Chief Medical Officer

Catalyst Health Group•Plano, TX

About The Position

About Catalyst Health Group Catalyst Health Group (CHG) is a privately held, nationally recognized leader in primary care innovation and delivery. As the largest clinically integrated network for primary care providers in Texas, we support value-based care initiatives for more than 1,000 primary care physicians and serve more than 1.5 million lives across North and East Texas, and the Panhandle. Catalyst Care Connect is an MSO serving as the extension of each primary care provider's practice and focuses on the health of patients, practices and primary care physicians. To fulfill our purpose of Helping Communities Thrive, in 2024 Catalyst launched Catalyst Physician Group, comprised of independent physician practices who have a long-standing, trusted relationship with Catalyst. Together, Catalyst and the physician practices have merged to create the 2nd largest physician group in the Southwest. The Opportunity At Catalyst Health Group, we believe primary care has the power to strengthen communities - and the Chief Medical Officer plays a pivotal role in bringing our purpose to life. This role is central to CHG's vision to be the best in primary care by 2030. The CMO will directly influence whether Catalyst can scale its model across markets while maintaining clinical excellence, cost discipline, and physician alignment. The CMO is a critical enterprise leader responsible for advancing clinical performance, physician engagement, and value-based outcomes across Catalyst Health Group. This role provides clinical oversight for the Catalyst Health Network (CHN), MSO, and Risk-Bearing Entities (RBE), ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality, cost-effective care aligned to CHG's strategy. This position will operate at the intersection of clinical leadership, financial performance, and physician engagement and influence-driving measurable improvements in Total Cost of Care, Medical Loss Ratio (MLR), and clinical variability reduction to achieve desired patient outcomes. This is a strategic leadership role with meaningful tactical engagement, requiring deep credibility with physicians and the ability to influence behavior change through peer-to-peer leadership, not hierarchy.

Requirements

MD and Board certification required
10+ years of clinical practice experience, with leadership in multi-site or networked environments
Proven experience in value-based care, population health, or risk-bearing models
Demonstrated success in improving MLR, utilization and Total Cost of Care
Experience working across MSOs, provider networks, or integrated systems
Physician Engagement & Influence: Earns respect as a peer with the ability to influence without authority
Skilled at navigating physician dynamics and driving behavior change consistent with CHG's Core Values
Business & Financial Acumen: Deep understanding of the relationship between clinical decisions and financial outcomes
Comfortable translating data into clinical action to achieve desired patient outcomes
Variability Reduction Discipline: Relentless focus on standardization and consistency
Uses data, transparency, and accountability to drive change
Strategic & Tactical: Thinks at the enterprise level while engaging directly in execution
Enjoys being in the field, interacting with physicians
Change Leadership: Able to "sell the plan" and mobilize physicians around a shared vision
Drives adoption through clarity, persistence, and trust
Decision-Making: Balances growth mindset with clinical integrity and compliance
Anticipates and mitigates risk at scale
Leadership Presence: Peer first, not hierarchical
Data-driven and clinically grounded
Direct, clear, and accountable
Sets high expectations and provides strong support
Visible, engaged, and credible in the field

Responsibilities

Provide clinical leadership across CHN, MSO, and RBE to ensure alignment to CHG's value-based care strategy
Establish and enforce evidence-based clinical standards, pathways, and care models
Partner with executive leadership to align clinical strategy with enterprise growth and strategic priorities
Serve as the senior clinical voice in enterprise decision-making, balancing quality, access and cost
Own enterprise performance for Total Cost of Care (TCOC) and Medical Loss Ratio (MLR)
Translate financial and actuarial insights into actionable clinical interventions
Drive physician adoption of cost-conscious, outcomes-driven clinical practices
Partner with VBC leadership and Finance to ensure alignment between clinical decisions leading to desired patient outcomes and financial outcomes
Lead enterprise efforts to reduce unwarranted clinical variability across providers, practices, and regions
Standardize care delivery through protocols, pathways, and decision support
Identify outliers and implement targeted interventions to improve consistency and achieve desired patient outcomes
Embed accountability mechanisms to ensure adherence to standards
Quickly build credibility with physicians as a trusted peer and clinical leader
Lead through influence by educating, evangelizing, aligning and motivating physicians to adopt enterprise priorities
Translate complex value-based strategies into practical, actionable clinical expectations
Serve as the primary "seller of the plan," ensuring that physicians understand, buy-in, and execute
Collaborate closely with the VBC leader who identifies opportunities, develops strategies, and builds the plan
Ensure clinical alignment and physician adoption of VBC strategies and initiatives
Validate clinical appropriateness of VBC strategies and interventions
Co-own outcomes related to quality, cost, and utilization
Identify and mitigate clinical, regulatory, and operational risks across a multi-site environment
Ensure compliance with clinical standards, payer requirements, and regulatory compliance
Balance innovation and growth with disciplined clinical governance
Maintain visible, consistent presence with physicians and clinical teams in clinics and regions
Lead targeted interventions to address performance gaps in patient outcomes, quality, cost, and utilization
Support execution of enterprise initiatives through direct physician engagement
Reinforce expectations through real-time coaching and feedback