility that some jobs will be created as we coordinate services with the (Sisters of Mercy) hospitals in Independence and Fort Scott (Kan.).” The Sisters of Mercy, he said, plans to bring an entire group of services to Joplin that St. John’s does not now have. The Sisters of Mercy, he said, will be able to do more than the former owner because it has operations that span the length of the Interstate 44 corridor from St. Louis to Springfield to Joplin. St. John’s was CHI’s only operation in Missouri. “I am confident that St. John’s and the Joplin community will benefit from the strong, regional infrastructure and physician relationships Mercy has developed over the past decade,” Pulsipher said. Shelly Hunter, vice president of business development and strategy at St. John’s, said the Sisters of Mercy will bring electronic medical records to St. John’s. It also will bring strategic partnerships to the mix and give Joplin patients access to a wider range of specialties. The new owner, she said, also will put St. John’s in a stronger position in the managed care market. Change expected 
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