Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Committees
Conferences and workshops
Certifications and Courses
Projects
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Dr. ABDULAZIZ ALRABIAH

Riyadh

Summary

Experienced Family Medicine Consultant with a strong background in healthcare financing, health system performance, and exploring innovative service delivery strategies. With over 15 years of experience in the public and private healthcare sector, including provision, regulation, and insurance, Bring a comprehensive understanding of the industry and committed to promoting value-based healthcare and driving positive change in the fields of national health policy, health economics, and strategy.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Deputy General Director for Health Services

Confidential
02.2024 - Current
  • Overseeing and leading 7 Department reporting to H.E on daily operations.

General Director of the National Health Policy and Health Economics

Saudi Health Council
12.2022 - Current
  • Develop and implement strategies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the national health policy, with a focus on health economics, furthermore developing a manual for national level health policy and trained all health entities champions on developing national policies.
  • Lead research and analysis on burden of disease, public health expenditure, and resource allocation.
  • Provide recommendations for policy changes and interventions to optimize healthcare delivery and outcomes, establishing (policy brief ).
  • Leading and participation of national level committees
  • Leading HSTP initiatives

Surveyor

Saudi Central Board For Accreditation Of Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI)
01.2021 - Current
  • Assess the healthcare facility's performance against the national standards of quality and patient safety by conducting on-site surveys.
  • Surveyed over 15 Primary Healthcare Center across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Acting Chief Clinical Leadership

Central National Health Insurance (CNHI)
10.2021 - 12.2022
  • Developed and implemented a strategic plan and led the implementation of strategic initiatives
  • Established interactions and collaboration with key stakeholders in the ecosystem to communicate and disseminate policies and guidance
  • Led Clinical contract negotiation related to service specification and KPI that is important to cluster population
  • Support in building the quality framework for CNHI

Clinical Leads Director

Central National Health Insurance (CNHI)
03.2021 - 09.2021
  • Develop, test, evaluate, adopt, and support performance measurement to evaluate the care provided to CNHI beneficiaries
  • Develop health eight service specification standards and steer scientific committees to ensure high-quality care is mapped with the patient's journey
  • Contribute to clinical policy Health benefits package design and budget impact analysis
  • Contribute to the design of two value-based payment model
  • Provider negotiation
  • Conducted Clinical Audit for eight private health care providers

Deputy of Strategy

General Directorate of Health Service at Ministry of Defense
10.2020 - 03.2021
  • Managed the consultancy firm in designing and implementing the strategy
  • Assessed and supported the establishment of regional offices
  • Monitored the execution of projects
  • Developed quarterly reports for the executive team

Head of On Job Training

Prince Sultan Medical Military City
07.2018 - 10.2020
  • Develop the assessment standards and training curriculum for new hiring staff (35 staff yearly)
  • Oversee their monthly progress, coach them, and develop a monthly report for the head of the department

Chief Residence Family Medicine

Prince Sultan Medical Military City
01.2011 - 12.2017
  • Managed Residents, aligning with training department on yearly expectations
  • Collaborated with other department heads and medical staff to develop comprehensive healthcare programs for families residing in the military city

Manager

Safa Makka Medical Group
01.2006 - 12.2010
  • Developed business plan, recruitment, and partnership for Safa Makka Medical group
  • Managed the financial operations of Safa Makka Medical group, including budgeting, financial analysis, and cost control measures
  • Identified and evaluated new opportunities for business expansion and growth in the medical industry

Education

LEADs

Stanford Graduate School of Business
12.2024

National Public Policy Fellowship Program

The University of Texas At Austin
09.2024

MSc - Health Economics

London School of Economics
London
01.2020

MSc - Health Policy

University of Chicago
Chicago
01.2020

M.D. - Arab Board of Family Medicine

Arab Board Of Health Specializations
Saudi Arabia
01.2018

M.D. - Saudi Board of Family Medicine

Saudi Commission For Health Specialties
Saudi Arabia
01.2017

Bachelor of Science -

King Saud University
Saudi Arabia
01.2009

Committees

  • Board subcommittee
  • Professional Council of Medicine and Surgery (SCFHS)
  • NASH National Committee (SHC)
  • Dual practice committee (SHC)
  • Social Care Committee, Tayser (MHRD)
  • Executive committee from the national referral center (MOH)
  • Advisory committee for Capital Health Projects (HSTP)
  • Supply discontinuity and surgical cancellation committee (SHC)
  • Patient-reported outcome committee (CHI)
  • National health security (HSTP)
  • National PHC strategy for (HoldCo)
  • National eye strategy with (King Khalid Specialized Hospital)
  • National system level measurement (SHC)
  • Saudi Scientific Society for home health care Homecare national indicators (SHC)
  • Beneficiary registration committee (PHAP)
  • National diagnostic laboratory committee (MOH/PHAP)
  • Saudi public health authority for communicable diseases (PHA)
  • Advisory committee for national clinical guidelines (MOH)
  • participate in higher committee for COVID-19 at the Medical services at the ministry of defense (MODA).
  • Telemedicine needs assessment for Medical services at the ministry of defense (MODA).
  • COVID-19 Mortality review Medical services at the ministry of defense (MODA).
  • COVID-19 prediction modeling Medical service at the ministry of defense (MODA).
  • Higher committee for enhancing primary care Medical service at the ministry of defense (MODA).
  • Saudi Board exam committee (PSMMC).

Conferences and workshops

  • WHO webinar Towards Evidence-Based Policymaking in Saudi Arabia, 2023
  • Deep Dive Family Medicine, 2023, speaker
  • Rare disease definition and national policy, 2023, speaker
  • Value-based procurement course, 2023, trainer
  • DUPHAT, 2023
  • 3rd international Family Medicine Conference, 2022
  • 1st conference for home health care and geriatric medicine, 2022
  • DELIVERING VALUE BASED HEALTHCARE, 2021, panelist
  • Saudi Health Information Managements Association, 2021, speaker
  • Clinical Practice Update conference, 2020, speaker
  • Training of trainers program (TOT), 2020, trainer
  • 3rd Saudi Spine Society Annual Conference, 2019, speaker
  • 1st international Family Medicine Conference (PSMMC), 2018, organizer
  • AFED 2018, visitors education from preventive health and chronic diseases, 2018, exhibitor
  • 1st IMC international Family Medicine Summit, 2016, poster

Certifications and Courses

  • KPI certified
  • Health care impact evaluation, World Bank Group
  • Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner, IBM
  • Value-Based Healthcare Implementation, CNHI
  • Certified strategy and business planning professional, KPI Institute
  • Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), NAHQ
  • Lean Six Sigma in healthcare

Projects

  • KSA Climate and Health Analytics, NET ZERO Benchmark and best practice report, Facility-level carbon footprinting (CF), Care pathways work, working with the UK report on carbon savings of the KSA virtual hospital project.
  • Efficiency National Framework, Develop standard definitions and measurements for the Saudi health system that enable decision-makers to measure efficiency and improvement across the health ecosystem.
  • System simulation modeling for policy intervention, Design an Economical evaluate multiple policy intervention of valvular heart disease on the Saudi Health system.
  • Health System Account, Building system capability (training) on healthcare expenditure and mapping new benefits package that provides an economic framework for health accounting in Saudi Arabia.
  • Value based health care implementation, Deploying ICHOM standard set across 8 hospitals for 2 clinical conditions within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia starting from baseline assessment to building capabilities and finally generating insights at Micro and Meso level. Hip and knee bundle payment implementation, The project aims to explore the feasibility of applying new payment mechanisms to understand the readiness to deliver value and what the barriers to deployment are.
  • Long term care to Home care, Improving system efficiency by developing LTC service and HHC specifications to facilitate patient movement between levels of care in the private sector.
  • Developing an Efficiency Framework from a payer perspective, The framework aims to evaluate the provider's performance toward efficiency, and how the payer can benchmark service providers.
  • Policy Manual, Whole training module and manual to upskill policymakers at the health sector.
  • ICU optimization in Private Sector, Developing a monitoring system and clinical standards for COVID-19 ICU services, conduct on-site visit and audit the performance of private providers.
  • Establishing Command and Control Unit, The Saudi Armed Forces Medical Services (MSD), establish the COVID-19 command unit to oversee the daily status of infected patients, the readiness of the sector, supply status of essential PPE and medication.
  • Telemedicine Need Assessment, The project assessed the health need and technologies to be implemented in Saudi Armed Forces Medical Services (MSD), road map to implement it.

Timeline

Deputy General Director for Health Services

Confidential
02.2024 - Current

General Director of the National Health Policy and Health Economics

Saudi Health Council
12.2022 - Current

Acting Chief Clinical Leadership

Central National Health Insurance (CNHI)
10.2021 - 12.2022

Clinical Leads Director

Central National Health Insurance (CNHI)
03.2021 - 09.2021

Surveyor

Saudi Central Board For Accreditation Of Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI)
01.2021 - Current

Deputy of Strategy

General Directorate of Health Service at Ministry of Defense
10.2020 - 03.2021

Head of On Job Training

Prince Sultan Medical Military City
07.2018 - 10.2020

Chief Residence Family Medicine

Prince Sultan Medical Military City
01.2011 - 12.2017

Manager

Safa Makka Medical Group
01.2006 - 12.2010

LEADs

Stanford Graduate School of Business

National Public Policy Fellowship Program

The University of Texas At Austin

MSc - Health Economics

London School of Economics

MSc - Health Policy

University of Chicago

M.D. - Arab Board of Family Medicine

Arab Board Of Health Specializations

M.D. - Saudi Board of Family Medicine

Saudi Commission For Health Specialties

Bachelor of Science -

King Saud University
Dr. ABDULAZIZ ALRABIAH