Ozarks Healthcare Engages B.E. Smith Leadership Solutions for CEO Search

Ozarks Healthcare has retained B.E. Smith Leadership Solutions, a part of AMN Healthcare, to lead a national search for the organization’s next President and Chief Executive Officer. The search process is well underway, with a strong slate of qualified candidates currently under active consideration. A permanent CEO is expected to be named by the fourth quarter of this year.

“Ozarks Healthcare is committed to finding a leader who shares our mission, vision, and values, while bringing forward-thinking leadership to our health system,” said Melissa Stewart, Chair of the Ozarks Healthcare Board of Directors. “We are confident this process will lead us to the right individual to guide Ozarks Healthcare into its next chapter of service and growth.”

AMN Healthcare | B.E. Smith is a national leader in healthcare executive search and talent solutions, with decades of experience placing top healthcare executives in hospitals, health systems, and academic medical centers across the country. Their expertise combines deep industry knowledge with a personalized approach to help healthcare organizations identify and recruit transformative leaders.

Ozarks Healthcare is a not-for-profit health system that serves more than 160,000 residents across south-central Missouri and northern Arkansas. With its main campus residing in West Plains, Missouri, the health system offers a full spectrum of healthcare for all ages through its 114-bed hospital, behavioral health, therapies, pharmacies, rehabilitation, and home care services, along with specialty and family medicine clinics. Ozarks Healthcare has rural locations across an eight-county service area and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations.

Ozarks Healthcare is a not-for-profit health system that serves more than 160,000 residents across south-central Missouri and northern Arkansas. With its main campus residing in West Plains, Missouri, the health system offers a full spectrum of healthcare for all ages through its 114-bed hospital, behavioral health, therapies, pharmacies, rehabilitation, and home care services, along with specialty and family medicine clinics. Ozarks Healthcare has rural locations across an eight-county service area and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations.