Andrew Bindman, MD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine
School of Medicine

415-476-5583

Dr. Andy Bindman is a professor of medicine, epidemiology & biostatistics, and a core faculty member within the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco. He is a graduate of Harvard College and the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.

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He has a long-standing interest in health policy informed by his many years as primary care physician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General and through several roles he has played within the federal government. He was a health policy fellow on the staff of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee where he contributed to the drafting of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). He worked for several years to implement the ACA as a senior adviser within the US Department of Health and Human Services and as the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He currently serves as the co-editor in chief of the journal, Health Services Research. Dr. Bindman was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2015.

Education & Training

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  • Post-doctoral fellow Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, Stanford 1989
  • Residency Department of Medicine University of California, San Francisc 1987
  • Department of Medicine Mount Sinai Hospital 1985
  • M.D. Mount Sinai School of Medicine 1984
  • A.B. Psychology/Social Relations, cum laude Harvard College 1980

Interests

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  • health policy
  • access to care
  • vulnerable populations
  • medicaid
  • outcomes research

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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  • Evaluation of Managed Long-Term Services and Supports, California Department of Health Care Services, 2015-2019
  • Trends in Quality in Medi-Cal Managed Care, California Health Care Foundation, 2018-2019
  • Select Committee on California Health Policy, California Assembly, 2017-2018

Publications (191)

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Primary Health CarePatient Protection and Affordable Care ActHealth PolicyHealth Care ReformManaged Care ProgramsQuality of Health CareHealth Services MisuseState MedicinePeriodicals as TopicHealth ExpendituresInsurance CoverageMedicaidHealth Services ResearchHealth Services AccessibilityMedicare

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