Richard Cameron is a Senior Managing Director of Ankura Consulting affiliated with the Chicago, IL office but based near St. Louis, MO. He is a recognized leader in the healthcare profession with more than 40 years of experience improving hospital/physician engagement and organization performance. His scope of work today includes physician/health system affiliations and integration; strategic business planning supporting physician engagement needs and services; physician compensation planning; and physician practice performance improvement services. Mr. Cameron has leveraged his experience to help organizations solve complex problems with innovative solutions throughout his career. As a consultant, Mr. Cameron has completed numerous engagements involving physician/hospital integration, strategic physician business planning, medical group integration/expansion, physician compensation design and FMV opinions, performance improvement assessments, reorganizations, and interim management for national and regional health systems, community hospitals, hospital employed and independent physician groups, PHOs, and MSOs along with many of the nation's top legal firms. Mr. Cameron also has ten years of experience dedicated to physician practice management, including serving as Executive Director for a large multi-specialty physician group in Ohio and Associate Administrator for Henry Ford Medical Group in Detroit, one of the largest vertically integrated health systems in the country. Additionally, he has experience building and operating primary care networks, integrated delivery systems and managed care services as Vice President and Regional Vice President for CoreSource and CNA Insurance in Chicago. Mr. Cameron has seventeen years of health system executive experience as President/CEO of Community Hospital in Anderson, Indiana and Senior Associate Administrator of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Cameron has completed numerous national and regional speaking engagements and articles on strategy/integration, performance improvement, healthcare delivery innovation and compensation planning. Ankura provides business advisory and expert services through our unique blend of subject matter expertise, wealth of cross-disciplinary and cross-industry experience, and proven track record of unparalleled service and results to our clients.