Laura Fox (Blue Shield of California) Laura Fox, MPH is the Director of Payment Innovation for Blue Shield of California. In her role on the Provider Performance, Quality, and Affordability team Laura leads a team to design, build, test, and scale innovative ways to appropriately reward and incentivize providers to deliver care that is “worthy of our family and friends and is sustainably affordable.” The Payment Innovation team has designed and launched over 18 value-based payment models for primary care and specialty care services that are scaling throughout the state of California.
Laura is coming up on her 8-year anniversary with Blue Shield of California. Prior to her current role at Blue Shield as the Director of Chronic Disease Prevention for the Baltimore City Health Department leading programs aimed at improving health outcomes for Baltimore City residents.
Laura holds a master’s in public health From Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Brandeis University.