Kate Koplan, MD, brings decades of experience and will be solely dedicated to improving clinical quality and patient outcomes
Atlanta, GA – Nov. 26, 2024 — SCP Health, a national clinical services provider, today announced that Kate Koplan, MD, MPH, FACP, CPPS, a strategic and prominent health care leader, has been appointed as its executive vice president and clinical quality officer. As a visionary physician leader, Dr. Koplan will oversee clinical quality for all SCP Health clinical service lines, including emergency medicine, hospital medicine, critical care, and our hospital-at-home, Connected Care, and value-based programs. She will be at the forefront of enhancing high-quality care delivery, patient safety, and operational outcomes.
Dr. Koplan most recently served as the chief quality officer and associate medical director at The Southeast Permanente Medical Group of Kaiser Permanente Georgia, where she successfully redesigned safety and equity systems and oversaw the delivery of exceptional clinical outcomes in a high-quality and reliable environment. Prior to her role at Kaiser Permanente, Koplan co-designed and implemented a quality hospital management program, as well as a large value-based performance contract while she was the director of medical management and quality performance, respectively, at Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard in Boston, MA.
“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Kate Koplan to our leadership team,” said Randy Pilgrim, MD, FACEP, FAAFP, enterprise chief medical officer at SCP Health. “As an accomplished physician leader with a wealth of experience in advancing value-based care and quality improvement programs, Dr. Koplan will be pivotal in enhancing SCP Health’s commitment to clinical excellence and supporting our clinicians as they provide top-tier care.”
Dr. Koplan holds a Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health from Emory University Schools of Medicine and Public Health and completed residency at Harvard Medical School. In addition, she received a Certificate in Executive Leadership from Harvard Business School. She is board-certified in internal medicine and remains active clinically.
“I’m thrilled to join the exceptional leadership team and committed clinicians and staff at SCP Health, where high-quality care is central to our mission,” said Koplan. “I look forward to building upon SCP Health’s well-built foundation of innovative, impactful services to strengthen hospital systems, enhance patient care, support clinicians in providing high-quality care, and promote healthier communities.”
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