How hospitals and health systems hire their next CFO, CMO, or COO

Hospitals and health systems live or die by the quality of their operating leadership. Service-line growth, capital allocation, payor contracting, and clinical performance all run through the C-suite, and getting that hire wrong costs the organization years of compounding underperformance. Carson Kolb has worked with hospitals and health systems on senior leadership searches since 1998. Engagements typically include Chief Medical Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Operating Officers, Chief Compliance Officers, Chief Quality Officers, and Vice Presidents across Health Information Systems and clinical operations. The firm understands that hospital operating leadership is structurally specialized. CFOs need fluency in 340B, DSH, cost reports, and payor mix. CMOs need to bridge clinical credibility with administrative impact. Service-line leaders need to grow revenue while managing pricing pressure, reimbursement decline, and shifting site-of-care economics. Carson Kolb screens candidates against this operating reality rather than against a generic functional checklist.