Mcdermott Health Podcast Channel

In this episode, host Brian Fortune, senior managing director at Farragut Square Group, is joined by Farragut’s own Assistant Vice President, Holly Stokes. Holly provides an update and 2024 outlook for the No Surprises Act (NSA). They discuss the carve out, as well as the status of the committee and their recommendations. Along with this update, they share their thoughts on the NSA’s potential impact on the industry.

The Driving the Deal podcast is back for its fourth season! We're bringing you the latest topics impacting the healthcare private equity space. In this new episode, Brian Fortune, Senior Managing Director at Farragut Square Group, and Krist Werling, McDermott Partner and co-head of the Firm’s Private Equity Practice Group, are joined by Farragut Square Group’s Assistant Vice President, Holly Stokes, and Director of Research, Jackie Williams, to provide insights from the 2024 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. Together, they discuss what people are expecting this year in the deal market, providing key takeaways and sharing their thoughts on various sector themes.

In this episode, McDermott partner Dale Van Demark sits down with Liz Rockett for her thoughts on working at the intersection of investor-driven and mission-driven healthcare investment, the role of entrepreneurs in driving healthcare innovation, what's driving the flow of investor dollars into the digital health space and more.

In this episode, McDermott partner Bernadette Broccolo sits down with Dr. Broyles for his thoughts on the measures and avenues for health system success in implementing new digital health technologies, the areas of digital health innovation driving health system digital health strategies, the importance of balancing health system innovation imperatives and enterprise risk tolerance and more.

In this episode, McDermott partner Sharon Lamb sits down with Andrew Davies for his thoughts on UK's digital health market, medical device regulation, areas for digital health opportunity, Brexit's impact on healthcare innovation and more.

In this episode, McDermott partner Marshall Jackson sits down with Michelle Davey for her thoughts on virtual care's role in strengthening health infrastructure, provider-focused telehealth solutions, driving forces behind the growth of telehealth and more.

In this episode, McDermott Digital Health partner Dale Van Demark sits down with Dr. Karen Murphy for her thoughts on how healthcare systems can make accesses easier for patients, the growing disruption and innovation in the healthcare industry, closing the digital divide and more.

Digital Health partner Dale Van Demark sits down with Dr. Chaudhry to learn how the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) is advancing the interstate practice of medicine, the role of state boards in digital health adoption, the importance of prioritizing physician mental health and more.

In this episode, McDermott Digital Health Co-Chair Lisa Mazur sits down with Lee for his thoughts on key ingredients of a successful digital health solution, what he looks for in early-stage companies, top trends in digital health and more.

In this episode, McDermott Digital Health Co-Chair Stephen Bernstein discusses innovation opportunities presented by the interoperability rule, the importance of practical application in rulemaking and more.

In this episode, McDermott Digital Health partner Jennifer Geetter sits down for a candid conversation on the state of digital care in the US, the importance of data sharing for effective care and public health, and more.

The board’s executive compensation committee has traditionally been one of the most prominent of all board functions, with its focus on such interconnected responsibilities as oversight of the executive compensation process, compensation data analysis, talent recruitment and executive search.   This episode is the first in a two-part discussion filled with valuable insight and the latest developments affecting compensation committees from two recognized health industry compensation and benefits experts, Tim Cotter and Ralph DeJong. Tim and Ralph will discuss such important topics as:   - The current state of salary, increase budgets, incentive award levels and emerging compensation practices. - Developing retention and predictable transition strategies. - Insights into application and interpretation of the IRS “rebuttable presumption” standards. - Needed changes to highly prescriptive compensation philosophies. - Tactics for encouraging executive retention beyond traditional cash incentives.

It's the perfect time of year to take stock of the leading developments of the prior 12 months and consider what lessons they have to offer us. This valuable exercise for corporate directors can put them in a better position from which to address the looming agenda items their boards face in 2023. For directors of healthcare companies, governance trends range from the economy to the corporate social voice, ESG to mission-critical corporate risks with many stops in between. To lead this review, Michael Peregrine sits down with Charles Elson, Founding Director, Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, Retired, Willard Shared, Corporate Governance, University of Delaware, and Executive Editor at Large, Directors & Boards. Charles offers a comprehensive review of the leading governance issues of 2022, as well as a look at what may be to come in 2023.

On this episode - the third in our new Governing Health special edition series - Ken Kaufman, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Kaufman Hall and Michael Peregrine discuss the board’s top post-pandemic governance challenges, including:   > The concept of “languishing” within companies in the wake of COVID-19 > Strategic planning tactics to resume normal organization activity > The critical need to maintain a competitive advantage post COVID-19 > Maintaining growth through M&A activity given increased antitrust enforcement > Board/executive partnering to address nonprofit healthcare’s role in the ESG movement > Confronting the dramatically expanded post-pandemic board agenda

The restatement of the law of charitable non-profit organizations provides helpful and useful summaries regarding what contributors believe to be the state of the law. On this episode of the Governing Health podcast host Michael Peregrine welcomes legal scholar and policy expert Professor Jill Horwitz to help bring clarity to the restatement of the law of charitable non-profit organizations. Professor Horwitz offers key insights into the scope of this new publication regarding the topics it covers, the relevance it provides and suggestions on how to best use this research on behalf of our health system clients.

In this episode, host Brian Fortune, senior managing director at Farragut Square Group, and Krist Werling, McDermott partner and co-head of the Private Equity Practice Group, sit down with John Jamison, Director of Healthcare Investment Banking at Cantor Fitzgerald. Together, they discuss the macroenvironment of the allergy and ENT space, commenting on what’s sparking interest in the sector and what’s in store for the next year. Additionally, they take a look at the service mix and provide thoughts on investing in the space.

We’re delighted to offer the latest episode in our popular series of podcast dialogues with Ken Kaufman, co-founder and managing director of healthcare management consulting firm Kaufman Hall.   In this episode, Ken and podcast host Michael Peregrine return to the social science concept of “wicked problems”—problems that have no single, correct solution. In fact, a solution that improves one aspect of a wicked problem usually makes another aspect of the problem worse.   Ken believes that the current hospital operating environment is overwhelmed by wicked problems, and during the conversation, he shares his insight on: How wicked problems impact hospital-client issues Keeping management and boards appropriately informed and engaged, including key metrics that board members must be aware of Balancing the crisis of regulation with a hospital’s need to scale Addressing and debriefing the board on post-COVID-19 strategies Managing media and political attacks on hospitals   Additional Res

We’re delighted to offer the latest episode in our popular series of podcast dialogues with Ken Kaufman, co-founder and managing director of healthcare management consulting firm Kaufman Hall.   In this episode, Ken and podcast host Michael Peregrine return to the social science concept of “wicked problems”—problems that have no single, correct solution. In fact, a solution that improves one aspect of a wicked problem usually makes another aspect of the problem worse.   Ken believes that the current hospital operating environment is overwhelmed by wicked problems, and during the conversation, he shares his insight on: How wicked problems impact hospital-client issues Keeping management and boards appropriately informed and engaged, including key metrics that board members must be aware of Balancing the crisis of regulation with a hospital’s need to scale Addressing and debriefing the board on post-COVID-19 strategies Managing media and political attacks on hospitals   Additional Res

In this episode, host Brian Fortune, senior managing director at Farragut Square Group, is joined by his colleague, Sharon Lamb, Partner and head of the U.K. health practice at McDermott Will & Emery. Together, they debrief HPE Europe 2023, discussing their findings on investment trends and opportunities, as well as current market challenges. They also provide insight on innovative advancements, market dynamics, and forecasts for 2024.

In this episode, host Brian Fortune, senior managing director at Farragut Square Group, is joined by Houlihan Lokey’s own Mark Francis, Managing Director and Global Head of its Healthcare Group. Together, they discuss the sectors expected to see an increase in deal volume and activity, a review of activity and deal flow in the last three quarters, sectors that are cooling off, the impact of digital health in the healthcare industry, and an outlook for the rest of the year and 2024.