Alvarez & Marsal: Healthcare Industry Group

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 & Marsal

Guests:
Michele Bouit, Chief Financial Officer, Kootenai Health
Aaron Eichorn, Managing Director, A&M Healthcare Industry Group
Sherron 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.