---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-21-004821"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MD"
cik: "0000893949"
company_name: "Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T06:47:09.978238+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mednax CFO Richards named PAO; Board adopts majority vote for directors; Moore promoted

## Summary
- CFO C. Marc Richards adds Principal Accounting Officer role effective immediately; John Pepia remains SVP/Chief Accounting Officer.
- Board adopted Second Amended Bylaws switching director election standard from plurality to majority in non-contested elections.
- Mary Ann Moore promoted to EVP & Chief Enterprise Risk and Legal Operations Officer from SVP & Chief Legal Officer, Operations.
- No new compensatory arrangements disclosed for Richards beyond his existing September 2020 employment agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-21-004821
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MD
- cik: 0000893949
- company_name: Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893949/000095017021004821/0000950170-21-004821-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893949/000095017021004821/md-20211116.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-21-004821
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-21-004821.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-21-004821.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John C. Pepia changed role as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc..
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Mr. John C. Pepia, who previously served as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer, will continue to serve as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893949/000095017021004821/0000950170-21-004821-index.htm
- Executive change
  C. Marc Richards changed role as Principal Accounting Officer at Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc..
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On November 16, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Mednax, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), determined that Mr. C. Marc Richards, currently the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Company, would also serve as Company’s Principal Accounting Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893949/000095017021004821/0000950170-21-004821-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.