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>> My name is Karis Christner,
and I am the Corporate Director

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of Financial Planning for
MemorialCare Health System.

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So MemorialCare stretches from Long Beach
all the way down south to San Clemente.

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And in the recent years,
we've embarked in a journey

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where we've become a fully
integrated health system.

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And my role in the organization is
to manage the operational budget

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and capital budget for the system.

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Our budget season is from January through June.

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And throughout the budget season, myself and my
team we go to each of our campuses and we meet

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with management and help them
complete an accurate budget.

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I'm also in charge of teaching
our Finance and Management class.

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And that class is really
geared toward new managers

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and directors coming into the organization.

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And the goal of that class is for each of
those managers to leave knowing full well how

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to read our financial reports and
how to manage the productivity.