Chief Medical Officer

the client seeks a Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to provide unified clinical oversight for a rapidly expanding primary care ecosystem, including a clinically integrated network, a physician-led primary care group, an MSO, and risk-bearing entities. The CMO serves as the senior clinical voice for the organization, accountable for advancing clinical performance, physician engagement, and value-based outcomes across a patient population spanning North Texas, East Texas, and the Panhandle. In addition to setting enterprise clinical direction, the CMO owns enterprise performance related to Total Cost of Care and Medical Loss Ratio while leading efforts to reduce unwarranted clinical variability. The role combines strategic and tactical execution: the CMO establishes evidence-based standards and care models at the enterprise level and then drives adoption through visible, peer-level engagement with physicians across the organization. The CMO ensures physicians understand, embrace, and execute the organization’s value-based strategy, influencing behavior change and holding peers accountable to clinical standards. The CMO will partner with Finance and Operations to translate clinical decisions into financial and patient-outcome results, supporting disciplined clinical governance as the organization grows and manages risk at scale while sustaining physician trust through transparency and clinical credibility. The ideal candidate is an MD or DO with board certification in internal medicine, family medicine, or pediatrics, with a primary care discipline strongly preferred. The CMO should have a minimum of 10 years of clinical practice and 5–7 years of progressive senior clinical leadership in multi-site, networked environments similar to MSO, ACO, or clinically integrated networks. Preferred experience includes serving as a CMO, Medical Director, Vice President of Medical Affairs, or equivalent enterprise clinical executive at meaningful scale, along with demonstrated value-based care leadership involving Total Cost of Care, Medical Loss Ratio, risk adjustment/ HCC, utilization management, and quality programs; fluency with clinical pathway design, clinical analytics, and physician-facing performance dashboards; and working knowledge of MSO, capitation, and shared savings constructs. The role requires influence-driven physician leadership at scale, direct and accountable data-grounded leadership, and an authentic commitment to primary care.