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 View Bio Richard Butin, MD, FACP University Physician Associates (UPA) Kansas City, Missouri Physician Member View Bio Patrick E. Carron, MHA, FACHE Perry County Health System Perryville, Missouri Public Member, Hospital View Bio 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 View Bio Bradley Fisher, PhD Missouri State University Springfield, Missouri Public Member, Gerontologist View Bio Jay Guffey, RRT, BSRT, MBA St. John's Hospital Springfield, Missouri Public Member, Hospital Representative View Bio Timothy C. Harlan, JD Harlan, Harlan & Still Columbia, Missouri Pubic Member, Medical Affairs View Bio Angeline “Beth” Hutton, MHA Crocker, Missouri Pubic Member, Medicare Beneficiary View Bio	Lent C. Johnson, MD Hannibal Clinic, Hannibal Hospice and Willow Care Center Hannibal, Missouri Physician Member Board Chairman View Bio S. Gordon Jones, Jr., MD Ferguson Medical Group Sikeston, Missouri Physician Member View Bio Jerry D. Kennett, MD, FACC Boone Hospital Center Columbia, Missouri Board Treasurer View Bio James T. Rogers, MD, FACP St. John's Physicians and Clinics Springfield, Missouri Physician Member Immediate Past Chair View Bio Susan G. Taylor, RN, PhD, FAAN Columbia, Missouri Public Member, Medicare Beneficiary Representative View Bio Bruce R. Williams, DO Family Care of Eastern Jackson Lake Waukomis, Missouri Physician Member Board Chairman-Elect View Bio Patricia A. Wyatt, RN Swope Ridge Geriatric Center of Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri Public Member, Nursing Home View Bio Joseph M. Yasso, Jr., DO, FACOFP Heritage Physicians Group Independence, Missouri View Bio
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

Board of Directors

Compliance Committee

Administrative Members

Missouri State Medical Association

Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons