Jeffrey Rideout, MD, Senior Medical Advisor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Covered California Executive Director,
Peter V. Lee, today announced Dr. Jeffrey Rideout will come on-board as the
Senior Medical Advisor to Covered California. In his role as Senior Medical
Advisor, Rideout will help shepherd Covered California through the process of
establishing innovative care and payment models, while assuring that contracted
health plans are focused on delivering high quality care, and promoting
prevention.
Covered California is committed to expanding health care
coverage for Californians, improving health care delivery, and curbing growth
in health care costs. The Affordable Care Act encourages the establishment of
these new care models as part of the implementation of health care reform.
“Having Dr. Rideout on our team is a huge asset in fostering
our goal of encouraging a health care system that delivers higher quality care,
while lowering costs, and positioning Covered California to be the leader in
promoting needed changes in the health care delivery system,” said Lee.
Rideout is a twenty year veteran of California health care,
and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Pacific Business Group
on Health and the Integrated Healthcare Association. Additionally, Rideout has
held leadership roles in health plans and health information technology companies,
and has represented major private sector employers in seeing that their benefits
and plan contracts meet the needs of their employees.
He is a faculty member of the UC Berkeley Haas School of
Business where he teaches a regular MBA course related to health care, and has
been recognized nationally for his work and commitment to innovation in health
care. A former Rhodes Scholar and graduate of Harvard Medical School, Rideout
is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
About Covered California
California is the first state to create a health benefit
exchange following the passage of federal health care reform. Covered California
is charged with creating a new insurance marketplace that allows individuals
and small businesses to purchase competitively priced health plans using federal
tax subsidies and credits. Coverage starts in 2014.
Covered California is overseen by a five-member board
appointed by the Governor and Legislature; the California Health and Human Services
Secretary serves as an ex officio voting member and is its current Chair.
For
more information on Covered California, please visit www.healthexchange.ca.gov.
