 Rhonda Robinson Beale, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions
Rhonda Robinson Beale, M.D. is the chief medical officer for OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions, a leading provider of mental health and substance use disorders solutions that helps improve the overall health and well-bring of more than 43 million Americans.
Dr. Robinson Beale develops quality initiatives and clinical systems for OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions that help get members the right help at the right time, resulting in improved outcomes and a reduction of overall health care costs for customers.
Dr. Robinson Beale has more than 20 years of behavioral health and quality management experience and is an active member of the behavioral health community. She has been involved with the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a surveyor, a member of the Review Oversite Committee(ROC) which makes accreditation decisions and a member of advisory panels that constructed the MBHO and disease management standards. She has also been a member of the board of directors for Institute of Medicine's (IOM) Neuroscience and Behavioral Health and Health Care Services Boards. As a member of the IOM’s Neuroscience and Behavioral Health and Health Care Services Board of Directors, Dr. Robinson Beale contributed to the national studies: "To Err is Human", "Crossing the Quality Chasm." And most recently “Cancer Care for the Whole Patient.”
Dr. Robinson Beale has served on the National Quality Forum Board of Directors as the co-chair for the ‘Evidence-Based Practices to Treat Substance Use Disorders’ Steering Committee. Additionally, Dr. Robinson Beale serves on the Board of Directors for American Managed Behavioral Healthcare Association (AMBHA) as well as the Washington Circle Policy where she serves on the policy committee responsible for creating the Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) measures for HEDIS.
Before joining OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions, Dr. Robinson Beale was chief medical officer for PacifiCare Behavioral Health. She also served as senior vice president and chief medical officer for CIGNA Behavioral Health, national medical director for Blue Cross Blue Shield, executive medical director of medical and care management clinical programs for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and senior medical director for behavioral medicine for Health Alliance Plan.
Dr. Robinson Beale received her medical degree from Wayne State University and her psychiatric training at Detroit Psychiatric Institute. She is certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
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