Richard Bottner, DHA, PA-C, CPHQ, FACHE is the Vice President of Clinical Excellence at the Colorado Hospital Association (CHA) and exceptionally passionate about effective, efficient, and interprofessional acute care in hospitals nationwide. In his current role, Dr. Bottner supports strategy and implementation related to statewide quality improvement and population health initiatives in partnership with hospitals and also focuses on substance use disorders, maternal health, rural and critical access hospitals, and social determinants of health.

Prior to his role with CHA, Dr. Bottner was an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin where he led quality improvement programs around readmission prevention, medication safety, and patient experience. Most recently, he was the Director of the Buprenorphine Team, a full-service consultation team that provides hospitalized patients who have opioid use disorder with access to treatment and linkage to appropriate outpatient care.