WASHINGTON— Dr. Steven Landers has been named the inaugural chief executive officer (CEO) of the newly merged NAHC-NHPCO Alliance (The Alliance). A national leader and innovator in home health, primary care and aging services, Landers brings almost two decades of experience as a physician, executive leader and health policy advocate to The Alliance, which represents care at home and community providers across the country.
Landers has dedicated his career to seeking home- and community-based health care solutions for people of all ages. As a board-certified physician in family medicine, geriatric medicine, and hospice and palliative medicine, he is a champion of the impactful role health care at home plays in the health and wellbeing of communities, acknowledging that as an aging nation, providing compassionate, dignified and cost-effective systems of care to patients is critical.
“The Alliance members provide a wide range of high-quality home- and community-based services that promote comfort, dignity and independence. I’m so proud to become a part of this organization, and am eager to serve,” said Landers. “I’ve had the opportunity in my career to see the health care industry from many vantage points, and in this new role with The Alliance, I will use all that I have learned to make a difference for our members as we continue to expand to meet the growing public needs for our care.”
Prior to joining The Alliance, Landers served in several executive leadership roles. He was the director of homecare at the Cleveland Clinic, and for more than 11 years was the president and CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association Health Group, Inc.—one of the oldest and largest home health, hospice and community health organizations in the country. During his most recent tenure as the president and CEO of Hebrew SeniorLife, he led an organization known for superior senior living, geriatric health care, research and teaching.
Landers has served on numerous boards and committees in the care at home space and has represented organizations by engaging policymakers, including meeting with members of Congress; providing committee testimonies for Congress and state legislatures; and discussing homecare policies and regulations with the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission officials and federal agency staff.
“Providing leadership around policy and advocacy efforts is critical to our mission at The Alliance,” said Transition Board Chair Ken Albert. “Throughout his career, Dr. Landers served the field as an effective policy advocate, shaping policy at both the state and federal levels. We are thrilled to welcome him as our inaugural CEO, and I know he will build an extraordinary team to offer value for our members.”
Early in his career, Landers based his clinical practice on providing health care through house calls and thousands of home visits, primarily to low-mobility patients. While in this setting, he saw the need to connect homecare and hospice to the broader health care system and medical community. He understood that to improve patient care, health care providers need to explore and thrive at the intersection of clinical work, health policy and systems of care. He pursued a master’s degree in public health, which contributed to his passion for influencing federal and state legislation to improve health care delivery to home-based patients.
“Dr. Landers’ rich and diversified experience makes him the ideal candidate to lead our membership as our organization evolves,” said Alliance Transition Board Vice Chair Melinda Gruber. “Working alongside community health workers and within our patients’ homes, he understands what we need as frontline caregivers and advocates.”
Landers is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where his training included a family medicine residency at Case Western and a geriatric medicine fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. He also attended the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he focused on health policy and management. Additionally, he received a bachelor of arts in political science from Indiana University in Bloomington.
