Brian Day Named to Becker’s 2026 List of Hospital and Health System CFOs to Know

ST. LOUIS - Mercy Chief Financial Officer Brian Day has been named to Becker's 2026 list of 180 Hospital and Health System CFOs to Know, recognizing financial leaders who help guide the strength and sustainability of their organizations.

According to Becker's, the executives on this year's list are "the strategic architects of their organizations' fiscal health," helping build the financial foundations that support high-quality care and long-term growth.

Named CFO in January 2026, Day brings more than 20 years of Mercy service and leadership experience. Throughout his tenure, he has helped lead Mercy's financial operations, long-term planning, acquisitions and major financing initiatives that support Mercy's mission and growth.

Mercy, one of the 15 largest U.S. health systems and named the top large system in the U.S. for excellent patient experience by NRC Health, serves millions annually with nationally recognized care and one of the nation's largest and highest performing Accountable Care Organizations in quality and cost. Mercy is a highly integrated, multi-state health care system including 55 acute care and specialty (heart, children's, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, convenient and urgent care locations, imaging centers and pharmacies. Mercy has over 1,000 physician practice locations and outpatient facilities, more than 5,000 physicians and advanced practitioners and more than 50,000 caregivers serving patients and families across Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. In fiscal year 2025 alone, Mercy provided more than half a billion dollars of free care and other community benefits, including traditional charity care and unreimbursed Medicaid.