
Michael (Mike) Hubert is Senior Vice President and Chief Communications, Government Relations and Business Development officer at Mercy. In 2020 Mike joined Mercy, one of the twenty largest U.S. health systems and named the top large system in the U.S. for excellent patient experience by NRC Health. Mercy is a highly integrated, multi-state healthcare system including more than 50 acute care, managed and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, convenient and urgent care locations, imaging centers and pharmacies. Mercy has nine hundred physician practices and outpatient facilities, more than 5,000 physicians and advanced practitioners and over 50,000 co-workers serving patients and families across Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
Prior to Mercy, Mike was Vice President, Global Communications for Alexion Pharmaceuticals, where he led their communication, U.S. government relations and CSR efforts prior to Alexion’s acquisition by Astra Zeneca. Previous to Alexion, Mike was Vice President, National Physician and Provider Relations for Hospital Corporation of America (HCA Inc.), the nation’s largest provider of healthcare services. At HCA he was responsible for leading the physician and provider relations (PPR) communication and business development efforts organized across HCA’s 16 divisions. The PPR team is the interface between HCA’s hospitals and physicians, focused on engagement, communication, business development and growth for the company.
Before coming to HCA in 2015, Mike held leadership positions in communications, public & government affairs, investor relations and sales at Pfizer and Alpha Natural Resources over his career. At Pfizer, Mike led the communication effort surrounding Pfizer’s successful $68 billion acquisition and integration of Wyeth and went on to lead Pfizer’s U.S. Public Affairs and State Government Affairs team. At Alpha, he led the Corporate Affairs group including communications, government affairs, investor relations and philanthropy.
Mike graduated summa cum laude from Emporia State University with a degree in communication and currently lives in St. Louis.