As chief clinical officer (CCO) of Optum Health, Daniel Frank, MD, oversees our clinical strategy and value-based care approach across the Optum Health businesses, including our centers of excellence focused on quality, affordability, complete and accurate documentation, and risk. His team, Clinical Performance, partners closely with teams across Optum and UnitedHealthcare on our value-based care delivery strategic growth area.
Dr. Frank has long focused on the effective development and implementation of clinical priorities and related programs to achieve greater clinician and patient satisfaction, and high-quality, affordable health care. Prior to his role as CCO, he held a number of leadership positions within Optum Health and Optum Care including lead physician, local and national medical director roles focused on process improvement and quality initiatives, and, most recently, chief medical officer of Optum Care.
His career with Optum began in 2008 at Southwest Medical Associates in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he served as a primary care physician and medical director. Before joining Southwest Medical, he was in private practice in south Florida.
Dr. Frank received his bachelor’s degree in microbiology at the University of Florida, and his medical degree from the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. He completed his residency in family practice at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami where he became board certified in family medicine.