Richard Popiel

Richard Popiel, MD, MBA is a board-certified internal medicine physician and healthcare executive with over 27 years of experience leading patient-centric healthcare organizations. Throughout his career, he has used his medical and business expertise to help individuals navigate the complexities of the healthcare system while ensuring the cost of healthcare remains affordable to consumers. He is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Xploration Health, LLC.

Richard previously served as HealthMap Solution’s first Chief Medical Officer and made significant contributions to the company’s go-to-market growth strategy as well as clinical strategy. He served as the Chair of HealthMap’s Scientific Advisory Board and successfully recruited both Nephrologists and Primary Care physicians. Richard was also the former Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Cambia Health Solutions, a Portland-based healthcare solutions company working to create a person-focused and economically sustainable healthcare system. Prior to joining Cambia, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Horizon Healthcare Innovations, a Horizon BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS) of New Jersey company. Before that, he served as Horizon BCBS of New Jersey’s Vice President and Chief Medical Officer and as Vice President and Senior Medical Director for The Permanente Company, a subsidiary of Kaiser Permanente. Other former Board and Advisory Board roles include Tabula Rasa Healthcare, BioIQ, and Medecision. He also was as an advisor to CareCentrix.

Richard serves on the Boards/Advisory Boards of several healthcare organizations, including Pager, Feel Therapeutics, Pearl Infusion, APOS, and Cara Care, all trailblazers in using technology and predictive analytics to seamlessly connect patients to the right care at the right time in the right place. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates, one of the largest medical groups in the District of Columbia. Richard is a graduate of The George Washington University Medical School and received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.