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Neil Goldfarb
Executive Director
Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health
Mr. Neil Goldfarb is Executive Director of the Greater
Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health (GPBCH), an
employer-led program seeking to improve the value of health
benefits spending. GPBCH was established as a program of
the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) in 2011, and
serves as the voice for the Philadelphia region’s employers
in working with providers, payers, and other system
stakeholders to increase healthcare quality and safety,
efficiency and access to care, and reduce costs of care.
Mr. Goldfarb brings over 30 years of healthcare experience
to his Coalition leadership position. Most recently, as
Associate Dean for Research in the Jefferson School of
Population Health, he was responsible for developing and
carrying out the School’s research agenda, focused on
healthcare quality and value. Concurrently, Mr. Goldfarb
served as Director of Ambulatory Care Performance
Improvement for the Jefferson University Physicians
outpatient practices, overseeing the faculty practice plan’s
efforts to develop appropriate measures of quality,
implement these measures, and develop and evaluate
strategies to improve performance. Mr. Goldfarb has
authored nearly 60 articles in the peer-reviewed literature,
focused on his interests in health and disease management,
quality measurement and improvement in ambulatory and long
term care settings, care for the under-served, and economic
evaluation of health care interventions. Since 2004 Mr.
Goldfarb has co-directed the College for Value-Based
Purchasing of Health Benefits, an innovative national
training program for employers. His previous positions
include Executive Director of a quality improvement
consulting and data collection firm, and Vice President of
Health Services and Provider Relations for a large
Philadelphia Medicaid managed care plan.
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