title: IDS CFOs need to be flexible: an interview with Phyllis Cowling.
abstract: In most integrated delivery systems (IDSs) today, the CFO plays a major role in managing a broad range of strategic and operational issues that are integral to the success of the overall organization. To gain insight into the types of challenges that typically confront IDS financial managers, HFM spoke with Phyllis A. Cowling, FHFMA, CPA, vice president and CFO of Baptist St. Anthony's Health System, Amarillo, Texas, and a member of HFMA's Board of Directors. Baptist St. Anthony's (BSA) is a recently formed IDS comprising a full-service hospital with emergency center, four primary care centers, a home health agency, a hospice service, a rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility, a senior health center, an ambulatory surgery facility, and a PPO serving northern Texas, western Oklahoma, and surrounding areas. BSA also has ownership interest in two provider-based HMOs.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Cowling
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D005376:Financial Management; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D018511:Systems Integration; D013781:Texas