- Adult Immunizations
- Alcohol and Substance Use (SBIRT)
- Asthma
- Appropriate Use of Antibiotics for ARI
- Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and Stroke Prevention
- Depression
- Diabetes in Adult Patients
- Gestational Diabetes
- Obesity
- Pediatric Immunizations
- Pneumococcal & Influenza Standing Orders
- Tobacco Cessation and Secondhand Smoke Exposure
Board Member Biography
Michael J. Belman, MD, MPH
Dr. Michael Belman joined WellPoint/Blue Cross of California 11 years ago and is currently Medical Director of Clinical Quality for the West region that includes California, Nevada and Colorado. His responsibilities include oversight of external accreditation requirements, quality improvement activities for both the HMO and PPO networks, disease management programs, relationships with the medical leadership of contracted medical groups and production of the annual Blue Cross Provider Group and PPO Physician Quality Scorecard.
Prior to joining Blue Cross, Dr. Belman was the Director of Pulmonary Medicine at the City of Hope Medical Center and subsequently Director of Pulmonary Physiology in the Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine at Cedars Sinai Medical Center and Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCLA. In addition to research papers on clinical topics related to pulmonary medicine he has also published studies on health services research and clinical quality improvement.
Dr. Belman received his medical degree from the University of the Witswatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He completed his Internal Medicine training in Tel Aviv, Israel and his pulmonary training at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care. In 1997 he obtained a MPH degree from the Department of Public Health at UCLA.
