Peter Kinder has been named by SoutheastHEALTH as Vice President for Government Affairs.
Under the role, Kinder will be a key voice in educating the community on improving and lowering healthcare costs.
Kinder will serve as a communications liaison with various local, county, state and federal agencies on issues that impact SoutheastHEALTH and the healthcare industry.
Kinder has served the Cape Girardeau community through various notable positions, including 46th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri from 2005-2007. Prior to this position, Kinder also spent three terms representing six southeast Missouri counties as state senator.
Additionally, Kinder established the Tour of Missouri, an international professional bicycle race, the third highest profile domestic race in the U.S. The race brought in athletes from 20 countries,
“Government and healthcare are both incredibly complex and both are also intertwined in many ways. In my role, I hope to help SoutheastHEALTH navigate these complexities to further its mission of providing excellent healthcare services to residents of this region,” said Kinder.
SoutheastHEALTHoffers primary and specialty care at hospitals in over 50 locations in 13 communities across Southeast Missouri, with more than 30 clinical specialties in a four-state area.