Alvarez & Marsal What's Your Moonshot?

With access to care remaining a focus for health systems, Dartmouth Health is tackling this head on. Pat Jordan, III, Chief Operating Officer at Dartmouth Health, and Shane Chapman, M.D., Chair, Department of Dermatology at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, are leading its efforts to ensure adequate access to dermatological care through big access weeks, subsequently leading to life saving treatments and diagnoses. Chris George, Managing Director and Health Systems Practice Leader of A&M’s Healthcare Industry Group, spoke with them to learn more about their impactful Moonshot.

After working on President Obama’s Cancer Moonshot initiative, Greg Simon, President of Simonovation, LLC, is still working to make an impact on healthcare. With the U.S. Healthcare System transformation from a chronic care system to a curative system underway, he is now taking the opportunity to change the financial underpinning of the system. In his innovative Moonshot, he is looking to “change the rules during the game” and create a never been done before, futures market for healthcare. Martin McGahan, Managing Director and Head of A&M’s Healthcare Industry Group, and David Shulkin, M.D., A&M Senior Advisor, spoke with Mr. Simon to learn more about his Moonshot.

A vision to nurture and scale a new category in the care delivery ecosystem and create a health information fiduciary is the innovative Moonshot of our most recent What’s Your Moonshot? guest, Aneesh Chopra, President of CareJourney. In our latest episode, he shared plans for his Moonshot which could impact healthcare for all. This tech-enabled service would aggregate health data and guide consumers, governed by a commitment to act in the best interest of the consumer when providing decision support throughout every step of an individual’s care journey.

Martin McGahan, Managing Director and Head of A&M Healthcare Industry Group, and David Shulkin, M.D., A&M Healthcare Industry Group Senior Advisor, spoke with Aneesh to learn more.

Many health systems may be stuck in a “data rich, information poor” operational state where loads of data is warehoused but not optimized. David K. Vawdrey, Ph.D., Chief Data Informatics Officer at Geisinger is pursuing his Moonshot to address this issue by leveraging value-based analytics to focus on collecting data that is actually useful. His goal is to change behavior and improve outcomes for patients and clinicians. He joined A&M Healthcare Industry Group Managing Director, Chris George, and Senior Director, Marthe Haverkamp, M.D., Ph.D., on our What’s Your Moonshot? Podcast Series to share more.

With mental health a continued focus, Nick Dewan, M.D. CPE, DLFAPA, FASAM, Vice President of Behavioral Health of GuideWell and Florida Blue, spoke with A&M Healthcare Industry Group Managing Director, Craig Savage, and Senior Advisor, David Shulkin, M.D., to discuss his moonshot surrounding behavioral health.

After analyzing its data, Cone Health is set out to increase the life expectancy by five years for people living in underserved areas. Mary Jo Cagle, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Cone Health spoke with A&M Healthcare Industry Group Managing Director, Stu McLean and Senior Advisor, David Shulkin, M.D., to share more about her ambitious Moonshot.

With an overwhelming amount of data across healthcare, Brian Nester, DO, MBA, MS, FACOEP, President and CEO of Lehigh Valley Health Network, is leveraging data to drive a new care delivery model with the goal of providing higher quality, lower cost care, for all. Martin McGahan, A&M Managing Director and  head of A&M Healthcare Industry Group and Senior Advisor, David Shulkin, M.D., sat down with Dr. Nester to discuss.

Aligning around providing a better experience for patients and caregivers alike, Rob Allen, FACHE, President and CEO leads Intermountain Healthcare with a focus on “people first.” He talked with A&M Healthcare Industry Group Head, Martin McGahan, and Senior Advisor, David Shulkin, M.D. to share more.

Mario Schlosser, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, founded Oscar Health to respond to a shift towards a more consumerized, digital and value-driven healthcare system and ultimately to build a better health insurer. He joined A&M Senior Advisor, David Shulkin, M.D., on our What’s Your Moonshot? Podcast Series to share his journey and plans for the future.

At a time in healthcare where there is an enhanced focus on how care is delivered, Nishant Anand, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., President and CEO of Altais, remains dedicated to improving and maintaining the health of individuals through value-based care and population-based health practices. He joined A&M’s Jon Masoudi, M.D., MBA, and David Shulkin, M.D., on our What’s Your Moonshot? Podcast Series to discuss his Moonshot aspirations of transforming the way care is delivered.