President of the Medical Group Management Association

Topics: Managed Care Strategies, Simplifying the Health Care Payment System, Pay-for-Performance, Hospital/Physician Partnerships, Future of Physician Practices, Management & Health Care Outcomes, Patient Safety, Healthcare Quality

• Leads the nation’s top voice for group medical practices.

·         Previously VP for Quality Care Standards at the American Medical Association and  CEO of UNIVA Health Network, a regional integrated delivery system in Louisville, Kentucky. 

·         Board member for Exempla Health System (Denver), the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), and the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare, Management Education (CAHME).

·         Founding Board member of the International Society for Quality in Health Care, which he served as President from 1989 to 1991.

·         Chairman (1992-1995) of the Board of Trustees of the Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities.

·         (CPHA) and served on the National Advisory Council to the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) from 2000 until 2002.

·         Authored more than 70 scientific articles, books and book chapters.

·         Holds academic appointments as Clinical Professor of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and as Adjunct Professor of Health Policy and Administration at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health.