Board of Directors



	Governance A Board of Directors governs QSource. Board members are elected by QSource membership and reflect our state’s diverse population. Members include industry leaders, consumer advocates, business leaders and Medicare beneficiaries. Our board provides careful financial and strategic oversight of QSource’s work to improve and transform the quality of healthcare. QSource is committed to the highest standards for business practices, governance and public accountability. Our Board supports greater transparency in the healthcare system, as well as our own achievements in contributing to measurable improvement in quality healthcare. QSource recently adopted the Standards for Organizational Integrity, developed for quality improvement organizations by the American Healthcare Quality Association to respond to public expectations for transparency. Number of members: Not more than fifteen, not more than 6 physician directors, and not more than 9 consumer representatives, at least one of whom is a Medicare beneficiary Length of Appointment: 3 year term Cap on Service: No director who has served continuously for an uninterrupted period of six (6) or more years shall be eligible for re-election at the end of his or her current term or for appointment to fill a vacancy on the Board, unless and until at least one (1) year has passed since the end of his or her last term. When appointments are made: Appointments to the Board by the Directors can be made only in the event of a mid-term vacancy to fill the seat until the end of the term. Directors are elected by the membership of the organization. Election Results are announced at the annual meeting of the organization. % of governing body appointed each year: 33.3% of Board terms end each year. Board Compensation: Board compensation is set by an independent, authorized body and is $125.00 per hour. Click here to see the QSource Code of Business Conduct Click here for the American Health Quality Association's Standards for Organization Integrity Board of Directors Doug Leahy, MD, Internal Medicine (Chairman) Robert S. Gordon, MHA, Executive Vice President, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation (Vice Chairman) Mary Layne Van Cleave, MS, Executive Vice President, Tennessee Hospital Association (Secretary) William T. Cecil, MBA, Former Director of Health Policy Research, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (Treasurer) Richard L. Boswell, MD, Pulmonary Disease, Internal Medicine Bob Bernstein, LCSW, Beneficiary Representative David N. Freemon, MD, Internal Medicine Craig T. Hofer, Financial Management Professional Kathy Wood-Dobbins, MS, CAE, Tennessee Primary Care Association Owita Mays, MD, Internal Medicine, Memphis Medical Specialist Robert David Patton, MPH, EdD, Professor (retired) Department of Health Education, East Tennessee State University (beneficiary representative) J. Michael Bolds, MD, Internal Medicine/Sleep Medicine, Nashville Medical Group R. Cyrus Huffman, MD, Sr. VP/Chief Medical Officer, Erlanger Health System
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Governance
A Board of Directors governs QSource. Board members are elected by QSource membership and reflect our state’s diverse population. Members include industry leaders, consumer advocates, business leaders and Medicare beneficiaries.

Our board provides careful financial and strategic oversight of QSource’s work to improve and transform the quality of healthcare.

QSource is committed to the highest standards for business practices, governance and public accountability. Our Board supports greater transparency in the healthcare system, as well as our own achievements in contributing to measurable improvement in quality healthcare. QSource recently adopted the Standards for Organizational Integrity, developed for quality improvement organizations by the American Healthcare Quality Association to respond to public expectations for transparency.

Number of members: Not more than fifteen, not more than 6 physician directors, and not more than 9 consumer representatives, at least one of whom is a Medicare beneficiary

Length of Appointment: 3 year term

Cap on Service: No director who has served continuously for an uninterrupted period of six (6) or more years shall be eligible for re-election at the end of his or her current term or for appointment to fill a vacancy on the Board, unless and until at least one (1) year has passed since the end of his or her last term.

When appointments are made: Appointments to the Board by the Directors can be made only in the event of a mid-term vacancy to fill the seat until the end of the term. Directors are elected by the membership of the organization. Election Results are announced at the annual meeting of the organization.

% of governing body appointed each year: 33.3% of Board terms end each year.

Board Compensation: Board compensation is set by an independent, authorized body and is $125.00 per hour.

Click here to see the QSource Code of Business Conduct
Click here for the American Health Quality Association's Standards for Organization Integrity

Board of Directors
Doug Leahy, MD, Internal Medicine (Chairman)
Robert S. Gordon, MHA, Executive Vice President, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation (Vice Chairman)
Mary Layne Van Cleave, MS, Executive Vice President, Tennessee Hospital Association (Secretary)
William T. Cecil, MBA, Former Director of Health Policy Research, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (Treasurer)
Richard L. Boswell, MD, Pulmonary Disease, Internal Medicine
Bob Bernstein, LCSW, Beneficiary Representative
David N. Freemon, MD, Internal Medicine
Craig T. Hofer, Financial Management Professional
Kathy Wood-Dobbins, MS, CAE, Tennessee Primary Care Association
Owita Mays, MD, Internal Medicine, Memphis Medical Specialist
Robert David Patton, MPH, EdD, Professor (retired) Department of Health Education, East Tennessee State University (beneficiary representative)
J. Michael Bolds, MD, Internal Medicine/Sleep Medicine, Nashville Medical Group
R. Cyrus Huffman, MD, Sr. VP/Chief Medical Officer,
Erlanger Health System