Mark Savage, JD

Mark Savage is Director of Health IT Policy and Programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families, where he oversees the National Partnership’s strategy and work to advance electronic health information access and exchange as the backbone for patient engagement, delivery reform, quality measurement, and population health. The work includes policy development throughout the Meaningful Use program, delivery system reform and other programs at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and other agencies; it also includes signature initiatives to leverage health IT to reduce health disparities and to advance person-centered health and care planning. The National Partnership also leads the Consumer Partnership for eHealth, a coalition of more than 50 leading consumer, patient and lab or organizations working since 2005 to advance patient-centered health IT. From 1997-2002, Savage was President and Managing Attorney of Public Advocates, a leading civil-rights law firm in California, and from 2003-2013, he was Senior Attorney at Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy arm of Consumer Reports.