Andrew Dreyfus

Andrew Dreyfus is the President and CEO of the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation (NIHCM), a D.C. based nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to improving health care through evidence and collaboration. NIHCM supports and honors high-impact research and journalism, translates complex research and health information, and convenes leaders in health care to catalyze innovative ideas.

Andrew served from 2010 to 2022 as President and CEO for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA), a plan with over $9 billion in revenue and three million members. Under his leadership, BCBSMA was known as an innovator on payment models, quality improvement and mental health. Andrew joined BCBSMA in 2005 as Executive Vice President of Health Care Services, where he led the creation of the Alternative Quality Contract, one of the largest commercial payment reform programs in the nation. He previously served as founding President of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, where he oversaw the initiative that led to the passage of The Massachusetts 2006 Health Reform Law, which later became the model for the Affordable Care Act.

Andrew is an Adjunct Lecturer in health policy and management at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His writing has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, STAT, Politico, and The Hill.

Andrew serves on the boards of the Joint Commission, National Quality Forum, Alto Neuroscience, Octave, and the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, which he chairs. He serves on the advisory boards of Ariadne Labs, Hopebridge, and the Leonard Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California.