I am a board-certified adult Psychiatrist with a Master’s in Public Health and over 20 years of practice as an outpatient psychiatrist in primary care, home care and office—based settings. I started my career as a psychiatrist embedded in an integrated primary care and home care practices at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston and was an early adopter of health information technology in clinical practice. I have been active in organized medicine since my days in residency training and have served on many committees, advocating for mental health parity in the coverage of mental health and substance use treatment under commercial health insurance. I current serve as the current Chair of the Committee on Interspecialty of the Massachusetts Medical Society and am a Past President of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society. I also serve as a current Representative to the American Medical Association’s Relative Value Update Committee. I teach a public health course on health policy to Harvard Longwood Psychiatry residents. I am a full-time Associate Medical Director for Behavioral Health at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and continue to see patients in clinical practice.
Education & Training
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1993 - 1996
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1993 - 1996
Understanding Coding and Payment for Psychiatrists’ Services: How We Got Here and Where We’re Going
Naakesh A. Dewan, M.D., Ronald M. Burd, M.D., Allan A. Anderson, M.D., M.B.A., Eileen S. Carlson, R.N., J.D., Gregory G. Harris, M.D., M.P.H., Ellen Jaffe, Jeremy S. M..., Focus, The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry, 10/18/2018
Other
“From the President", Presidential Column, Monthly (May 2014 - April 2015)
Harris, Gregory G, MD, MPH, DFAPA, Massachusetts Psychiatric Society Newsletter, Massachusetts Psychiatric Society http://www.psychiatry-mps.org/ President's Column for MPS Members, published in the MPS Newsletter, 10 times yearly - 2015
"Managed Care Column”, Monthly (2009-2014)
Harris, Gregory G, MD, MPH, DFAPA, Massachusetts Psychiatric Society Newsletter, Massachusetts Psychiatric Society http://www.psychiatry-mps.org/ Managed Care Column for MPS Members, published in the MPS Newsletter, 10 times yearly - 2014
Press Mentions
Issue 128 October 2012November 22, 2017 10:56
Committees
Alternate Representative of the American Psychiatric Association,
Relative Value Update Committee (RUC), American Medical Association 2018 - Present
President 2014-2015,
PAST PRESIDENT, Massachusetts Psychiatric Society 2016 - Present
Chair (2016-present), Vice-Chair (2015-2016), Member (2013-present),
Committee on Interspecialty, Massachusetts Medical Society 2016 - Present
Alternate Advisor, of the American Psychiatric Association,
CPT Editorial Panel (CPT), American Medical Association 2016 - Present
Chair (2015-present), Member (2013-2015),
Committee on RBRVS, Codes and Reimbursements, American Psychiatric Association 2013 - Present
Council Member,
Council on Healthcare Systems and Finance, American Psychiatric Association 2009 - Present
Alternate Advisor of the American Psychiatric Association,
Relative Value Update Committee (RUC), American Medical Association 2014 - 2018
President-Elect 2013-2014, President 2014-2015, Immediate Past President 2015-2016 (elected office),
PRESIDENT (2014-2015), Massachusetts Psychiatric Society 2013 - 2016