California HealthCare Foundation – Supporting ideas and innovations to improve health care for all Californians.

Stephanie Teleki, MPH, PhD

Stephanie Teleki

Stephanie Teleki is a senior program officer for the foundation's Market and Policy Monitor program, which promotes greater transparency and accountability in California's health care system.

Teleki works primarily in the area of public reporting, provider transparency, and health care consumer decisionmaking. She has more than 15 years' experience as a health policy analyst and project manager, particularly in the areas of public reporting and transparency, consumer and physician decisionmaking, quality measurement and improvement, and pay for performance.

Prior to joining CHCF, Teleki was a policy analyst in the health unit of RAND Corporation, where she conducted health policy research for such clients as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, and private-sector health plans. Teleki has also held research and management positions at Kaiser Permanente, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Teleki received a bachelor's degree in English and history from Amherst College, a master's of public health in health services research and policy from the University of Texas at Houston School of Public Health, and a doctorate of philosophy in health services research and policy from the University of California at Los Angeles School of Public Health.