Katherine Schneider, MD, MPhil.,
FAAFP
President and CEO
Delaware Valley Accountable Care
Organization
Nationally known for her work in the field of accountable care and
patient engagement, Dr. Katherine
Schneider's mission is to deliver better
health, better care, and sustainable cost in the communities that we
work in,
live in, and serve. She believes passionately that the time has finally come for
the business model of healthcare to align with care models that further this
mission. As President and CEO, Dr. Schneider provides leadership, strategic
direction and ongoing administration and management for all aspects of the
Delaware Valley Accountable Care Organization, the Philadelphia region’s largest
including more than 450 primary care physicians and five health systems.
Previously, Dr. Schneider was Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
of Medecision, population health and care management technology for providers
and health plans. She also served as the senior vice president for Health
Engagement at AtlantiCare, where she led the system's strategic transformational
work toward accountable care and engaging individuals in their own health. In
her previous position at Middlesex Health System, she spearheaded projects
embedding chronic disease management in the delivery system and value based
payment models, including Medicare’s Physician Group Practice demonstration
project. She has also led several award-winning initiatives in community health
improvement. Dr. Schneider is a former member of the National Advisory Council
to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the federal agency
charged with improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of
healthcare for all Americans. She is a graduate of Smith College and Columbia
University. She is a board-certified Family Physician with an additional degree
in Epidemiology and is also in the first cohort of US physicians to achieve
subspecialty certification in Clinical Informatics in 2013.
