Kris Zimmer. Senior Vice President of Finance for SSM Health (St. Louis). Mr. Zimmer joined SSM Health in 2003, after serving as CFO of Norton Healthcare, based in Louisville, Ky. He has also served as CFO of Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, and Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center in Cambridge. He serves on the federal advisory panel on hospital outpatient payment, which advises the HHS secretary and CMS administrator.