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primaris flame Board of Directors

Members of the Primaris Board of Directors are each appointed for a term of three years. Board members may serve two consecutive terms for a total of six consecutive years on the board. There are a total of 18 voting positions on the Primaris Board of Directors. Currently, one position is vacant.

Board appointments are made in January, April, July and October each year. Approximately one-third of the Primaris Board of Directors is appointed each year. Board members are reimbursed for their time at a rate of $300 per meeting attended in person and $100 per meeting attended by phone. The board has four regularly scheduled meetings each year.

James E. Bieser, MHA
SSM Health Care System
St. Louis, Missouri
Public Member: Hospital Representative
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Richard Butin, MD, FACP
University Physician Associates (UPA)
Kansas City, Missouri
Physician Member
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Patrick E. Carron, MHA, FACHE
Perry County Health System
Perryville, Missouri
Public Member, Hospital
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Jeffrey G. Copeland, MD, FACS
St. Peters, Missouri
Physician Member
Bio pending

Jeffrey L. Dryden, DO, FACOI, CPE
Southern Missouri Community Health Center
West Plains, Missouri
Physician Member
Board Secretary
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Bradley Fisher, PhD
Missouri State University
Springfield, Missouri
Public Member, Gerontologist
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Jay Guffey, RRT, BSRT, MBA
St. John's Hospital
Springfield, Missouri
Public Member, Hospital Representative
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Timothy C. Harlan, JD
Harlan, Harlan & Still
Columbia, Missouri
Pubic Member, Medical Affairs
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Angeline “Beth” Hutton, MHA 
Crocker, Missouri
Pubic Member, Medicare Beneficiary
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Lent C. Johnson, MD
Hannibal Clinic, Hannibal Hospice and Willow Care Center
Hannibal, Missouri
Physician Member
Board Chairman
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S. Gordon Jones, Jr., MD
Ferguson Medical Group
Sikeston, Missouri
Physician Member
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Jerry D. Kennett, MD, FACC
Boone Hospital Center
Columbia, Missouri
Board Treasurer
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James T. Rogers, MD, FACP
St. John's Physicians and Clinics
Springfield, Missouri
Physician Member
Immediate Past Chair
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Susan G. Taylor, RN, PhD, FAAN
Columbia, Missouri
Public Member, Medicare Beneficiary Representative
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Bruce R. Williams, DO
Family Care of Eastern Jackson
Lake Waukomis, Missouri
Physician Member
Board Chairman-Elect
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Patricia A. Wyatt, RN
Swope Ridge Geriatric Center of Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Public Member, Nursing Home
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Joseph M. Yasso, Jr., DO, FACOFP
Heritage Physicians Group
Independence, Missouri
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Ex Officio Board Members 

 

Compliance Committee

Committee Chair TBD  

Nathaniel H. Murdock, MD
Chief Compliance Officer

Bruce R. Williams, DO
Susan G. Taylor, PhD, FAAN

Patricia Wyatt
Co-Compliance Officer

Patrick E. Carron, MHA, FACHE
Richard E. Butin, MD, FACP

Administrative Members

 

Missouri State Medical Association

Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons

Lent Johnson, MD Robert C. Scanlon, DO
David Redfern, MD C. Lee Parks, DO
Robert Schaaf, MD Hentry Petry, DO
Gary Pettett, MD Victoria Damba, DO
George Hruza, MD Jeffrey L. Dryden, DO, FACOI
Steve Slocum, MD Kevin P. Hubbard, DO, FACOI
Sandra Ahlum, MD  
Ravi Johar, MD  
Jeffrey G. Copeland, MD  
Joseph Corrado, MD  
Warren Lovinger, MD  
Ann Romaker, MD  
James B. Wolfe, MD  
David Barbe, MD  
Kirby Turner, MD  

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