Kevin L. Larsen
Director of the Continuous Improvement and Strategic Planning Staff at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Kevin L. Larsen, MD, FACP is the director of the Continuous Improvement and Strategic Planning Staff at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He leads the CMS lean transformation and advises on health IT policy and care transformation. He previously served for 4 years as the Medical Director of Meaningful Use at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. Where he lead ONCs work on quality policy, measurement and improvement, including clinical decision support and registries. Prior to working for the federal government he was Chief Medical Informatics Officer and Associate Medical Director at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is also an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. His research includes health care financing for people living in poverty, computer systems to support clinical decision making, and health literacy. In Minneapolis he was also the Medical Director for the Center for Urban Health, a hospital, community collaboration in research and design to eliminate health disparities.
Director of the Continuous Improvement and Strategic Planning Staff at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Kevin L. Larsen, MD, FACP is the director of the Continuous Improvement and Strategic Planning Staff at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He leads the CMS lean transformation and advises on health IT policy and care transformation. He previously served for 4 years as the Medical Director of Meaningful Use at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. Where he lead ONCs work on quality policy, measurement and improvement, including clinical decision support and registries. Prior to working for the federal government he was Chief Medical Informatics Officer and Associate Medical Director at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is also an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. His research includes health care financing for people living in poverty, computer systems to support clinical decision making, and health literacy. In Minneapolis he was also the Medical Director for the Center for Urban Health, a hospital, community collaboration in research and design to eliminate health disparities.
