Our Work with Physicians

MHI believes strong relationships between patients and physicians are critical to strengthening our health care system. With this in mind, the MHI Physician Leadership Council (PLC) meets every other month to provide clinical guidance, and the knowledge that can only come through experience as a practicing physician.

Identifying the number, practice location and specialty of providers in our region is fundamental to understanding how the health care system works and how it changes over time. But all too often, that basic information has been unavailable. Using its unique multi-payer commercial claims database as a starting point, MHI has compiled an index of doctors, nurse practioners and physician assistants providing primary and speciality care in our region. We hope this information provides a useful baseline to those interested in understanding the number and types of providers practicing in the various counties of our region.

MHI is pleased to share with you, “The Doctor Is In: An Overview of Practicing Primary Care and Select Specialty Providers in Eastern and Mid-Missouri Counties,” available for download on the right and made possible through the financial suport of the Missouri Foundation for Health. This report focuses on primary care providers, cardiologists, endocronologists and obstetricians/gynecologists practicing on the Missouri side of the St. Louis metropolitan statistical area and the 16 counties west. 

MHI looks forward to continuing to provide information to physicians and supporting their efforts to improve care quality and affordability. If you have a question about the supply of practicing physicians practicing in the St. Louis region, contact John Carlton at 314-721-7800.

	Dr. Bryan Burns,  Primary Care, Esse Health
	Dr. J. Collins Corder,  Primary Care, BJC Medical Group
	Dr. Elyra Figueroa,  Allergy, Private Practice
	Dr. Eduardo Garcia-Ferrer, Psychiatry, Mercy Medical Group
	Dr. Beth Gearhart,  Obstetrics & Gynecology, Private Practice
	Dr. Christine Hachem Gastroenterology and Hepatology, SLU Care
	Dr. Tom Hastings  Primary Care, Esse Health
	Dr. George Kichura  Interventional Cardiology, St. Louis Heart and Vascular
	Dr. Paul M. Spezia  Orthopedic Surgery, St. Peters Bone & Joint
Non-Voting Participants
	Dr. Jay Moore  Senior Clinical Director, Anthem
	Dr. Scott Spradlin Vice President of Medical Affairs, Aetna
	Dr. Charles Ettelson,  Market Medical Director, United Healthcare of the Midwest