Envision Healthcare CEO and leadership

Jim Rechtin became President and Chief Executive Officer of Envision Healthcare in February 2020. He has 22 years of healthcare experience, with a focus on the delivery of value-based care in various medical group settings. Prior to joining Envision, Rechtin served as President of OptumCare, part of UnitedHealth Group. Before that, he was with DaVita Medical Group, which he joined in 2014, and played the dual roles of Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy with responsibility for marketing, communications and business development and President of DaVita Medical Group’s California market. Previously, Rechtin was a Partner at Bain & Company where he spent 14 years in the company’s healthcare practice. At Bain, Jim advised large health systems, physician groups and health insurers on a variety of business planning and operational initiatives, including market strategies, joint ventures and operational structure, strategic partnership formation, physician recruitment, clinical integration and population health management. Early in his career, Rechtin ran operations for a nonprofit health and human services clinic in Indianapolis, Indiana, and served in the United States Peace Corps in the Congo. He received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from DePauw University. Rechtin is a board member at the Center for Health Care Strategies, Colorado Succeeds and the DePauw Board of Visitors.

Chan Chuang, Envision Healthcare Chief Medical Officer, is an experienced clinical leader and physician. Dr. Chuang previously served as the Chief Clinical Officer for OptumCare and DaVita Medical Group. He held several leadership positions within the organization, including Chief Medical Officer of HealthCare Partners, California. Dr. Chuang also served as Chief of the Department of Medicine and Member of the Medical Executive Committee at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in California. Dr. Chuang is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease and critical care. He earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego and completed his residency, chief residency and fellowship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

Henry Howe serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Envision Healthcare. He oversees all finance, accounting, treasury, tax and procurement functions for the medical group.



Before becoming CFO in March of 2021, Henry served as Interim CFO, starting in January 2021. Henry joined Envision in April 2020 as Executive Vice President of Enterprise Strategy.



Prior to joining Envision Healthcare, Henry spent 10 years with Bridgewater Associates in various leadership positions, including as Head of Planning and in senior roles leading various strategic initiatives. Previously, Henry spent six years at Bain & Company where he advised clients on a wide range of strategic and operational issues. Earlier in his career, he worked at Bank One, spending several years as a distressed-loan workout officer.

Henry received a Master of Business Administration with distinction from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Arts in economics with honors from Georgetown University.

Jillian Marcus has served as the Chief Compliance Officer for Envision Healthcare since 2018. She has more than 20 years of experience practicing healthcare and contract law. Marcus joined Sheridan Healthcare in 2002, serving as Sheridan’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel from 2014 until the Envision merger with AMSURG. In 2016, she assumed the role of General Counsel of the company’s Envision Physician Services division before moving into her current role.

Before joining the company, Marcus was an attorney in private practice from 1998 through 2002. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida and her law degree from the University of Florida College of Law.

Jim Rechtin became President and Chief Executive Officer of Envision Healthcare in February 2020. He has 22 years of healthcare experience, with a focus on the delivery of value-based care in various medical group settings. Prior to joining Envision, Rechtin served as President of OptumCare, part of UnitedHealth Group. Before that, he was with DaVita Medical Group, which he joined in 2014, and played the dual roles of Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy with responsibility for marketing, communications and business development and President of DaVita Medical Group’s California market. Previously, Rechtin was a Partner at Bain & Company where he spent 14 years in the company’s healthcare practice. At Bain, Jim advised large health systems, physician groups and health insurers on a variety of business planning and operational initiatives, including market strategies, joint ventures and operational structure, strategic partnership formation, physician recruitment, clinical integration and population health management. Early in his career, Rechtin ran operations for a nonprofit health and human services clinic in Indianapolis, Indiana, and served in the United States Peace Corps in the Congo. He received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from DePauw University. Rechtin is a board member at the Center for Health Care Strategies, Colorado Succeeds and the DePauw Board of Visitors.