Rokos Group Seeking Chief Medical Officer for Center for Elders’ Independence
August 13, 2026 – Newport Beach, CA-based executive search firm Rokos Group has been selected by Center for Elders’ Independence (CEI) to lead in its search for a chief medical officer. Reporting to the president and CEO, the chief medical officer will serve as CEI’s senior physician executive and a full member of the executive leadership team. This is a strategic and operational leadership role responsible for medical affairs, clinical quality, regulatory readiness, utilization management, credentialing, medical policy, clinical outcomes, and the leadership of physicians, nurse practitioners, and contracted medical providers.
The CMO will be accountable for ensuring the quality, safety, effectiveness, and consistency of participant care across CEI’s care delivery model. The leader will partner closely with the chief operating officer, quality leadership, center operations, medical directors, interdisciplinary teams, and external partners to strengthen clinical infrastructure, improve clinical workflows, develop physician leadership, and ensure CEI is prepared for growth and evolving CMS and state expectations.
The chief medical officer will also play a central role in helping CEI mature its clinical infrastructure while preserving the participant-centered spirit that makes the PACE model distinctive, according to the job spec. CEI serves a medically and socially complex population, and success depends on integrating physician leadership with nursing, social work, rehabilitation, nutrition, transportation, home care, behavioral health, pharmacy, and center operations.
For this position, candidates must have an MD or DO. They should have five to 10 years of progressive medical leadership experience in a complex healthcare environment, such as medical director, associate medical director, chief medical officer, or comparable physician executive role.
PACE experience is preferred but not required; relevant backgrounds may include value-based care, Medicare Advantage or integrated health plan environments, population health, complex care management, geriatric care delivery, integrated delivery systems, large medical groups, home-based care, SNF, hospice, palliative care, or post-acute care. Candidates must have demonstrated experience leading physicians, APPs, interdisciplinary teams, clinical quality improvement programs, and risk-based populations. This should include experience in cultural transformation and change management In addition, those applying should have strong understanding of value-based care principles, clinical documentation, utilization management, regulatory compliance, healthcare improvement principles, and data-informed decision-making.
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Center for Elders’ Independence is a non-profit Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) organization serving at-risk older adults in the East Bay. For more than 40 years, CEI has helped frail seniors remain safely in their homes and communities rather than in nursing homes. The organization delivers comprehensive, integrated services that address participants’ medical, social, emotional, nutritional, rehabilitation, transportation, and homecare needs through an interdisciplinary team model.
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Greg Rokos, managing partner of Rokos Group, brings over 30 years of experience to his clients. He has helped healthcare organizations including hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers, non-profits, life sciences companies, health plans, and physician groups recruit executive leaders across all C-Suite roles including CEO, COO, CFO, CNO, CMO, and CHRO. Throughout his career, Mr. Rokos has worked with some of the most respected healthcare organizations including Keck Medicine of USC, UCI Health, Universal Health Services, Huntington Health, Tenet Healthcare, Sansum Clinic, and Dignity Health.
In addition to his executive search work, in 2008 Mr. Rokos founded a pioneering video interview company, GreenJobInterview.com which twice made the Inc. 500 fastest growing private companies in America list working with Fortune 500 clients that included Walmart, PepsiCo, Mayo Clinic, and Home Depot. After growing the business to 30+ employees serving 200+ clients, Mr. Rokos led the firm through its successful acquisition in 2017.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
