Eugene Rich, M.D.

Eugene Rich, M.D., is an expert on sources of practice variation in medical care with a focus on the influence of the policy, payment, and practice environments on health professionals’ decision making. As a practicing general internist, he also has a longstanding interest in improving the delivery of primary care and the policies needed to accomplish this. In addition to his expertise in health services and health policy research, he has deep experience with clinical practice leadership, including roles as medical director, clinical program leader, and medicine department chair. Thus, he has a strong practical understanding of the diverse range of provider organizations—their structure, financing, governance, and motivations—and how they vary across urban, suburban, and rural communities.

Since joining Mathematica in 2010, Rich has led a number of projects, including project director for AHRQ’s Health System Compendium Update project which supports efforts to enumerate and describe U.S. health systems. For the Alternative Payment Model Program Analysis Contract with the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation he oversees review and analysis of alternative payment model proposals. He is project director or senior advisor on a number of other current projects for the federal and foundation clients, including Examining the Role of Traditional Medicare Alternative Payment Models in Supporting Excellent and Equitable Primary Care, and MSA Analyses of Key Services for Medicare Patients.

He is author of more than 170 peer-reviewed publications. Past recognition includes co-authorship on the 2001 AcademyHealth Article of the Year, Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship working on physician payment reform with the House Committee on Ways and Means, and past president of the Society of General Internal Medicine. He holds an M.D. from Washington University in St. Louis.