Our Promise

Physician Performance is the trusted advocate for physicians, advancing physician-driven impact, improving healthcare system efficiencies, and reducing administrative burdens. Physician Performance supports physicians in navigating complex healthcare challenges while ensuring their voices are heard in contract negotiations and advocacy efforts. Physician Performance empowers members to focus on patient care by minimizing operational hurdles.

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Our values

Advocacy

Relentlessly working to protect physician needs and ensue their voices are heard.

Empowerment

Ensure that members have access to the resources and support they need.

Support

Reduce administrative challenges to improve the quality of life for physicians.

Transparency

Clear, concise communication of advocacy efforts, benefits, and organizational structure.

collaboration

Actively collaborate with healthcare entities while representing the best interests of physicians.

what we do

Physician Representation

Provider Enrollment and Network Relations

Advocacy on Government Policy Issues

We provide support to our physicians who are on our governance boards and committees through analysis and synthesis of issues, creation of summary documents and meeting preparation.

Advocacy on Government Policy Issues

Provider Enrollment and Network Relations

Advocacy on Government Policy Issues

Staff research pertinent federal and state policy issues, prepare written and oral documentation for submission to legislators and federal agencies, and work with colleagues at MHA and MMS to highlight key physician issues.

Provider Enrollment and Network Relations

We work with our member practices to resolve enrollment and claims payment issues, helping to cut through red tape and identify key contacts at health plans.

Performance Management Support

Provider Enrollment and Network Relations

We partner with our colleagues at Beth Israel Lahey Health Performance Network to implement Population Health programs at the practice level.

Communications

Performance Management Support

Group Purchasing Program

We produce newsletters three times a month, hold Office Manager meetings, and topic-specific town halls in order to keep our physicians and their office staff informed of important issues.

Group Purchasing Program

Performance Management Support

Group Purchasing Program

Physician Performance has teamed with Yankee Alliance to bring discounts to our practices for services such as office supplies, medical supplies, telecommunication services, and capital equipment.

Board of Managers

Physician Performance is governed by a board of managers. Current managers:

Evan Appelbaum, MD

Jayson Carr, MD

Elliot Chaikof MD

Marc Cohen, MD

Vikram Deshpande, MD

Dana Fugelso, MD

Salman Ghiasuddin, MD

William Greenberg, MD

Brian Hollenbeck, MD

Will Innis, MD

David Ives, MD

Alexa Kimball, MD

Johanna Klein, MD

Jonathan Kruskal, MD

Bruce Landon, MD

Jonathan Li, MD

Yuko McColgan, MD

Sanjeev Mehta, MD

Dwayne Pursely, MD

Rachel Reynolds, MD

Carlo Rosen, MD

Seward Rutkvove, MD

Edward Rodriguez, MD

Don Romanelli, MD

Margaret Sandin, MD

Mary Ann Stevenson, MD

Daniel Talmor, MD

Kim Thornton, MD

Blair Wylie, MD, MPH

Mark Zeidel, MD

as of October 1, 2025

Leadership

Alexa B. Kimball, MD, MPH

Dr. Kimball is the President of Physician Performance, the CEO of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and a Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School.

Follow on Twitter: @HMFPBoston

Deb Schoenthaler, MSc

Deb Schoenthaler is the Executive Director of Physician Performance. She is an accomplished healthcare executive with deep experience in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and value based payment models from both the provider and payor perspective.

Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/debschoenthaler

Todd Lowthers, MSc

Todd Lowthers is the Associate Executive Director of Physician Performance. He is an accomplished healthcare executive with extensive experience in managing operations and population health programs in IPAs and PHOs.

Member organizations

Physicians participate in Physician Performance through one of 5 Members.

Affiliated Physicians Inc (API)
Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at BIDMC (HMFP)
Mount Auburn Cambridge IPA (MACIPA)
New England Baptist Clinically Integrated Organization (NEBCIO)
Whittier IPA

participation in BILHPN

Physician Performance participates in the Beth Israel Lahey Performance Network (BILHPN), along with BILH hospitals including BIDMC, BID-Needham, BID-Milton, BID-Plymouth, Anna Jaques Hospital, Mount Auburn Hospital, and New England Baptist Hospital and affiliated hospitals Beverly Hospital, and Winchester Hospital.

Physician Performance LLC

600 Unicorn Park Drive, 4th floor Woburn, MA 01801

(617) 632-9728