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: 2 successive terms. Note: Revised Bylaws effective 1/1/2007 allows for not more than 3 directors in office as of the effective date of the revised bylaws, who served in terms that in aggregate are more than 6 years less but than 12 years are eligible to serve until the expiration of his/her current term. When appointments are made: Directors are elected by the membership of the organization. Election Results are announced at the annual meeting of the organization. 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. % 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 Robert A. Kerlan, MD, Gastroenterology (Chairman) John W. Lamb, MD, Orthopedic Surgery (Secretary) Cyril F. Chang, PhD, Professor of Economics, University of Memphis (Treasurer) Richard Boswell, MD, Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine Bob Bernstein, LCSW, Beneficiary Representative William T. Cecil, MBA, Director of Health Policy Research, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee David N. Freemon, MD, Internal Medicine Robert S. Gordon, MHA, Executive Vice President, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation Craig T. Hofer, CPA, Financial Management Professional Doug Leahy, MD, Internal Medicine Mary Layne Van Cleave, MS, Tennessee Hospital Association Kathy Wood-Dobbins, MS, CAE, Tennessee Primary Care Association
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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: 2 successive terms. Note: Revised Bylaws effective 1/1/2007 allows for not more than 3 directors in office as of the effective date of the revised bylaws, who served in terms that in aggregate are more than 6 years less but than 12 years are eligible to serve until the expiration of his/her current term.

When appointments are made: Directors are elected by the membership of the organization. Election Results are announced at the annual meeting of the organization. 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.

% 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
Robert A. Kerlan, MD, Gastroenterology (Chairman)
John W. Lamb, MD, Orthopedic Surgery (Secretary)
Cyril F. Chang, PhD, Professor of Economics, University of Memphis (Treasurer)
Richard Boswell, MD, Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine
Bob Bernstein, LCSW, Beneficiary Representative
William T. Cecil, MBA, Director of Health Policy Research, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
David N. Freemon, MD, Internal Medicine
Robert S. Gordon, MHA, Executive Vice President, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
Craig T. Hofer, CPA, Financial Management Professional
Doug Leahy, MD, Internal Medicine
Mary Layne Van Cleave, MS, Tennessee Hospital Association
Kathy Wood-Dobbins, MS, CAE, Tennessee Primary Care Association