Dr. Taylor Served As the Medical Director for Health Promotion and Disease Management For

In February 2013, Michael L Taylor, MD, FACP, was appointed Chief Medical Officer for Truven Health Analytics (formerly the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters). In this role he is responsible for developing, evaluating, and maintaining health and wellness efforts as well as thought leadership, strategy, and expertise in innovation and product development across the healthcare spectrum.

Dr. Taylor joined the company in 2011 as Vice President and National Business Medical Leader within the employer market.In this role, he provided clinical expertise and consultation to the Truven Health Analytics Employer market, providing a client- focused leadership role. His responsibilities included a concentrated approach with Truven Health clients, helping them with population health issues. This included developing, evaluating and maintaining health and wellness efforts as well as thought leadership, strategy and expertise in innovation and product development.

Dr. Taylor served as the Medical Director for health promotion and disease management for Caterpillar Inc. from 2000 to 2011. He was directly responsible for Caterpillar’s wellness program, with over 100,000 participants in the US. This comprehensive program included employee health promotion exams, biometric screening, tobacco cessation and diabetes prevention and management programs. This program was part of the overall effort that successfully managed the healthcare cost trend at Caterpillar.

Dr. Taylor has served on the boards of the Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) and the Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH), and as the Chairman of the Board for The Center for Health Value Innovation.

Dr. Taylor graduated from the University Of Illinois College Of Medicine in 1980, and completed an Internal Medicine residency at the University Of Illinois College Of Medicine in Peoria in 1983. Dr. Taylor is a Boardcertified internist.

Dr. Taylor was a co-owner of a five person medical group for 14 years, practicing outpatient and hospital-based primary care in Pekin, Illinois. He was Chief of Medicine and Chief of Staff at that hospital. He later served for 3 years as the Chief Medical Officer for Pekin Hospital and Progressive Health Systems, involved in quality improvement, developing and implementing a hospitalist program, and served as Medical Director for the Pharmacy/Therapeutics committee for the hospital and health plan.

Dr. Taylor is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians and a member of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.