Company Profile
Kirby Bates Associates
Company Overview
Kirby Bates Associates, LLC, drives healthcare organizations to achieve high quality, cost-effective patient care through a continuum of proven solutions, including Executive Search, Interim Leadership, Leadership Coaching and Operations Consulting. Leading healthcare organizations turn to Kirby Bates Associates to provide solutions for their greatest leadership challenges.
As successful CEOs, COOs and CNOs, we know firsthand the challenges facing healthcare leadership today, so we take a personal interest in solving our clients’ challenges. We build long term relationships with candidates and clients to understand their unique culture and circumstances. These insights guide us to present effective solutions and to achieve sustainable outcomes in executive, operational and clinical leadership teams.
Company History
We have been operated exclusively by healthcare executives since our founding in 1988 as Bates and Associates by two nurse entrepreneurs. We expanded our services in 2003 under the leadership of President and CEO Karen K. Kirby, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN with the goal of providing our clients with a continuum of services to meet their special needs. In early 2017, we joined Jackson Healthcare family of companies as a strategy for optimal positioning in the present and future ever-evolving healthcare environment.