Matthew Ruble, M.D.

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Dr. Matthew Ruble is the Chief Medical Officer of Discovery Behavioral Health. Dr. Ruble has a deep passion for advancing the behavioral health industry through training, publication, innovation, payer relations and collaboration. He spent 20 years of his career working with the Cambridge Health Alliance, a health system affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ruble was the Associate Training Director for the Adult Psychiatry residency training program, Director of Psychopharmacology for the Behavioral Health service and was responsible for training clinicians, residents and medical staff in core evidence-based practices including:

  • Integrated behavioral and physical health care delivery
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
  • Psychiatric curriculum development
  • Research
  • Publications
  • Speaking nationally on evidence-based practices


As Lead Medical Director overseeing Clinical Behavioral Health Strategy, Operations and Utilization for Humana, he was part of the team that reviewed and advised on all behavioral health technology innovations for investment and implementation. His expertise spans consistent delivery of innovative and value-based, industry-leading, and integrated behavioral health programs and services. He developed, operationalized and managed the Integrated Primary Care (PC) and Behavioral Health (BH) service for Humana’s Primary Care practices and directed a course on BH in PC for the Primary Care providers.

Dr. Ruble earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. From there, he attended the Carver School of Medicine at the University of Iowa, earning his Doctor of Medicine degree. He then attended Harvard Medical School in Boston to intern at the Department of Medicine and became a resident at the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Ruble became Chief Resident of the Psychopharmacology at Cambridge Health Alliance as well as a physician educator at the Academy at Harvard Medical School.
As Discovery Behavioral Health’s CMO, he is elevating the voice of the patient and provider to the CEO. He is also ensuring the quality of the clinical services are superior, evidenced based, measurement based, value based and Triple Aim consistent. He will direct the Physicians Advisory Committee, participate in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion optimization and partner with an academic medical center to validate and innovate the clinical “real world” research in BH outcomes.

Dr. Ruble is speaking during Analytics – The Data Points That CEOs Should Be Looking At & How To Get Them.