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Robert Saunders

Principal, Duke-Margolis Ctr Hlth Policy
Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy
100 Fuqua Drive, Box 90120, Durham, NC 27708
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20004

Selected Grants


Accelerating Value-Based Care Impact at the State and National Level

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Gary and Mary West Health Institute · 2023 - 2027

Accelerating Value-Based Care Impact at the State and National Level

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center · 2023 - 2027

Learning System for Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced Contract

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Deloitte Consulting LLP · 2024 - 2027

North STAR Trial: Specialty Telemedicine Access for Referrals in Rural Alaska

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2026

Impact of State Policy on Social Service Integration

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2025

Identifying Policy Strategies to Support Home-Based Care

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by John A. Hartford Foundation · 2023 - 2025

Improving the lives of persons living with dementia and their families through person-centered measurement of home time

ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2025

State Strategies for Advancing Accountable Care in the Safety Net

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Commonwealth Fund · 2023 - 2025

NC Medicaid Value-Based Payment Implementation

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by NC Medicaid · 2022 - 2025

Future of Health 3.0

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Future of Health, Inc. · 2024 - 2025

Practical, Timely Lessons for Advancing and Aligning North Carolina's Health Care Transformation Leadership to Address Social Needs

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust · 2022 - 2024

Medicaid Innovation for Older Adults

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The SCAN Foundation · 2024 - 2024

Reshaping Future of Health 2023

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Future of Health, Inc. · 2023 - 2024

Reshaping the Future of Health and Healthcare

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Future of Health, Inc. · 2022 - 2023

Accelerating Value-Based Care Impact at the State and National Level

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Gary and Mary West Health Institute · 2020 - 2023

Accelerating Value-Based Care Impact at the State and National Level

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by West Health Policy Center · 2020 - 2023

Assessing Value-based Payment in Insurance

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · 2017 - 2022

Leveraging Payment Reforms to Transform and Expand Home-Based and Virtual Care for Complex and Underserved Populations

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The SCAN Foundation · 2021 - 2022

North STAR Trial: Specialty Telemedicine Access for Referrals in Rural Alaska

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022

Leveraging Payment Reforms to Transform and Expand Home-Based and Virtual Care for Complex and Underserved Populations

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by John A. Hartford Foundation · 2021 - 2022

Leveraging Payment Reforms to Transform and Expand Home-Based and Virtual Care for Complex and Underserved Populations

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Commonwealth Fund · 2021 - 2022

Coordinated and Affordable Care in Employer Sponsored Health Programs: A Pathway for Reform

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. · 2021 - 2022

Improving and Supporting Cardiology Alternative Payment Models

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American College of Cardiology · 2020 - 2021

Margolis-HLC Collaboration

Public ServiceResearch Associate · Awarded by Healthcare Leadership Council · 2020 - 2021

UCLA - Pediatric Payment Reform - Blue Shield of California Foundation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2019 - 2020

AHA project

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2018 - 2019

West Health Foundation

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by West Health Policy Center · 2018 - 2019

Improving Care for People with Serious Illnesses: Identifying Opportunities and Strategies for ACO Improvement

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation · 2018 - 2019

Moving Toward Value-Based Care for Degenerative Joint Disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Pfizer, Inc. · 2018 - 2018

Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN) - Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Action Collaborative (AC)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Mitre Corporation · 2017 - 2017

Bi-Plane Correlation Imaging for Early Detection of Lung Cancer

ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2010

Task-Specific Optimization of Mammographic Systems

FellowshipPI-Fellow · Awarded by United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command · 2004 - 2007

External Relationships


  • Cisco Systems, Inc.
  • Health Evolution
  • The John A Hartford Foundation

This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has reported outside activities with the companies, institutions, or organizations listed above. This information is available to institutional leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts of interest.