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Steve Mackin, Mercy president and CEO, was recently named to Becker's Healthcare's 2024 list of "64 CEO Influencers to Know." The recognition highlights chief executive officers at health systems who are driving transformation through innovative leadership, advocacy for public health and commitment to equity and technology.

Since assuming his role as Mercy's CEO in April 2022, Mackin has guided the organization through a period of growth and innovation. His tenure at Mercy, which began in 2017, has included leadership roles such as president of Mercy Hospital St. Louis and president of Mercy's east region, where he championed the expansion of cancer services. Before joining Mercy, he spent nearly two decades at Cancer Treatment Centers of America, rising to chief operating officer and interim president.

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Mercy, one of the 20 largest U.S. health systems and named the top large system in the U.S. for excellent patient experience by NRC Health, serves millions annually with nationally recognized care and one of the nation's largest and highest performing Accountable Care Organizations in quality and cost. Mercy is a highly integrated, multi-state health care system including 50 acute care and specialty (heart, children's, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, convenient and urgent care locations, imaging centers and pharmacies. Mercy has over 1,000 physician practice locations and outpatient facilities, more than 5,000 physicians and advanced practitioners and more than 50,000 co-workers serving patients and families across Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. In fiscal year 2023 alone, Mercy provided more than half a billion dollars of free care and other community benefits, including traditional charity care and unreimbursed Medicaid.