Francis J. Crosson, MD,
Chairman of the Board, CAPP
Executive Director, The Permanente Federation

Dr. Crosson, the president and founder of the Council of Accountable Physician Practices, is also the Executive Director of The Permanente Federation, the national organization of the Permanente Medical Groups, the physician component of Kaiser Permanente. Dr. Crosson is Chair-Elect of the Governing Board of the American Medical Group Association (AMGA). In 2004, he was appointed to a three-year term on the congressional Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). Dr. Crosson received an undergraduate degree in Political Science and, in 1970, a medical degree from Georgetown University; he completed a residency in Pediatrics at the New England Medical Center Hospitals and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins University Medical School.

Nancy Taylor
Executive Director, CAPP

Nancy joined CAPP after over fifteen years in health care operations and consulting. Prior to CAPP, Nancy worked in consulting with Mercer Inc.’s National Medical Audit Services and Hamilton/KSA’s Hospital and Health Systems strategy consulting group in the San Francisco Bay Area. Nancy also spent many years with The Permanente Medical Group of Kaiser Permanente in both consulting and operations leadership positions.

Nancy has a master’s in public and private management from the Yale School of Management and an AB in human biology from Stanford University. She is married and lives with her husband and their two children in Moraga, California.

“Obama Visits Clinic Known for Quality Care, Controlling Costs,” by David Brown, The Washington Post, July 23, 2009

The Post takes a more in-depth look at The Cleveland Clinic, a CAPP medical group, that was touted by President Obama as a model of health care efficiency and quality.

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“Yes, models for cost-efficient health care do exist,” by Jim Landers, The Dallas Morning News, July 28, 2009

CAPP group Scott & White is featured in this article that reviews some of the Dartmouth findings on organizations that can curb health care costs.

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“Atul Gawande: The Cost Conundrum Redux,” by Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, June 23, 2009.

Gawande responds to the skeptics of his highly publicized New Yorker article.

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“The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas town can teach us about health care,” by Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, June 01, 2009

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