22: Dr. Anthony Shih: Physician Executive Leader in Quality, Transparency, and System Improvement

Dr. Anthony Shih is a physician executive who has held a number of leadership positions across the healthcare industry.  He started his medical career as Assistant Medical Director for a community-based mental health organization serving immigrant and refugee populations in Oakland, California.  In 2001, Dr. Shih joined IPRO, one of the nation's leading independent, non-profit, health care quality improvement organizations. At IPRO, he held a variety of senior management positions, including Vice President of the Health Care Quality Improvement Program, Medical Director of Managed Care, Chief Quality Officer and Vice President of Strategy.  In addition, he also led IPRO’s Health Care Transparency Group, a Web and technology team that was an early leader in public reporting of health care performance information. Dr. Shih most recently served as the Executive Vice President for Programs at the Commonwealth Fund, a national health services research and philanthropic organization dedicated to promoting a high performance health system in the United States.Dr. Shih is board-certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine.  He earned his B.A. in economics from Amherst College, an M.D. from the New York University School of Medicine, and an M.P.H. from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.In this interview, Dr. Shih discusses payment reform, access, quality, and the cost of care, as well as many other critical topics in health today.