Alvarez & Marsal: Healthcare Industry Group

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.

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

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.

The pandemic created more opportunities for travel nurses than ever before, as nurses were dispersed across the country to support COVID surges in hospitals and health systems. In Episode 3, economist, Dr. Joshua Gottlieb, of UChicago Harris School of Public Policy, again joins A&M Healthcare Industry Group’s Human Capital and Workforce Management Practice Leader, Bianca A. Briola, to share insights from his research on the travel nursing industry, the economic principles in play, and what the future of travel nursing demand may look like. https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/future-travel-nursing-five-part-podcast-series

Part 3 wraps up the series with economist, Dr. Joshua Gottlieb, of the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, sharing economic perspectives on short-term labor markets, inflation and more. Thanks to Bianca A. Briola, for moderating such an interesting discussion with healthcare leaders, Chris Allen, CFO for Keck Medical Center of USC, Kimberly King Webb, CHRO of Christus Health, Dr. Joshua Gottlieb, and A&M’s Tere LeBarron on the long term implications of wage inflation and a look at their strategies to sustain the level of increased labor costs and planning for what is yet to come. https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/rapid-rise-labor-costs-and-impact-us-healthcare-organizations

Care in this country transacts through the hands of a nurse,” explains Earl Dalton, CNO at Health Carousel, whose organization is a provider of travel nurses and other contingent healthcare workforce. In this episode of A&M Healthcare Industry Group’s ‘The Future of Travel Nursing’ Podcast Series, Bianca A. Briola and Kristy Anwuri, spoke with Earl Dalton to learn how his organization supported hospitals and patients at the height of the pandemic and subsequent surges, and what role travel nurses have in addressing the chronic shortage of nurses. https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/future-travel-nursing-five-part-podcast-series

The onset of the pandemic upended health care delivery. Healthcare organizations leaned on travel nurses to meet patient demand and provide care for their communities. As pandemic pressures ease, what is the Future of Travel Nursing? A&M’s new podcast series discusses that with leaders from across the industry. Moderated by A&M Human Capital and Workforce Management Practice Leader, Bianca Briola, Part I features a discussion with Benefis Health’s, Rayn Ginnaty, Chief Nursing Officer and Hospital Chief Operating Officer, and Casey Buckingham, Senior Vice President of Human Resources to hear their perspectives. https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/future-travel-nursing-five-part-podcast-series

The recent rise in labor costs is impacting operations for U.S. healthcare organizations. Listen to A&M Healthcare Industry Group's latest podcast to learn how healthcare leaders are handling today's unprecedented labor market. https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/rapid-rise-labor-costs-and-impact-us-healthcare-organizations

The recent rise in labor costs is impacting operations for U.S. healthcare organizations. Listen to A&M Healthcare Industry Group's latest podcast to learn how healthcare leaders are handling today's unprecedented labor market. https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/rapid-rise-labor-costs-and-impact-us-healthcare-organizations

In response to HHS-OIG's increased focus on Medicare Advantage organizations resulting in compliance audits, A&M Healthcare Industry Group's Ron Vance, Managing Director and Co-Head of Health Plans and Managed Care Practice, talked with Kirk Shanks, Director, to learn how organizations can prepare and mitigate risk for future audits. https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/hhs-oig-audits-impact-mapd-health-plans-and-risk-provider-groups

Cindy Ehlers, COO of Trillium Health, discusses the impact of equity and care delivery for rural communities in our new podcast series, Significant Healthcare Voices. She sits down with A&M Healthcare Industry Group Managing Director, Kristina Park and Doris Stein, Managing Director and Co-Leader of Health Plans and Managed Care Practice, to share her experiences. https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/significant-healthcare-voices-podcast-featuring-cindy-ehlers-coo-trillium-health

A&M Healthcare Industry Group is excited to launch a Podcast Series: Megatrends Transforming Healthcare, featuring Jacques Mulder, BioPharmaceutical and MedTech leader, and Senior Director Anna Kuang, M.D., FACS. In Episode 1, they cover trends in precision medicine. https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/megatrends-transforming-healthcare-precision-medicine

In Part 2 of our podcast series on nursing shortages in the US, we sit down with three Chief Nursing Officers to learn where they plan to go from here to continue to address their workforce challenges. https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/impact-current-nursing-shortage-us-healthcare-organizations

In A&M Healthcare Industry Group’s two-part Podcast Series, ‘The Impact of the Current Nursing Shortage on U.S. #Healthcare Organizations', we sit down with three Chief Nursing Officers, to discuss what their organizations are experiencing today. https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/impact-current-nursing-shortage-us-healthcare-organizations

Join A&M Healthcare Industry Group's Marthe Haverkamp, M.D., Ph.D, as she sits down with world-renowned virologist Ab Osterhaus, Ph.D., and vaccine expert Manon Cox, Ph.D., MBA, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of NextWaveBio. They discuss the future of vaccines, the value of COVID-19 treatments, and the influence of Omicron on the pandemic: Is a relatively mild disease now a comparative advantage for the future? https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/is-omicron-our-way-out

The rise in cybersecurity attacks throughout the pandemic has been felt across the healthcare industry. Healthcare organizations have had to pivot their cybersecurity strategies to adjust for new and increasing threats posed. In Part 1 of our two-part series, A&M experts provide critical ideas for healthcare organizations to implement and think about as they continue to remain vigilant in their cybersecurity measures. https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/part-i-impact-covid-19-cybersecurity-across-healthcare-industry

In part 2 of our podcast series, A&M's Larry Kaiser, M.D., FACS and Marthe Haverkamp, M.D., Ph.D, talk with Kevin Mahoney, CEO, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Suresh Gunasekaran, CEO, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and Rick Zall, Partner and Chair, King & Spalding Healthcare Transactional and Regulatory Practice, to hear how they weathered the COVID storm and what they are facing today with Delta on the rise.

In this podcast, Larry Kaiser, M.D., FACS, Managing Director, and Marthe Haverkamp, Director, in A&M’s Healthcare Industry Group, spoke with Health System CEOs and a Healthcare legal expert to learn more. Kevin Mahoney, CEO, University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) and Suresh Gunasekaran, CEO, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics discuss their strategy to mandate, or not, all in an effort to keep their patients and staff safe and operational. Rick Zall, Chair of King & Spalding Healthcare Transactional and Regulatory Practice weighs in on the legal ramifications of mandating vaccines and how to ensure your employees are protected and treated fairly.

In Part II of our podcast, the discussion continues and dives into the impact of COVID-19 on patient volume, specifically as it relates to health system affiliated medical groups, telehealth usage, cash flow and distribution networks.

In this podcast, Health System leaders from across the country share their firsthand experience with the dynamic shifts in patient volume throughout the pandemic and what additional changes they anticipate in the short term, as well as their vision for the future.

In this 3-part series, you will hear insights from healthcare experts and government insiders on major administration initiatives, policy outlook and changes that the U.S. healthcare system may anticipate as the Biden administration steps in.

Part II: President Biden’s COVID-19 Plan, Campaign Promises Around Healthcare and What’s to Come for Prescription Drug Pricing In this 3-part series, you will hear insights from healthcare experts and government insiders on major administration initiatives, policy outlook and changes that the U.S. healthcare system may anticipate as the Biden administration steps in.

Part I: A look at HHS, the Latest COVID-19 Relief Bill and What the Next Two Years Means for Democrats and Republicans In this 3-part series, you will hear insights from healthcare experts and government insiders on major administration initiatives, policy outlook and changes that the U.S. healthcare system may anticipate as the Biden administration steps in.

Join A&M Managing Director, Debra Richman, as she talks with Marcus Osborne, SVP, Health & Wellness at Walmart to discuss healthcare strategy, the growth of retail health, and the role Walmart is playing in response to the COVID-19 crisis and the national roll out of vaccines.