Presented September 6th, 2023 at the APSF Stoelting Conference 2023 on “Emerging Medical Technologies – A Patient Safety Perspective on Wearables, Big Data and Remote Care”
PRESENTATION MATERIALS
A Health Care Payer’s Approach to Value-Based Care and Innovation – [PDF]
ABOUT THE SPEAKER(S)
James Grant, MD, MBA, FASA
James Grant, MD, MBA, FASA
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
James D. Grant, M.D., M.B.A., FASA, is the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
Prior to his arrival, Dr. Grant was the chair of the department of anesthesiology and physician executive of perioperative services at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Before moving to California, Dr. Grant was professor and chair of anesthesiology at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, chair of the department of anesthesiology at Beaumont Health – Royal Oak Campus.
Dr. Grant was elected the 2018 president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Prior to his elevation to the presidency, he served as first vice-president, and treasurer and had been on the ASA Administrative Council from 2006-2019. Additionally, he chaired both ASA’s Section on Fiscal Affairs, Committee on Executive Compensation and served as the ASA Advisor to the ASA Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) in addition to countless committees and taskforces at ASA. Dr. Grant has been on the ASA Board of Directors since 1999. He also serves on the Board of Directors of The Anesthesia Foundation and the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research and is a senior examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology.
Dr. Grant currently services as the chair of the anesthesiology section council to the American Medical Association. Prior to that role, he chaired the Michigan delegation to the AMA.
A past president of both the Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) and the Michigan Society of Anesthesiologists (MSA), Dr. Grant received the MSA’s President’s Award in 2012 and the MSMS Presidential Citation in 2014. In addition, he served on the Michigan Board of Medicine for seven years, under two different Governors, and was elected chair from 2003-2006.
Dr. Grant received his Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University in East Lansing, his Doctor of Medicine from Wayne State University in Detroit and his Master of Business Administration from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business in Bloomington, Indiana. He completed his anesthesiology residency at Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago, where he was chosen as chief resident.
Dr. Grant and his wife, Lisa, a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, reside in Bloomfield Hills and have two children, Brendan and Alexandra.