Board & Committees | PHO Staff Contacts

The Mercy Health System Physician Hospital Organization (PHO) is a not-for-profit, taxable membership corporation that was established December 18, 1996. The PHO is designed to facilitate managed care contracting relationships for Mercy Health Partners and nearly 600 physician participants with the purpose of providing a full range of medical and hospital services to persons enrolled in health care benefit plans sponsored by third-party payors, self-funded employers and others. The combined strength of MHS-PHO, coupled with the mass of individual expertise available, presents a powerful presence in the community.

A board of trustees, which consists of nine Class A participants (physician) and five class B members (hospital) manage the corporation. St. Charles Mercy Hospital, St. Anne Mercy Hospital, Mercy Healthcare Center, Mercy Children's Hospital and St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center comprise the PHO's hospital panel.

Class A physicians are nominated by their peers and elected to the board by the Class B members. Of the nine Class A physician trustees, currently there is one Primary Care Physician and one Specialist Physician principally affiliated with each PHO Member Hospital. There are five primary care and four other specialists on the PHO Board. The Board votes as separate classes based on their respective Class (A or B), thus with the exception of certain reserve powers, any action of the board requires a majority vote of each Class A and Class B for the motion to carry.

Since its inception in late 1996, 26 contracts, covering over 500,000 lives, have been secured for your participation.