Dr. Neil Fleming is Clinical Professor of Health Services Research (HSR) in the Robbins Institute for Health Policy and Leadership (RIHPL) at the Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University.  He was founding director of the PhD Program in HSR. He was formerly Vice-President of Quantitative Sciences in the Center for Clinical Effectiveness, Baylor Scott & White Health until 2019.  As VP of Quantitative Sciences, he managed the Biostatistics and Advanced Analytics/Health Economics corporate resources with research/teaching-related and operational activities. He was Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of the Baylor Health Care System (BHCS) STEEEP Global Institute, and BHCS Vice President for Health Care Research. His research has focused on financial and clinical outcomes related to health care interventions including those involving health information technology, patient-centered medical homes, standardizing care, and inpatient discharge transitional care to improve quality.  Much of this research received Federal and private funding. Prior to joining BHCS, he was a Statistician at the US Centers for Disease Control’s National Center for Health Statistics and a Medical Consultant for the Electronic Data Systems on the Texas Medicaid Program. He spent over 20 years as President of Health Care Systems Consultants, focusing on health care costs and utilization, especially in the area of managed care from financial and actuarial perspectives with clients such as the Health Care Financing Administration’s Office of Prepaid Health Care from both Federal Qualification and Compliance perspectives. Dr. Fleming was a member of AcademyHealth’s Methods and Data Council from 2016 to 2023; as well as a Commissioner on the Accreditation Council of CAHME. He has over 45 years’ experience in health care services research and cross-industry statistical modeling. Dr. Fleming received a B.S.in Mathematics and both MA and PhD degrees in Sociology (Health Services Research) from Vanderbilt University.