In this episode of the "What's Your Moonshot?" podcast, Dr. Bruce Meyer, Executive Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer at Highmark Health, shares the organization’s bold vision for transforming healthcare. From integrating advanced technologies to reimagining the patient journey and strengthening community health, Dr. Meyer outlines the strategies driving a more connected and efficient system. Listeners will gain insight into how Highmark Health is breaking down traditional silos, harnessing the power of data and delivering care that is more accessible, personalized and value-driven. Hosted by, David Shulkin, M.D. and Chris George.

Virtual care is transforming healthcare—making it more accessible, efficient, and cost-effective. In A&M Healthcare Industry Group’s latest podcast, we delve into the evolving reimbursement laws and strategies for generating new revenue streams. Matt Pruente was joined by Dr. Chad Ellimoottil, the Medical Director of Virtual Care at the University of Michigan Medical Group, to discuss. 

Shortages, inflation, agency utilization, and heightened union activity have created a perfect storm of workforce-related financial pressure for hospitals and health systems. In this latest episode, we brought health system CFOs together to discuss how they are navigating through the storm and when it might begin to clear. Bianca A. Briola, A&M Managing Director and Healthcare Human Capital and Workforce Management Practice Leader, was joined by Michele Bouit, Chief Financial Officer at Kootenai Health, Aaron Eichorn, Managing Director at A&M Healthcare Industry Group, and Sherron Rogers, Chief Financial Officer at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital to discuss. Host:Bianca A. Briola – Healthcare Human Capital and Workforce Management Practice Leader, Alvarez & MarsalGuests:Michele Bouit, Chief Financial Officer, Kootenai HealthAaron Eichorn, Managing Director, A&M Healthcare Industry GroupSherron Rogers, Chief Financial Officer, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

With the current pressures on healthcare workers, doctors and residents are now unionizing. On our The Future of Healthcare Human Capital and Workforce Management Podcast Series, we are discussing factors that are driving union activity in healthcare and specific demands that unions are likely to focus strikes on in 2024. Bianca A. Briola, Managing Director and Human Capital & Workforce Management Practice Leader, in A&M’s Healthcare Industry Group, was joined by Sarah R. Skubas, and Michael R. Bertoncini, Principals and Co-leaders of the Healthcare industry group, at Jackson Lewis P.C., to get their input on why all employers should be aware and may be at risk for unionization.

The intersection of AI and healthcare is transforming clinical practices and patient care. In this podcast, clinicians share their experiences and insights working at the forefront with this rapidly evolving technology. Amar Kapadia, A&M Managing Director,  and Lakshmi Halasyamani, M.D., Chief Clinical Officer of Endeavor Health, co-hosted the conversation featuring Brian Patterson, M.D., Medical Informatics Director for Predictive Analytics at  UW Health, Maulin Shah, M.D., Chief Medical Information Officer at  Providence, and Nirav Shah, M.D., Medical Director of Quality Innovation and Clinical Practice Analytics at Endeavor Health.

Cristina Inglese, Executive Director, Commercial Products, is an inspiring member of L.A. Care Health Plan’s leadership team. She is dedicated to making a positive impact in the community, as well as within her organization, by focusing on mentorship and employee experience to drive business goals and growth. A&M Managing Director, Doris Stein, and Senior Associate, Katie Thompson, spoke with Cristina to learn more about her career journey and how she is setting her team up to continue to deliver value to their community and organization.

On this International Women’s Day, we are happy to share our latest Significant Healthcare Voices episode with an incredible leader, Coreen Dicus-Johnson, President & CEO, of Network Health. On this episode, she talked with A&M Managing Director, Doris Stein, to share her journey and how she is working to improve the care for those in her community.

A career dedicated to serving pediatric patients is admirable and inspiring. Lara Khouri, MBA, MPH, Executive Vice President & COO of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, has done just that. She is the latest healthcare leader to be highlighted on A&M’s Significant Healthcare Voices Podcast Series. She talked with A&M Senior Director, Eliza Medearis, to share her story.

Pivotal moments throughout her career helped shape her leadership style and her dedication to paving the way for future women leaders in Healthcare.  Sonia Millsom, Chief Executive Officer of Oxeon, joined A&M Managing Director, Kristina Park, and Senior Associate, Emily Strack, on our Significant Healthcare Voices Podcast Series to share her career journey and impact she is striving to make for women in healthcare.

Earlier this year, CMS finalized multiple rules that impact MAOs, with significant ramifications to procedures for RADV audits. Listen as A&M Healthcare Industry Group Managing Director, Jeff de Los Reyes and Christina Steiner, Senior Director, talk with Brian Stimson, Partner at McDermott Will & Emery, to discuss actions that plans should consider in advance of these changes.

Managing your workforce is continuously evolving and can be enhanced by technology that can improve efficiency and decrease costs. In the latest episode of our The Future of Healthcare Human Capital and Workforce Management series, A&M Managing Directors Bianca A. Briola and David Nidetz were joined by Med-Metrix’s Ross Steele, Vice President of Denials Process and Strategy, and Gaurav Gupta, Senior Vice President of Product Strategy and Performance Management, to discuss automation trends in healthcare revenue cycle management.

There is no doubt the pandemic intensified and exacerbated an already stressed healthcare workforce. On the frontlines and across healthcare organizations, supporting healthcare workers while solving for wage inflation and shortages became top of mind for leaders. At this pivot point in healthcare, the need for new and innovative solutions is critical. A&M Healthcare Industry Group’s Human Capital and Workforce Management Practice Leader, Bianca A. Briola, is sitting down with smart people taking on big problems to dive deep into the solutions they are developing to address our most pressing workforce issues.

In Episode 2, A&M Healthcare Industry Group’s Supply Chain Leader, Tim Berkey, is joined by Doug Johnson, System Vice President Supply Chain at Alameda Health System. Doug shares his insights about leveraging strategic vendor partnerships to achieve improvements in cost and operations, how to compete for supply chain labor, and what strategies are best to accomplish more with less.

Tiffany Nugent, Vice President of People Operations at Olive joins A&M’s Bianca A. Briola for Episode 3 of The Future of Healthcare Human Capital and Workforce Management Podcast Series to share her thoughts on how to support our remote workforce long-term and having grace as we recover emotionally and mentally from the pandemic. https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/future-healthcare-human-capital-and-workforce-management

Healthcare Market Perspectives: Quarterly Podcast In this Quarterly Podcast, A&M’s Leaders discuss the latest issues and trends driving change across U.S. healthcare. Our leaders share insights and perspectives from their firsthand experience collaborating with healthcare organizations to develop and implement strategies to solve for the challenges they face today.In this episode, Stuart McLean, A&M Healthcare Industry Group’s Health System Practice Leader, is joined by Martin McGahan, A&M Healthcare Industry Co-Head, to talk through the dynamic time hospitals are entering. The pandemic impacts still have lasting ripples as hospitals and health systems are caught between economic headwinds and their mission to provide quality care in the community.Topics of discussion included:• Current state of US health systems - financial performance• Wage inflation and labor challenges• The impact of Medicaid changes• Changes in care delivery

This series is hosted by A&M Healthcare Industry Group’s Supply Chain Practice Leader, Tim Berkey. The series will feature healthcare industry leaders discussing the most pressing challenges facing supply chain today.  In Episode 1, Tim Berkey, spoke with A&M Healthcare Industry Group Co-Head, Peter Urbanowicz, about the most pressuring supply chain issues facing healthcare organizations today. Topics of discussion included, clinical integration, supply chain challenges facing hospitals and strategies to address them.

Aaron Gillingham, Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer at UnityPoint Health, joins A&M’s Bianca A. Briola for Episode 2 of The Future of Healthcare Human Capital and Workforce Management Podcast Series to share what he learned from his time at Walmart and outside of healthcare, his perspectives on how Human Resources evolved during the pandemic, and reveal his best practices for integration after a merger or acquisition. He also took a look into his crystal ball to tell us what the healthcare industry may expect throughout the next few years. https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/future-healthcare-human-capital-and-workforce-management

In this podcast series, The Future of Healthcare Human Capital and Workforce Management, A&M’s Healthcare Industry Group’s Human Capital and Workforce Management Practice Leader, sits down with healthcare leaders from across the country to hear about their workforce challenges and how they are working to solve them. We ask each of them to look into their crystal ball and share insights about what the future may look like in healthcare. In this episode, Jonathan McDermott, Chief Human Resources Office of the Billings Clinic, shares his continued and innovative efforts to strategically address the needs of his workforce while managing care delivery for his community.  https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/future-healthcare-human-capital-and-workforce-management

The pandemic accelerated a growing crisis in pediatric behavioral health. This episode of A&M Healthcare Industry Group’s Significant Healthcare Voices Podcast Series, features two guests tackling this problem head-on. Karyn Horowitz, M.D., CMO at Bradley Hospital and Director of Child Outpatient Psychiatry at Lifespan and Ellen Hallsworth the Director of Bradley REACH at Bradley Hospital, have developed a program to provide world class, pediatric psychiatric care to children and families anywhere in the U.S. A&M Senior Director, Marthe Haverkamp, M.D., Ph.D., sits down with them to learn more. https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/significant-healthcare-voices-podcast-series-impact-bradley-reach

Leveraging contingent staff in her workforce was not only a pandemic necessity but an ongoing part of the workforce strategy that Dr. Laura Canfield, Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer of Cottage Health, has employed to support her staff and communities. In Episode 4, Dr. Canfield joins Bianca A. Briola, A&M Human Capital and Workforce Management Practice Leader, and Kristy Anwuri, A&M Director, to share insights on managing workforce challenges and the benefits and future of travel nursing.