Richard G. Stefanacci DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD

Dr. Richard Stefanacci has focused his career on care delivery systems to improve health outcomes. He has put this focus into practice as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for several management care plans including ElderHealth/Bravo/HealthSpring/Cigna and PACE (Program for All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) programs. Despite being a CMO, Dr. Stefanacci throughout has maintained active clinical practice focused on frail, older adults knowing the importance of leading change directly with his care teams.

On the policy side, Dr. Stefanacci served as Health Policy Scholar for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) through his role as a Visiting Scholar at the Thomas Jefferson University Department of Health Policy. He has over 500 publications in addition to delivering well over 1000 lectures both nationally and internationally focused on efficient and effective care delivery.