Billings Clinic and Logan Health are united as one non-profit, Montana based, independent health care system focused on keeping patients and families close to home and connecting care in communities throughout the region. The unified health system serves an area that includes Montana, northern Wyoming, and the western Dakotas and is governed by a board of community members and medical professionals. It encompasses 25 hospitals, which includes 16 regional partnerships with critical access hospitals and clinics. More than 9,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians and advanced practice providers practicing in 80 specialties, work together to provide patients and their families with a positive, proactive, patient-centered experience, through innovative and effective approaches to high quality, safe health care. Combined, Billings Clinic and Logan Health generate annual net revenues of $2 billion.

Billings Clinic and Logan Health have deep commitments to complex care, local access, innovation and health care education. By uniting the two organizations in September 2023, each of which have served Montana and the surrounding region for more than 100 years, Billings Clinic and Logan Health are better together. The one combined system is better positioned to adapt to the rapidly changing health care environment while maintaining a commitment to sustaining and growing services that meet the needs of Montana and Wyoming families.

Combined System Facts:

Billings Clinic was designated as the first Magnet organization in Montana in 2006. Billings Clinic is also a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, which has provided clinical resources and direct access to Mayo Clinic specialists since 2013. As a regional leader in medical education, Billings Clinic offers Montana’s only medical residencies for Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, and Surgery (rural track), and a Rural Critical Care Fellowship. Last year, Billings Clinic’s cost of Community benefit totaled more than $67.3 million, including $20.2 million in financial assistance provided to more than 14,600 patients.

Billings Clinic’s services to meet our mission of health care, education and research include:

VISION: Billings Clinic will provide best in nation clinical quality, patient safety, service, and value.

Logan Health is a nonprofit, 590-bed health system located in the iconic Flathead Valley of northwest Montana. While the main medical campus is located in Flathead County, Logan Health draws from a total service area covering 13 counties, nearly 40,000 square miles and a population of more than 600,000. The health system consists of six hospitals, more than 68 provider clinics, a medical fitness center, skilled nursing facility and a host of other health care services, including the nation’s first rural air ambulance service (A.L.E.R.T.), which it has maintained for more than 45 years. More than 4,500 physicians, nurses, health care professionals and support staff work together to provide patients and their families with a positive, proactive, patient-centered experience. Founded in 1910, Logan Health has provided exceptional care for more than 100 years to the communities it serves. Throughout its history, the organization has continued to grow and evolve with the growth and changing needs of the communities it serves.

MISSION: Our mission is to improve health and quality of life by delivering exceptional, compassionate care with an outstanding experience for all.

The System Chief People Officer (CPO) is responsible for advancing and championing the mission, vision and values of the health system and serves as a key member of the system executive team. The CPO creates and leads the people resources’ strategy in support of the system strategic plan for all locations in the system. The CPO exhibits authentic system leadership engaging and collaborating with system-wide stakeholders in creating a culture of engaged people committed to the mission, vision, and values and service excellence. The CPO articulates human resource needs in response to industry trends and in the context of creating a fully integrated health system for the executive team and board of directors. The CPO ensures progressive and sound human resources business practices are implemented at all system locations. The CPO has responsibility for all employee lifecycle human resources functions including recruitment, compensation and benefits, organizational and talent development, employee, physician and labor relations and cultural inclusions programs. The CPO advocates for innovative technology solutions to leverage the talent and skills of people at all locations and ensures implementation and use of progressive human resource technology to support leadership and staff.  

Successful candidates for the System Chief People Officer role will possess the following: