HERSHEY, Pa. — Penn State Health has named Cybele Pacheco vice president and chief medical officer for value-based care. In this newly created leadership role, she will oversee the health system’s value-based care strategy, helping to advance initiatives focused on quality, population health, care coordination, and patient outcomes. She joined the organization Nov. 2.
Pacheco will partner with physicians, advanced practice providers, and operational leaders across the health system to drive quality improvement, strengthen care coordination, and advance population health initiatives.
Pacheco joins Penn State Health from Geisinger, where she held physician leadership roles supporting primary care, population health, and care transformation efforts. Her experience spans clinical operations, physician leadership, and strategies designed to enhance outcomes as well as patient experience.
“As a practicing family physician, Dr. Pacheco will be engaged and involved in providing the value-based care programs she will be devising,” said Ken Wood, executive vice president and chief clinical officer at Penn State Health. “Her leadership will help strengthen how we deliver coordinated, high-quality care to the patients and communities we serve.”
The appointment reflects Penn State Health’s ongoing commitment to advancing value-based care, an approach focused on improving patient outcomes, enhancing care coordination, and promoting long-term health.
Pacheco said she was drawn to Penn State Health by its vision for the future and commitment to innovation.
“I saw an organization with a clear vision for the future and a leadership team willing to invest in the capabilities needed to succeed in an evolving healthcare environment,” Pacheco said. “I was particularly excited by the opportunity to help build a more coordinated healthcare ecosystem that aligns quality, care coordination, technology, and population health to better serve patients and communities.”
Source: www.psu.edu
