Biography - William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE, FACPM

William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE, FACPM
President and Chief Executive Officer
Medical Group Management Association

William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), the nation's leading voice for group medical practice. Before joining MGMA in 1999, Dr. Jessee served for three years as Vice President for Quality and Managed Care Standards at the American Medical Association (AMA), where he led the AMA's activities in clinical guidelines, quality improvement, and accreditation. He also holds academic appointments as Clinical Professor of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, and as Adjunct Professor of Health Policy and Administration at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill.

Previously, Dr. Jessee was CEO of UNIVA Health Network, a regional integrated delivery system in Louisville, Kentucky. He also has served as Vice President of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations from 1986-1991 and 1993-1994. From 1991-1993 he was corporate Vice President for Quality Management at Humana Inc. Dr. Jessee was a full time academician as Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration at the University of North Carolina, School of Public Health, Chapel Hill from 1980-1986.

He received his undergraduate degree at Stanford University and his medical degree at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He took residency training in pediatrics at Indiana University Hospitals, Indianapolis, and completed his training in preventive medicine at the University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore. He is a Fellow in the American College of Preventive Medicine; an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Medical Quality; and a board certified medical practice executive and Fellow of the American College of Medical Practice Executives.

Dr. Jessee serves as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Exempla Health System (Denver), Secretary of the Board of the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), and Secretary Treasurer of the Board of the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). Dr. Jessee was a founding Board member of the International Society for Quality in Health Care, which he served as President from 1989 to 1991, and as a Board member from 1985 to 1993. The Society named him a Life Member and Fellow in 1993. He also was Chairman (1992-1995) of the Board of Trustees of the Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities (CPHA) and served on the National Advisory Council to the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) from 2000 until 2002.

An internationally well-known public speaker on health care issues, especially managed care strategies and quality of care, Dr. Jessee is the author of more than 80 scientific articles, books, and book chapters.