Phil Spencer, CEO

Phil Spencer is the CEO for Mission Healthcare, one of the largest regional home health and hospice providers in the West Coast and is a member of its Board of Directors.

Drawing on over 25+ years of healthcare expertise, Phil has an acute sense for identifying and capitalizing on growth opportunities. Previously serving as CEO of Springstone, a leading national behavioral health provider, and later as CEO of US Behavioral Partners, Springstone’s management company, Phil led numerous expansion efforts to create better access to care and guided the company through two successful sales in 2021 and 2023.

Prior to Springstone, Phil worked in both senior level sales and operations leadership roles in multi-site healthcare provider companies.  Phil was the Senior Vice President of Business Development for Tenet Healthcare, where he was responsible for accelerating organic growth across the enterprise’s 500 access points nationwide. He also led ambulatory services and business development at United Surgical Partners International (USPI), the largest ambulatory network in the United States, where he oversaw repeated top-line growth, managed care negotiations, and led strategic improvements in support of all USPI markets.

Phil graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was a Distinguished Military Graduate of the University of Arizona and also has an MBA in Healthcare Services Management from the University of Dallas