Richard Baron (physician)
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Richard J. Baron, MD, MACP (born June 3, 1953) is the president and CEO of the
ABIM Foundation.[1] Baron was chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine's board of directors in 2008–09, a trustee of the ABIM Foundation 2008–13 and a Master of the American College of Physicians
.
Background
Before becoming CEO at ABIM, Baron served as group director of seamless care models at the
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Greenhouse has been a pioneer in the comprehensive adoption of electronic health records in the small-practice environment.[3][4] Baron also served on the board of the National Quality Forum and their Health Information Technology Advisory Committee, as well as the Standards Committee of the National Committee for Quality Assurance
.
Baron served as
HMO set up by four teaching hospitals in Philadelphia, from 1988 to 1996. He was the architect of the Best Clinical and Administrative Practices program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
and the Center for Health Care Strategies, working with medical leadership of Medicaid health plans around the country in learning collaboratives to improve the quality of care for their members. This program reached plans serving more than half of the Medicaid managed care population in the United States.
Per tax filings, he earned over $700,000 from the ABIM in 2019. (6)
Articles and presentations
Baron has authored a number of journal articles on medical
patient-centered medical home
.
Education
Baron received an English degree from
New York University-Bellevue Medical Center and served a three-year obligation in the National Health Service Corps in rural Tennessee
.
References
- ^ "ABIM Will Offer 2-Year "Knowledge Check-in" Test for MOC". OncLive. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ "Maintenance of Certification: Do we really need it at all? - MedCity News". medcitynews.com. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ Baron RJ, Fabens EL, Schiffman M, Wolf E (2005). “Electronic health records:just around the corner? Or over the cliff?” Ann Intern Med. 143(3). pp. 222-6.
- ^ Baron, RJ (2007). “Quality Improvement with an electronic health record: achievable, but not automatic. Ann InternMed. 147(8). pp. 549-52.
- ^ Baron, RJ (1985). “An introduction to medical phenomenology: I can’t hear you whileI’m listening.” Ann InternMed. 103(4). pp. 606-11.
6) https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/390866228