Dr. Nielsen is a Vice President at The Camden Group and the former chief medical officer for The Greater Rochester Independent Practice Association (“GRIPA”).  He is an expert at helping organizations achieve clinical integration, as well as designing and implementing accountable care organizations

Since assuming his post at GRIPA in 2004, Dr. Nielsen has championed GRIPA’s efforts toward achieving clinical integration as evidenced by GRIPA’s favorable advisory opinion from the FTC in September 2007.  Under his leadership, GRIPA has developed guidelines by and for its member physicians, an IT infrastructure for sharing of clinical information between its members, and systems for monitoring the performance of members and the network.
 
Dr. Nielsen has presented GRIPA’s performance monitoring systems to the National Health Policy Forum and Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and has spoken to various groups throughout the country about GRIPA’s Clinical Integration Program.

Prior to his position as chief medical officer at GRIPA, Dr. Nielsen practiced internal medicine for 29 years.  He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the Certifying Commission in Medical Management.

Dr. Nielsen earned his bachelor’s degree, attended medical school, and completed his residency at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.