Alice Chen, MD

Title(s)Volunteer Clinical Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address1550 Bryant Street, #001
San Francisco CA 94103
Phone628-206-4049
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    Yale University, New Haven, CTBS1990Environmental Biology
    Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CAMD1996Medicine
    Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MAMPH2001Health Policy and Management
    Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA1999Internal Medicine Residency
    Brigham and Women's Hospital , Boston, MA 2000Internal Medicine Chief Residency
    Rona Consulting Group, San Francisco, CA2014Lean Black Belt Certification
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    Modern Healthcare202450 Most Influential Clinical Executives
    Health Career Connection 20232023 Health Career Connection Champion
    Modern Healthcare202350 Most Influential Clinical Executives
    California Telehealth Policy Coalition2020Telehealth Champion of the Year
    Women of Impact2019Invited Member
    San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium 2016Annual Leadership Award
    Aspen Institute2015Health Innovators Fellow
    National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems2010Safety Net Award for Using Health Information Technology to Advance Performance Improvement
    University of California San Francisco SFGH Department of Medicine2008John F. Murray Award for academic excellence and dedication to the humanitarian mission of SFGH
    California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems 2007Award for Improvement in System-Wide Care Integration
    San Francisco Health Plan2007Award for Innovation in Health Care Service Delivery
    University of California San Francisco, SFGH Division of General Internal Medicine2006Richard J. Haber Excellence in Teaching Award
    Institute on Medicine as a Profession2003Soros Physician Advocacy Fellow
    Massachusetts Department of Public Health2001Annual Service Award, Emergency Room Interpreter Law Advisory Committee
    Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine1997Arnold C. Dunne Award for Compassionate Patient Care
    Stanford University School of Medicine1996Dean’s Award for Excellence in Clinical Medicine

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    Alice Hm Chen, MD, MPH is chief health officer at Centene Corporation, a leading healthcare enterprise committed to transforming the health of the communities it serves, one person at a time. At Centene, she is responsible for implementing strategies, policies and programs that improve population health for its more than 28 million members. Her career has focused on advancing the health of under-resourced communities through patient care, teaching, policy and leadership across health systems, public health, philanthropy, academia and government.

    Prior to joining Centene Dr. Chen worked for the State of California, as chief medical officer at Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace, and as deputy secretary for policy and planning at the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS). At Covered California she was responsible for health care strategy focused on quality, equity and delivery system transformation, and was instrumental in driving public purchaser alignment on quality, disparities and investments in primary care. At CHHS she led many of the Agency’s signature health policy initiatives on affordability and access, and played a leadership role in the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the areas of strategic reopening, hospital surge planning, equity, data analytics and therapeutics.

    She previously served as chief integration officer for Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and founding director of the eConsult program before becoming inaugural chief medical officer and deputy director for the San Francisco Health Network, the city’s $2 billion-a-year publicly funded integrated delivery system. A professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) for fifteen years, she has published extensively, including in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and Health Affairs. Dr. Chen has served on the board of several nonprofits and foundations, and currently serves on the Harvard University Board of Overseers.

    A graduate of Yale University, Stanford University Medical School, and the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Chen's training includes a primary care internal medicine residency and chief residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She is an alumna of the Commonwealth Fund Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Her academic appointments include clinical professor of medicine at UCSF, senior scholar at Stanford’s Clinical Excellence Research Center, and affiliate faculty at UCSF’s Institute for Health Policy Studies.

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    1. Momentum Is Growing To Stabilize Coverage In Medicaid And CHIP For Young Children. Health Affairs Forefront. 2024. Chen AH. View Publication.
    2. The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care. Milbank Memorial Fund. 2022. Phillips RL, Koller C, Chen AH. View Publication.
    3. California’s Marketplace Innovations: Driving Health Plan Accountability For Quality And Equity. Health Affairs Forefront. 2022. Chen AH, Lee P. View Publication.
    4. Medicaid as a Driver of Health Equity. JAMA. 2022 09 20; 328(11):1051-1052. Chen AH, Ghaly MA. PMID: 36125484.
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    5. To Advance A National Health And Equity Infrastructure, Measure Drivers of Health. Health Affairs Forefront. 2022. Agrawal S, Chen AH, Price G, Perla R. View Publication.
    6. Equity Metrics: Toward A More Effective And Inclusive Pandemic Response. Health Affairs Blog. 2021. Shete PB, Vargo J, Chen AH, Bibbins-Domingo K. View Publication.
    7. Last-Mile Logistics of Covid Vaccination - The Role of Health Care Organizations. N Engl J Med. 2021 Feb 25; 384(8):685-687. Lee TH, Chen AH. PMID: 33503340.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    8. Emergency use authorization for COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies: challenges and lessons learned. Health Affairs Blog. 2020. DeJong C, Lo B, Chen AH. View Publication.
    9. Beyond Survival To Transformation: Investing In Safety-Net Innovation To Address The Impacts Of COVID-19. Health Affairs Blog. 2020. Sarkar U, Chen AH. View Publication.
    10. An Ethical Framework for Allocating Scarce Inpatient Medications for COVID-19 in the US. JAMA. 2020 Jun 16; 323(23):2367-2368. DeJong C, Chen AH, Lo B. PMID: 32412580.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 13     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    11. What if the Role of Healthcare Was to Maximize Health? J Gen Intern Med. 2020 06; 35(6):1884-1886. Chen AH, Chin MH. PMID: 31728893; PMCID: PMC7280387.
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    12. Frequent Emergency Department Users: Focusing Solely On Medical Utilization Misses The Whole Person. Health Aff (Millwood). 2019 11; 38(11):1866-1875. Kanzaria HK, Niedzwiecki M, Cawley CL, Chapman C, Sabbagh SH, Riggs E, Chen AH, Martinez MX, Raven MC. PMID: 31682499.
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    13. Evaluating diverse electronic consultation programs with a common framework. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Oct 24; 18(1):814. Tuot DS, Liddy C, Vimalananda VG, Pecina J, Murphy EJ, Keely E, Simon SR, North F, Orlander JD, Chen AH. PMID: 30355346; PMCID: PMC6201558.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 13     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. A cohort study of a general surgery electronic consultation system: safety implications and impact on surgical yield. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 06 23; 17(1):433. Ulloa JG, Russell MD, Chen AH, Tuot DS. PMID: 28645288; PMCID: PMC5481906.
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    15. Specialty Care Access in the Safety Net-the Role of Public Hospitals and Health Systems. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2017; 28(1):566-581. Makaroun LK, Bowman C, Duan K, Handley N, Wheeler DJ, Pierluissi E, Chen AH. PMID: 28239019.
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    16. Out-of-Network Emergency Department Use among Managed Medicaid Beneficiaries. Health Serv Res. 2017 12; 52(6):2156-2174. Raven MC, Guzman D, Chen AH, Kornak J, Kushel M. PMID: 27861836; PMCID: PMC5682123.
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    17. Minding the Gaps: Assessing Communication Outcomes of Electronic Preconsultation Exchange. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016 08; 42(8):341-54. Price EL, Sewell JL, Chen AH, Sarkar U. PMID: 27456415.
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    18. Displaying radiation exposure and cost information at order entry for outpatient diagnostic imaging: a strategy to inform clinician ordering. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 12; 25(12):977-985. Kruger JF, Chen AH, Rybkin A, Leeds K, Guzman D, Vittinghoff E, Goldman LE. PMID: 26740494.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Facilitators and barriers to implementing electronic referral and/or consultation systems: a qualitative study of 16 health organizations. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015 Dec 19; 15:568. Tuot DS, Leeds K, Murphy EJ, Sarkar U, Lyles CR, Mekonnen T, Chen AH. PMID: 26687507; PMCID: PMC4684927.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 40     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Efficiency Gains for Rheumatology Consultation Using a Novel Electronic Referral System in a Safety-Net Health Setting. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2015 Aug; 67(8):1158-63. Scheibe MM, Imboden JB, Schmajuk G, Margaretten M, Graf JD, Chen AH, Yelin EH, Yazdany J. PMID: 25623810; PMCID: PMC4515392.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 13     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Leveraging an electronic referral system to build a medical neighborhood. Healthc (Amst). 2015 Dec; 3(4):202-8. Tuot DS, Murphy EJ, McCulloch CE, Leeds K, Chan E, Chen AH. PMID: 26699344.
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    22. Changes in research on language barriers in health care since 2003: A cross-sectional review study. Int J Nurs Stud. 2016 Feb; 54:36-44. Schwei RJ, Del Pozo S, Agger-Gupta N, Alvarado-Little W, Bagchi A, Chen AH, Diamond L, Gany F, Wong D, Jacobs EA. PMID: 25816944; PMCID: PMC4943579.
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    23. Electronic Preconsultation as a Method of Quality Improvement for Urological Referrals. Urology Practice. 2014; 1(4):172-175. McGeady JB, Blaschko SD, Brajtbord JS, Sewell JL, Chen AH, Breyer BN.
    24. Assessment of HBV preventive services in a medically underserved Asian and Pacific Islander population using provider and patient data. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Jan; 30(1):68-74. Mukhtar NA, Toy BC, Burman BE, Yu A, Chen AH, Berman P, Nguyen T, Chan D, Hammer H, McCulloch CE, Khalili M. PMID: 25324148; PMCID: PMC4284271.
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    25. Increasing access to specialty care: patient discharges from a gastroenterology clinic. Am J Manag Care. 2014 Oct; 20(10):812-9. Tuot DS, Sewell JL, Day L, Leeds K, Chen AH. PMID: 25365684.
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    26. Electronic Preconsultation as a Method of Quality Improvement for Urological Referrals. Urol Pract. 2014 Nov; 1(4):172-175. McGeady JB, Blaschko SD, Brajtbord JS, Sewell JL, Chen AH, Breyer BN. PMID: 37525449.
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    27. "Choosing wisely" in an academic department of medicine. Am J Med Qual. 2015 Nov-Dec; 30(6):566-70. Hines JZ, Sewell JL, Sehgal NL, Moriates C, Horton CK, Chen AH. PMID: 24970279.
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    28. Clinician perspectives on considering radiation exposure to patients when ordering imaging tests: a qualitative study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014 Nov; 23(11):893-901. Kruger JF, Chen AH, Rybkin A, Leeds K, Frosch DL, Goldman LE. PMID: 24764135.
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    29. A randomized, controlled trial to increase discussion of breast cancer in primary care. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Jul; 23(7):1245-53. Kaplan CP, Livaudais-Toman J, Tice JA, Kerlikowske K, Gregorich SE, Pérez-Stable EJ, Pasick RJ, Chen A, Quinn J, Karliner LS. PMID: 24762560; PMCID: PMC4167008.
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    30. Expanding the Universal Medication Schedule: a patient-centred approach. BMJ Open. 2014 Jan 10; 4(1):e003699. Bailey SC, Wolf MS, Lopez A, Russell A, Chen AH, Schillinger D, Moy G, Sarkar U. PMID: 24413344; PMCID: PMC3902314.
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    31. Clinicians' views on displaying cost information to increase clinician cost-consciousness. Am J Manag Care. 2014; 20(11):901-6. Kruger JF, Chen AH, Rybkin A, Leeds K, Frosch DL, Goldman E. PMID: 25495110.
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    32. Hepatitis B management in vulnerable populations: gaps in disease monitoring and opportunities for improved care. Dig Dis Sci. 2014 Jan; 59(1):46-56. Burman BE, Mukhtar NA, Toy BC, Nguyen TT, Chen AH, Yu A, Berman P, Hammer H, Chan D, McCulloch CE, Khalili M. PMID: 24052195; PMCID: PMC3947196.
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    33. eReferral--a new model for integrated care. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jun 27; 368(26):2450-3. Chen AH, Murphy EJ, Yee HF. PMID: 23802515.
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    34. A brief, low-cost intervention improves the quality of ambulatory gastroenterology consultation notes. Am J Med. 2013 Aug; 126(8):732-8. Sewell JL, Day LW, Tuot DS, Alvarez R, Yu A, Chen AH. PMID: 23791206; PMCID: PMC3730533.
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    35. Preconsultation exchange for ambulatory hepatology consultations. Am J Med. 2013 Jun; 126(6):523-8. Sewell JL, Guy J, Kwon A, Chen AH, Yee HF. PMID: 23597797; PMCID: PMC3684175.
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    36. Setting clinical priorities: a framework for incorporating individual patient preferences. Patient Educ Couns. 2013 Jan; 90(1):141-3. Dowdy D, Bishai D, Chen AH. PMID: 23073315.
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    37. The un-managed system of Medicare referrals. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 May; 27(5):487-9. Chen AH, Rittenhouse D. PMID: 22374409; PMCID: PMC3326098.
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    38. Evaluation of language concordant, patient-centered drug label instructions. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Dec; 27(12):1707-13. Bailey SC, Sarkar U, Chen AH, Schillinger D, Wolf MS. PMID: 22451015; PMCID: PMC3509294.
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    39. Foreign language assessment and training in U.S. medical education is a must. Acad Med. 2012 Mar; 87(3):257. Tucker JD, Chen AH, Glass RI. PMID: 22373612.
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    40. Developing multilingual prescription instructions for patients with limited english proficiency. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 Feb; 23(1):81-7. Bailey SC, Hasnain-Wynia R, Chen AH, Sarkar U, Schoua-Glusberg A, Lindquist LA, Schillinger D, Wolf MS. PMID: 22643463.
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    41. Implementation of an electronic referral system for outpatient specialty care. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2011; 2011:1337-46. Straus SG, Chen AH, Yee H, Kushel MB, Bell DS. PMID: 22195195; PMCID: PMC3243286.
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    42. Patient Follow-up in an Urban Resident Continuity Clinic: An Initiative to Improve Scheduling Practices. J Grad Med Educ. 2011 Jun; 3(2):256-60. Dowdy DW, Horton CK, Lau B, Ferrer R, Chen AH. PMID: 22655154; PMCID: PMC3184901.
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    43. Improving primary care-specialty care communication: lessons from San Francisco's safety net: comment on "Referral and consultation communication between primary care and specialist physicians". Arch Intern Med. 2011 Jan 10; 171(1):65-7. Chen AH, Yee HF. PMID: 21220663.
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    44. Evaluating electronic referrals for specialty care at a public hospital. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Oct; 25(10):1123-8. Kim-Hwang JE, Chen AH, Bell DS, Guzman D, Yee HF, Kushel MB. PMID: 20512531; PMCID: PMC2955477.
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    45. Practice profile. A safety-net system gains efficiencies through 'eReferrals' to specialists. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 May; 29(5):969-71. Chen AH, Kushel MB, Grumbach K, Yee HF. PMID: 20439891.
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    46. Improving the primary care-specialty care interface: getting from here to there. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Jun 08; 169(11):1024-6. Chen AH, Yee HF. PMID: 19506170.
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    47. Not perfect, but better: primary care providers' experiences with electronic referrals in a safety net health system. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 May; 24(5):614-9. Kim Y, Chen AH, Keith E, Yee HF, Kushel MB. PMID: 19308334; PMCID: PMC2669877.
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    48. The legal framework for language access in healthcare settings: Title VI and beyond. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Nov; 22 Suppl 2:362-7. Chen AH, Youdelman MK, Brooks J. PMID: 17957427; PMCID: PMC2150609.
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    49. Do professional interpreters improve clinical care for patients with limited English proficiency? A systematic review of the literature. Health Serv Res. 2007 Apr; 42(2):727-54. Karliner LS, Jacobs EA, Chen AH, Mutha S. PMID: 17362215; PMCID: PMC1955368.
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    50. Providing care to patients who speak limited English. Medical Management of Vulnerable and Underserved Patients: Principles, Practice, and Populations. Editors: Talmadge King, Margaret Wheeler, Andy Bindman, Alicia Fernandez, Kevin Grumbach, Dean Schillinger, and Teresa Villela. 2007. Chen AH, Jacobs E .
    51. Insights into the problems that language barriers may pose for the medical interview. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Dec; 21(12):1357-8. Hardt E, Jacobs EA, Chen A. PMID: 16995888; PMCID: PMC1924799.
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    52. Effect of awareness of language law on language access in the health care setting. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Jul; 21(7):683-8. Grubbs V, Chen AH, Bindman AB, Vittinghoff E, Fernandez A. PMID: 16808766; PMCID: PMC1924696.
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    53. Doctoring across the language divide. Health Aff (Millwood). 2006 May-Jun; 25(3):808-13. Chen A. PMID: 16684747.
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    54. The need for more research on language barriers in health care: a proposed research agenda. Milbank Q. 2006; 84(1):111-33. Jacobs E, Chen AH, Karliner LS, Agger-Gupta N, Mutha S. PMID: 16529570; PMCID: PMC2690153.
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    55. Case studies in multicultural medicine and health disparities. Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities. Editors: David Satcher and Rubens Pamies. 2006. Smith WR, Bussey-Jones J, Horowitz CR, Whitehurst-Cook M, Chen, AH.
    56. Effects of limited English proficiency and physician language on health care comprehension. J Gen Intern Med. 2005 Sep; 20(9):800-6. Wilson E, Chen AH, Grumbach K, Wang F, Fernandez A. PMID: 16117746; PMCID: PMC1490205.
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    57. Legal and regulatory obligations to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate emergency department services. Clin Ped Emerg Med. 2004; 5(2):85-92. Jacobs EA, Chen AH, Karliner L, Fortier JP, Mutha S.
    58. Literacy and language: disentangling measures of access, utilization, and quality. J Gen Intern Med. 2004 Mar; 19(3):288-90. Schillinger D, Chen AH. PMID: 15009787; PMCID: PMC1492159.
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    59. Reasons for outpatient referrals from generalists to specialists. J Gen Intern Med. 1999 May; 14(5):281-6. Donohoe MT, Kravitz RL, Wheeler DB, Chandra R, Chen A, Humphries N. PMID: 10337037; PMCID: PMC1496579.
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    60. Airway reactivity in welders: a controlled prospective cohort study. J Occup Environ Med. 1996 Dec; 38(12):1229-38. Beckett WS, Pace PE, Sferlazza SJ, Perlman GD, Chen AH, Xu XP. PMID: 8978514.
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    61. Gender-associated differences in emergency department pain management. Ann Emerg Med. 1995 Oct; 26(4):414-21. Raftery KA, Smith-Coggins R, Chen AH. PMID: 7574121.
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