PPCP Governance

Palmetto Primary Care Physicians is a physician owned and physician-managed medical corporation (LLC). Physician partners called, the Membership, govern PPCP. The Membership is comprised of employed physicians who elect to Partner after working for PPCP for 2 consecutive years. Each Member has an equal share of ownership and each member has one vote.

From nominations by the Members at the PPCP Annual Meeting in February, Members elect a Board of Directors. Besides the election of the Board, the Members vote on significant issues (election of new Members, purchase of capital equipment, establishment of corporate debt, etc.). A vote by the Membership requires a super majority vote.

At the first meeting of the Board of Directors following their election (March); the Board elects the Chairman of the Board, Board President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and appoints chairpersons for each of the PPCP standing committees (Executive, Finance, Ancillaries, Facilities Planning, Membership, Strategic Planning, Medical Information Systems (MIS), Senior Care, and Benefits). The Executive Committee is comprised of the Chairman of the Board, President, Vice-president, CFO, and the CEO. The Chairman of the Board and CEO direct the agenda of the monthly board meetings. The President and CEO direct the weekly Executive Committee meetings. The President works directly with the CEO in the general management of the overall budgetary process including recruitment of employed physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners.

The Corporate CEO, who serves as a member of the Board in an ex-officio capacity, directs the day-to-day management of PPCP. The CEO is directly responsible for total management of PPCP, including oversight of each local site, site manager and the corporate office and ancillary employees and supervisors. The CEO provides administrative guidance and leadership, strategic planning initiatives, budgetary process development, information systems/EMR, paperless network reliability and enhancements, accounting support, billing direction, ancillary management (lab, dexa, x-ray, ultrasound), insurance contract negotiations and implementation of approved PPCP Business Plan. The CEO works closely with each on-site PPCP office manager on recruitment and retention of employees.

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