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Jacob Reider, MD, FAAFP

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Summary

Family physician and health IT veteran with 25+ years integrating technology to improve health care. Experience spans federal policy leadership, value-based care transformation, clinical practice, and health tech entrepreneurship. Currently focused on advising and investing in early-stage health care technology companies.

Current Roles

Chief Health Officer 2024 – Present

WavelyDx

Smartphone-based acoustic reflectometry for otitis media diagnosis. Leading clinical strategy and regulatory pathway.

Founder & CEO 2021 – Present

Huddle Health Solutions, Inc.

Health care strategy consulting for early-stage companies, health plans, and accountable care organizations.

Board Member 2023 – Present

ActX

Genomic clinical decision support providing actionable pharmacogenomic information to clinicians.

Advisory Roles

Nabla — AI clinical documentation
WellPro — Personalized medicine
Navina — AI for primary care
Blue Slate Health — Value-based care
Babyscripts — Virtual maternity care

Redesign Health — Company builder
Stellar Health — Provider incentives
Elimu Informatics — Clinical knowledge
Apixio — AI for health plans

Investments

Fund Investments (LP): Scrub Capital Fund I, J-Ventures Fund 3, Evidenced

Direct Investments: Photon Health, Lotus Health AI, WavelyDx, Perplexity, DirectShifts, Fanthem

Projects

Founder 2024 – Present

ResearchFlo

AI-powered platform extracting clinical data from physician notes for research databases, leveraging Direct secure messaging infrastructure.

Professional Experience

CEO 2024 – 2025

Harbor Health ACO

Launched Medicare ACO REACH program. Organization wound down following CMS program changes.

General Manager, Health Solutions / Founder & CEO, Circulo Health ACO 2021 – 2023

Circulo Health

Established and led ACO focused on Medicaid populations and value-based care.

CEO 2016 – 2021

Alliance for Better Health & Healthy Alliance IPA, Troy NY

Led transformation from DSRIP grant reliance to sustainable value-based care model serving 150,000 Medicaid members. Established IPA to fund social determinants interventions. "Best Places to Work" 2019, 2020.

Co-founder, Chief Health Officer 2015 – 2016

Physera

Guided product development, secured initial funding. Acquired by Omada Health, 2020.

Founding Partner 2015 – 2016

RS Partners – Health Strategy Consulting

Federal/state government and investor advisory with Bryan Sivak, former HHS Chief Technology Officer.

Chief Strategy Officer, CEO 2015

Kyron, Inc.

Led precision medicine data science company through acquisition.

Deputy National Coordinator / Acting National Coordinator / CMO / Senior Policy Advisor 2011 – 2014

Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), HHS

Led federal health IT standards and policy. Managed $100M budget and 180-person team. Advanced EHR adoption, interoperability, and clinical decision support initiatives.

Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer 2011

Twistle, Inc.

Patient communication platform. Acquired by Health Catalyst, 2021.

Chief Medical Informatics Officer 2006 – 2010

Allscripts Health Solutions

Led clinical product strategy for EHR and SaaS products. Managed 50-person team focused on usability and clinical decision support.

Board Roles (Former)

DirectTrust (2021–2025) — Secure health information exchange standards
Avhana Health (2016–2020) — Board Chair, Executive Chair. Acquired by AmalgamRx, 2022
HIXNY (2006–2011) — Founding Board Member, Clinical Committee Chair. Health Information Exchange of New York

Clinical Experience

CommunityCare Physicians (2015–2020, part-time)
Delmar Family Medicine (2006–2011)
CapitalCare Medical Group (2001–2008)
Albany Medical College Family Practice Group (1997–2001)

Clinical Administrative

Associate Medical Director, Clinical Systems — CapitalCare Medical Group (2005–2007)
Medical Director, Hospital Informatics — Albany Medical Center (2001–2005)
Associate Dean, Biomedical Informatics — Albany Medical College (1998–2007)
Assistant Professor, Family & Community Medicine — Albany Medical College (1997–2007)

Education

IPEC Executive Coach Training — Holland Archer, LLC (2012)
Family Medicine Residency — St. Clare's Hospital, Schenectady, NY (1994–1997). Chief Resident 1996–1997
MD — Albany Medical College (1989–1994)
BA, Cognitive Science — Hampshire College (1983–1986)

Community Service

New York Public Prevention Agenda Workgroup (2024–present)
New York eHealth Collaborative — Co-Chair, Technology & Innovation Committee (2018–2020)
NYS DOH Technology Strategy and Transparency Committee (2016–2020)
Family Medicine for America's Health — Technology Team (2015–2018)

Recognition

"Top 25 Health IT Executives" — Modern Healthcare (2014)
"Best Places to Work" — Alliance for Better Health (2019, 2020)

Selected Publications

Ratwani RM, Reider J, Singh H. A Decade of Health Information Technology Usability Challenges and the Path Forward. JAMA. 2019;321(8):743-744.
Kilby KA, Reider JM. Balance Between Best Practice and Patient Satisfaction: Antimicrobial Stewardship in Telemedicine. JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(4):589.
Reider J. How Large Organizations Can Unintentionally Harm Small, Community-Based Organizations. Forbes Council. January 2020.
Reider J. Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid will cause overall health-care costs to rise. The Hill. March 2019.
Daniel JG, Reider JM, Posnack SL. EHRs and clinical documentation to optimize patient care. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013;20(e1).
Reider J. Will technology make us better educators and clinicians? Fam Med. 2005;37(10):741-2.

Full publication list and blog posts at docnotes.net

Interests

Home automation, fitness technology, science fiction, health data privacy