North Kansas City Hospital Retains MSA Executive Search/Integrated Healthcare Strategies to Recruit New Vice President for Meritas Health Corporation

MSA Executive Search, the executive search practice of Integrated Healthcare Strategies, a consulting firm dedicated exclusively to improving the operations of healthcare organizations, today announced that it has been retained to lead a national Vice President search for The Meritas Health Corporation in North Kansas City, Missouri. The Vice President of Meritas Health, under the direction of the Meritas Governing Board and President and CEO of North Kansas City Hospital, will provide leadership to ensure operational and financial success of the physician practices.

The Vice President of Meritas Health is responsible for achieving success in alignment with the organization’s core values and strategic plan in the areas of finance, strategic planning, operations, human resource management, physician recruitment and development, and external constituent relations.

“The Vice President of Meritas Health must demonstrate a strategic and collaborative approach in leading a complex group of primary care and sub-specialty physician group practices. To that end, the ideal Vice President must bring strong, progressive leadership skills, a new vision to improve operations network-wide, and a track record of success recruiting physicians in a competitive market. This will require a dynamic, articulate, and visionary leader who will bring energy, emotional intelligence, leadership, and management skills to the position,” said Roger Samuel, Vice President of executive search for Integrated Healthcare Strategies.

Meritas was formed in 1994 to provide an umbrella organization under which previously independent primary care physicians could be employed by North Kansas City Hospital. Starting with five employed primary care physicians, today Meritas is made up of 71 physicians (40 primary care and 31 sub-specialists) practicing in 15 different practices and clinics located primarily in Clay and Platte Counties in Missouri. Physician specialties include family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, cardiology, surgery, ENT, occupational medicine, and workers’ rehabilitation. Meritas operates a centralized billing office which handles all billing and collection activities for its clinics. In addition to its complement of physicians, Meritas employs 15 nurse practitioners and approximately 350 employees in 20 different office locations.

The successful Vice President will ideally hold a Master’s degree in Business Administration or Health Administration, or have equivalent experience. Candidates should have a minimum of five years experience as a senior executive leading a hospital-based primary care/multi-specialty group practice, with a successful track record in financial management, strategic excellence, market share growth, performance improvement, leadership development, and community involvement and partnering.


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