Mara McDermott

Mara McDermott is the CEO of Accountable for Health, a Washington, DC–based advocacy organization committed to accelerating the adoption of effective accountable care. She is an accomplished health care executive with deep expertise in federal healthcare law and policy, including delivery system reform, physician payment, and payment models. Previously, Mara was vice president at McDermott+Consulting, where she worked with clients to advance policies related to value-based care. Prior to that, she was senior vice president of federal affairs at America’s Physician Groups (formerly the California Association of Physician Groups, CAPG), a professional association representing medical groups and independent practice associations working in capitated, coordinated care models. Mara is an attorney by training and previously served as counsel in the health industry practice at Akin Gump in Washington, DC. In that role, she focused on a variety of issues affecting health industry clients, with an emphasis on health policy and regulatory issues facing physician organizations, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and academic medical institutions. Mara is also a professorial lecturer at the School of Public Health at George Washington University and on the Governing Board at the Health Care Cost Institute.