Ron Loeppke
Board Member | Fellow | Vice Chairman Emeritus, U.S. Preventative Medicine (USPM)
Belmont Collaborative for Health Systems Innovation
MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM
ron.loeppke@belmont.eduBiography
Ron Loeppke, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM is currently Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Systems Science at the Frist College of Medicine at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. He is also Vice Chairman Emeritus of U.S. Preventive Medicine (USPM). USPM provides primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and Population Health Management (wellness, health coaching and disease management) services for all size employers, health plans and government entities.
Dr. Loeppke has over 35 years of clinical and physician executive experience in the Preventive Medicine,
Medical Management, Disease Management, Population Health Management and Corporate Health arenas. He has authored more than 50 articles and book chapters relating to health services research in preventive medicine, occupational health, workplace wellness, population health and the business value of health.
Dr. Loeppke has provided testimony and numerous presentations to Presidential Task Forces at the White House and Congressional committees on Capitol Hill—and was nominated by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) as a candidate for U.S. Surgeon General. He is also currently an advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO) Health and the World of Work initiative. He was also Chairman of the CDC Diabetes at Work group as part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP).
Dr. Loeppke provided the keynote presentation for the first Workplace Wellness conference in Tokyo, Japan sponsored by the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. He has also provided several keynote presentations for leading U.S. based healthcare and business conferences including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Workplace Wellness and CDC annual conferences in Washington D.C.
He is Board Certified in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Fellowship trained in Occupational Medicine and is a Fellow of both the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and the American College of Preventive Medicine, (ACPM). Dr. Loeppke is past President of ACOEM, was a member of the Board of Directors of ACOEM for eight years. He is also on the Population Health Management Journal Editorial Board and was Co-Founder and continues to be the Co-Chair of the International Occupational Medical Society Collaborative (IOMSC)--a global initiative involving over 40 countries.
Dr. Loeppke was the Founder, CEO and President of the Health and Productivity Corporation of America (HPCA), headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. HPCA provided health and productivity enhancement services to large employers (e.g., DIRECTV and Dow Chemical) for their employees, dependents, and retirees. In 2003, HPCA was acquired by CorSolutions where Dr. Loeppke became the EVP and Chief Strategic Officer. CorSolutions was then acquired by Matria (a publicly traded healthcare company) in 2006, whereupon he continued his role as EVP and Chief Strategic Officer. Alere (also a publicly traded healthcare company) then acquired Matria in 2008, where Dr. Loeppke became the EVP of Health Strategy.
Dr. Loeppke was also previously the Chief Medical Officer of PhyCor, Inc., a publicly traded healthcare company with over 25,000 affiliated physicians and $1.3 billion in annual revenue. At PhyCor he was the C-suite medical executive that led the development and implementation of the capitation managed care initiatives, medical management of the MLR, utilization management, disease management, health management and related e-health initiatives for 42 multi-specialty clinics, 370 service sites, 30 IPA markets in the North American Medical Management (NAMM) subsidiary involving over 1.2 million capitated lives and 24,000 physicians throughout the United States and also through CareWise, Inc., which provided healthcare decision support services to over 3.6 million consumers. Dr. Loeppke was the C-Suite Executive responsible for the design, identification, and implementation of the medical management support systems, including information systems, clinical guidelines, outcomes management and clinical quality improvement initiatives.
Dr. Loeppke also founded and was President of Corporate Health and Medical Programs, Inc. (CHAMPS), which contracted with over 2000 employers (including Kodak, Hewlett Packard, Teledyne Waterpik, Anheuser Busch, ConAgra) for onsite occupational health and preventive medicine clinical services as well as consulting Medical Director services. He was also the Chairman of the Board at the Greeley Medical Clinic, a large multispecialty physician group practice in Colorado, where he founded and was Chairman of the Department of Occupational Health and Preventive Medicine and provided clinical and consultative services for employees of regional employers.
Dr. Loeppke went to college at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana; to Medical School at University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City, Kansas; and did his clinical Internship, MPH, Preventive Medicine Residency and Occupational Medicine Fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.
Loeppke, R., & Hymel, P. “Health and Productivity Enhancement”. Chapter 16 in textbook by K. T. Hegmann, M. A. Hughes, & R. M. Moser (Eds.), Moser's Effective Management of Health and Safety Programs: A Practical Guide (4th ed., pp. 221-256). OEM Press. October 2023.
Loeppke, R; “The Why, How and What in Leveraging the Value of Health.” in Lifestyle Medicine", Rippe, James, M. (Ed.) Third Edition of this medical textbook. Chapter 105. Pages 1181-1189. April 2019.
Nagata T.; Mori, K.; Ohtani, M.; Nagata, M.; Kajiki, S.; Fujino, Y.; Matsuda, S.; Loeppke, R. "Total Health-related costs due to absenteeism, presenteeism, and medical and pharmaceutical expenses in Japanese Employers “. JOEM. May 2018.
Loeppke, R; et.al. “Interaction of Health Care Worker Health and Safety and Patient Health and Safety
in the US Health Care System: Recommendations From the 2016 Summit”. J Occup Environ Med.: 59 (8): 803-813. August 2017.
Loeppke, R. et.al. “Global Trends in Occupational Medicine: Results of the International Occupational Medicine Society Collaborative Survey”. J Occup Environ Med.: 59 (3): e13-e16. March, 2017.
Fabius, R; Loeppke, R, et.al. “Tracking the Market Performance of Companies That Integrate a Culture of Health and Safety.” J Occup Environ Med. 2016; 58 (1): 3-8. January, 2016.
Loeppke, R; Hohn, T; et.al. “Integrating Health and Safety in the Workplace: How Closely Aligning Health and Safety Strategies can Yield Measurable Benefits.” J Occup Environ Med. 2015: 57 (5): 585-597. May, 2015.
Loeppke, R. Winning with Wellness. U.S. Chamber of Commerce. April 2015: pp 3-5.
Goetzel, R; Loeppke, R; et.al. “Do Workplace Health Promotion (Wellness) Programs Work.”
J Occup Environ Med. 2014; 56 (9):927-93. September, 2014.
Fabius, R; Loeppke, R; et al. “The Link Between Workforce Health and Safety and the Health of the Bottom Line.” J Occup Environ Med. 2013; 55 (9):993-1000. September, 2013.
Loeppke, R. Corresponding Author. Biometric health screening for employers: Consensus Statement of the Health Enhancement Research Organization, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and Care Continuum Alliance. J Occup Environ Med. 2013;55(10):1244-51.
Loeppke RR, Schill AL, Chosewood L, et al. Advancing workplace health protection and promotion for an aging workforce. J Occup Environ Med. 55(5): 500-6, May, 2013.
Loeppke, R; Edington, D; et al. “The Association of Technology in a Workplace Wellness Program with Health Risk Factor Reduction.” Journal of Occ & Env Medicine (JOEM): March 2013 - Vol 55 - Issue 3 - p 259–264
Loeppke, R. “Power of Prevention in the Battle of the Bulge”. Case In Point. August 2012. Volume 10: Number 7; p 22-23.
Loeppke, R. Corresponding Author. Guidance for a Reasonably Designed Employer-Sponsored Wellness Program Using Outcomes-Based Incentives: Consensus Statement of the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO), American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Diabetes Association, and American Heart Association. JOEM Volume 54, Number 7, pp. 889-896; July 2012.
McLellan, R; Sherman, B; Loeppke, R; et.al. “Optimizing Health Care Delivery by Integrating Workplaces,
Homes, and Communities: How Occupational and Environmental Medicine Can Serve as a Vital Connecting Link between Accountable Care Organizations and the Patient-Centered Medical Home.” JOEM. Volume 54, Number 4, pp. 504-512; April, 2012.
Hymel, P; Loeppke, R; et.al. “Workplace Health Protection (Safety) and Promotion (Wellness):
A New Pathway for a Healthier—and Safer—Workforce.” J Occup Environ Med. 2011: 53(6): 695-702
Loeppke, R; Edington, D; et al. “Two Year Outcomes Show Effectiveness of the Prevention Program in Lowering Health Risks and Costs.” Letter to the Editor. Population Health Management. 2011 14 (5): 265.
Loeppke, R; Edington, D; Beg, S. “Impact of The Prevention Plan on Employee Health Risk Reduction”, Population Health Management. Vol 13, No. 5, 2010.
Loeppke, R. “Making the Case for Population Health Management: The Business Value of Better Health,” Chapter 7, pp 121-136 in Nash, D., et.al. Population Health Textbook. Jones and Bartlett Learning. Sudbury, MA. 2010.
Loeppke, R., et al., "Health and Productivity as a Business Strategy: A Multi-Employer Study“. JOEM. 2009; 51(4):411-4
Healthy Workforce/Healthy Economy: The Role of Health, Productivity, and Disability Management in
Addressing the Nation’s Health Care Crisis. JOEM. Volume 51, Number 1, January 2009. Pages 114-119.
Loeppke R. “The Value of Health and the Power of Prevention”. Int J Workplace Health Manage. London, England. 2008; 1(2)95-108.
Taitel, M; Haufle, V; Heck, D; Loeppke, R; Fetterolf, D. “Incentives and Other Factors Associated with Employee Participation in Health Risk Assessments”. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Volume 50, Number 8, August 2008. Pages 863-872.
Loeppke R, Nicholson S, et al. “The impact of an integrated population health enhancement and disease management program on employee health risk, health conditions and productivity”. Population Health Management. 2008: 11(6); 287-296.
Loeppke, R and Hymel P. “Health and Productivity Enhancement”, Chapter 16; in Moser, R, Jr. Effective Management of Health and Safety Programs--a Practical Guide, 3rd Edition. Beverly Farm, MA. March, 2008
Loeppke, R., et.al. “Health and Productivity as a Business Strategy”. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Vol 49, No. 7, July, 2007. Pages 712-721.
Loeppke, R. and Hymel P. “Good Health is Good Business,” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine., Vol 48, No. 5, May, 2006. Pages 533-537.
Loeppke, R. “Nationwide to Buy FutureHealth, Market DM With Disability, Absence Management Unit,” Inside Disease Management, pages 1, 7-8, January 20, 2006
Loeppke, R. “Health & Productivity – Assessing the Value and Opportunity,” E-IHPM, pages 8-9, Volume 1, No. 5, December 2005, London, England.
Stevens, M, and Loeppke R. “Presenteeism: Taking an Integrated Approach to Disability Management, EAP and Productivity,” JOEM, March 1, 2005
Loeppke, R. “DM Companies Buy Wellness Firms to Manage More of Population,” Inside Disease Management, pages 4-6, October 7, 2005
Loeppke, R. “A Better Rx for What Ails Us,” Fortune Magazine, Special Feature, pgs S8-S10, December 12, 2005
Lynch, W and Loeppke, R, etal. Factors Affecting the Frequency of Value-Focused Health Activities and Policies by Employers. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 46(11):1103-1114, November 2004.
Hymel, P and Loeppke, R, etal. Establishing a Research Agenda in Health and Productivity. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 46(6):518-520, June 2004.
Kessler, R and Loeppke, R, et.al. Using the WHO Health and Work Performance Questionnaire to Evaluate the Indirect Workplace costs of Illness. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. June, 2004, Volume 46, Number 6 Supplement, Pages S23-S37.
Loeppke, R., et al. Health-Related Workplace Productivity Measurement: General and Migraine Specific Recommendations from the ACOEM Expert Panel. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. April, 2003, Volume 45, Number 4, Pages 349-359.
Loeppke, R. The 3 R’s of Healthcare: Responsibilities, Risks and Rewards. Health and Productivity Management. April, 2002, Pages 15-19.
Harris, J., Loeppke, R. Integrated Health Management: The Key Role of Occupational Medicine in Managed Care, Disability Management, Productivity, Prevention and Integrated Delivery Systems. Pages 1-244. OEM Press, Beverly Farms Massachusetts. Copyright American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 1998.
Loeppke, R., Brady, W., Bass, J., Moser, R., Anstadt, G., Leopold, R. “Total Corporate Health Costs.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, March 1997 Vol.39, Issue 3, p.224-231.
Nash, D., Loeppke, R. et al. Measurement of the Impact of Winona Health Online. Journal of Disease Management. Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 2001.
Loeppke, R. and Howell, J. Integrating Clinical Performance Improvement Across Physician Organizations. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. Vol. 25, No. 2, February 1999. 55-67.
Loeppke, R. and Stevens, G. Improving Provider-Payor Relationships by Adding Value and Sharing Accountability. Group Practice Journal. Nov/Dec 1997.
Loeppke, R., Brady, W., Bass, J., Moser, R., Anstadt, G., Leopold, R. “Total Corporate Health Costs.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, March 1997 Vol.39, Issue 3, p.224-231.
Loeppke, R. Prevention and Managed Care: The Next Generation. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 1995. 37(5): 558-562.
Loeppke, R. The New Physician. MD2000 Grand Rounds Press. Chapter 2: "From Patients to Populations" interview of Ron Loeppke, M.D., Whittle Direct Books, Knoxville, TN. 1994: 24-32.
Loeppke, R. Corporate Health Initiatives-Restructuring the American Health Care System. Medical Group Management Journal. 1993 (40):30-80.
Loeppke, R. "An Ounce of Prevention”. Physician Magazine. April, 1992: pages 10-12.