Dana Safran

Dana Gelb Safran is Senior Vice President for Performance Measurement and Improvement at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA). In this role, she leads the company’s initiatives to measure and improve healthcare quality, safety and outcomes. Dr. Safran also retains an active academic practice and is Associate Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Prior to joining BCBSMA, she was Director of The Health Institute at Tufts Medical Center. Dr. Safran was among the lead developers of the BCBSMA Alternative Quality Contract (AQC), a provider contract model that employs a global budget together with robust performance incentives to improve quality while significantly reducing spending growth. Dr. Safran’s advisory roles include work with the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), and the American Medical Association’s Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI). She co-chairs the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative’s (PCPCC) Center for Accountable Care and the Massachusetts Expert Panel on Performance Measurement.