Sarah Hudson Scholle, MPH, DrPH, is a principal at Leavitt Partners based in Washington, DC. Sarah specializes in supporting organizations and multi-sector alliances to promote improvement in quality and person-centered health care. Before coming to Leavitt Partners, Sarah was vice president of research and analysis at the National Committee for Quality Assurance. She led a portfolio of quantitative and qualitative research that contributed to national thought leadership in quality, contributed to program development and policy action, and resulted in numerous peer-reviewed studies. Specifically, Sarah led projects to develop and test quality measures, including those subsequently adopted into national programs.

Her content expertise includes mental health, substance use, child health, care coordination, and patient-reported outcomes. Sarah’s work on primary care practice systems contributed to the development of the patient-centered medical home program. She led studies to understand barriers to implementation of quality initiatives in multiple settings.

Sarah has served on national panels for the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the National Quality Forum. Prior to NCQA, Sarah was an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas.