Clinical Transformation

Rebecca Ramirez, MD, MHCM, is a health system advisor who helps health system teams engage clinicians and information technology systems to improve quality, cost, and access to care.  She is passionate about finding business and clinical 'north star' goals to assist teams in charting their paths to improve their position.  Dr. Ramirez serves as Healthcare Advisory Network's Clinical Advisor.

Dr. Ramirez has specialized experience integrating new technologies to reduce care gaps by utilizing telehealth with partners and legacy systems more effectively.  Prior experience includes:  

• Realigned employed physicians through compensation integrating revenue cycle improvement 
• Creating physician incentives to reward value-based care metrics with innovative, high-quality clinical delivery pathways 
• Integrated new clinical practices in health system quality of care and margin performance target outcomes 
• Launched improvements in revenue cycle processes tied to real-time clinical delivery 
• Refined care models with virtual visits that are clinician accepted through refined MD pathways 
• Strategic model development for transitions of care clinics, facilitating decreased readmissions and improved chronic care management of vulnerable populations

Dr. Ramirez has served as the Chief Transformation Officer at an integrated health system in the Midwest, recognized for its quality outcomes.  She has spoken at HIMSS IL/WI on the transformation pivots during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Dr. Ramirez has over two decades of health care experience, is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Care, holds a Masters in Social Work, and a Masters in Health Care Management from Harvard University.  Dr. Ramirez serves as program Mentor at Stanford University School of Medicine, Master of Science in Clinical Informatics.

Follow Dr. Ramirez on Twitter at @rpramirezMD

Rebecca@healthcareadvisorynetwork.com