Jacob Reider is a health care innovator with over 25 years of experience integrating technology to improve health care quality. As a physician and leader, he combines strategic vision with hands-on expertise in digital health, clinical decision support, and addressing social determinants of health. He has a proven track record of leading organizations through complex change, fostering value-based care, and building collaborative teams.
Current Roles
- Founder & CEO of Huddle Health Solutions, Inc.: Providing strategic health care consulting to early-stage companies, health plans, service providers, and accountable care organizations.
- Director at ActX: Advancing genomic decision support to help clinicians optimize patient care through actionable genetic information.
- Director at DirectTrust: Advocating for secure, interoperable health information exchange.
Professional Highlights
- Federal Health IT Leadership: Served as Deputy National Coordinator and Acting National Coordinator at the ONC, leading U.S. health IT standards, promoting EHR adoption, usability, and interoperability to improve patient outcomes.
- Value-Based Care Advocate: As CEO of Alliance for Better Health, transformed care models impacting over 150,000 Medicaid members, established an IPA to address social determinants of health, and earned "Best Places to Work" recognition in 2019 and 2020.
- Entrepreneurial Success: Co-founded Twistle and Physera, guiding product development and strategy; both companies were successfully acquired, demonstrating his ability to drive innovation and growth.
- Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Allscripts: Improved EHR usability and clinical decision support, aligning products with clinician needs and enhancing patient care.
Board Roles
- Director at ActX (2023 - Present)
- Director at DirectTrust (2021 - Present)
- Director, Board Chair, Executive Chair at Avhana Health (2016 - 2020)
Advisory Roles
- Navina
- Blue Slate Health
- BabyScripts
- Redesign Health
- Stellar Health
- Elimu Informatics
- Apixio
Public Speaking & Thought Leadership
A recognized speaker, Jacob has delivered keynotes on health IT, value-based care, and community health at major conferences such as HIMSS, AMIA Symposium, and the New York State Medicaid Symposium. His insights help shape the future of health care by informing leaders across the health ecosystem.
Education
- MD, Medicine | Albany Medical College
- Family Medicine Residency | St. Clare's Hospital, Schenectady, NY
- BA, Cognitive Science | Hampshire College
Community Service & Interests
Jacob is committed to community service, having served on the New York State Department of Health Technology Strategy and Transparency Committee and co-chaired the New York eHealth Collaborative's Technology & Innovation Committee. His interests include home automation, fitness technology, science fiction literature, and health data privacy.