Mr. Alfred Lewis

Council Member Biography

Alfred Lewis is the President of Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International (DMPC) and Founder and First President of the Disease Management Association of America. He was named by Managed Healthcare Executive as the Most Influential Person in Disease Management in both their quadrennial surveys, 2004 and 2008. Mr. Lewis has a background in financial analysis and is often credited with inventing the concept of disease management. He is a two-time winner of the field's award for Outstanding Individual Achievement) from DMAA. Mr. Lewis was the principal contributor to the fall 2010 HIRC 9th Annual Disease Management/Wellness/Medical Home Industry Report, the leading source of primary data in disease management. He is also an Author of the only book in the subject, "Disease Management and Wellness in the Post-Reform Era" (Atlantic Information Services, April 2011, Second Edition). Mr. Lewis is a Visiting Scholar, Heller School at the Brandeis University. His forthcoming book, Why Nobody Believes the Numbers: Separating Fact from Fiction in Population Health Management will be published by John Wiley & Sons in June 2012. It has already been endorsed by Tom Scully, Bob Galvin, Regi Herzlinger, Jack Wennberg and Stuart Altman. The intro may be downloaded from the corporate DMPC website. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

1997 - Unspecified

President, Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International, Inc