Sg2 Perspectives

142: How to Build a Sustainable Care at Home Program

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, PhD, and Sg2 Associate Principal Joe Maher and Principal Brianna Motley talk through the various levers organizations can pull to build sustainable care at home programs. Jayme, Joe and Brianna discuss payment, revenue and value-based care in the care at home landscape, as well as finding—and vetting—the right partners.

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

141: Sg2 Strategy Exchange Debrief: Executing on Strategic Priorities and Plans

In this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, Sg2 Senior Director and podcast host Trevor DaRin is joined by Senior Director Janelle Kwan, MBA, and Principal Jennifer O’Connor, FACHE, as they share some of the key discussion topics and takeaways from Sg2’s final Strategy Exchange session. Trevor, Janelle and Jennifer talk about how health care organizations are communicating new strategic plans, as well as how they are approaching strategic plan implementation.

Be sure to revisit Sg2 Perspectives episodes 111 and 120 to learn more about the Sg2 Strategy Exchange.

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

140: Integrating Health Care Finance and Strategy Teams to Achieve Organizational Goals

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, Sg2 Principal and financial strategy practice lead Brian Esser and Kaufman Hall SVP Lisa Goldstein join us to talk about health care finance and the importance of connecting finance and strategy teams. Brian and Lisa discuss where we are in the economic cycle, the key pressures and challenges health systems are facing and improving communication between finance and strategy teams.

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

139: Grill Bill: Differences in Strategic Focus Across the C-Suite

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, we welcome back Sg2 Senior Principal Bill Woodson to talk about what’s top of mind for health care boards and leadership teams in terms of strategic planning. Bill discusses progress with workforce approaches and tensions between payers and providers, as well as M&A activity and private equity investments in health care.

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

138: Provider-Supplier Collaboration to Address the Whole Health Care Experience

In Sg2 Perspectives episode 125, we focused on how the role of supply chain is changing and how the biggest trends impacting demand will have corresponding impacts on supplies and spend. In this week’s episode, Vizient Associate Principal Doug Beinborn, Sg2 Principal Chad Giese and Sg2 Associate Principal Lisa McGuire dig deep into those trends, specifically at the service line level. Doug, Chad and Lisa discuss provider-supplier partnerships, the value proposition and growth potential of new technologies, and the role of the patient/consumer.

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

137: Solving Consumer Challenges as a Strategic Growth Imperative

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, we’ve invited Sg2’s Associate Principal Charlotte Brown-Zalewa and Principal Mark Larson to help us make sense of how health systems can connect consumerism and near- and long-term growth in their strategic planning. Charlotte and Mark dive into addressing gaps in care access, consumer retention and digital health strategies, along with key consumer trends on the horizon.

Sg2 members can access the Sg2 Executive Briefing Bolstering Consumer Influence for Near- and Long-term Growth here.

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

136: Connecting Digestive Health to the Care Continuum for Growth

In July, digestive health was the most searched topic on Sg2’s Intelligence website, so this week, we are discussing both the clinical and strategic side of digestive health and what it means for health care organizations. Sg2 Senior Director Justin Cassidy, PhD, Associate Principal Matt Fadel and Consultant Adilene Gaviña join us to not only talk about improving access and driving volumes in the gastroenterology space, but also the importance of innovation and social determinants of health initiatives.

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

135: Health Equity Strategy: Working Toward an Ideal State

This week, Sg2 Perspectives invited Sg2 Principal Karyl Kopaskie, PhD, and Consulting Director Stephanie Snider to join us to talk about the urgency of addressing health equity, which has increasingly become a strategic priority for many health systems. Karyl and Stephanie discuss defining social return on investment, embedding health equity in operational strategic planning and how organizations can refocus their role in supporting health equity in their communities.

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

134: How CFOs and CSOs Are Working Together to Solve for Operational Pressures and Business Transformation

Earlier this summer, CFOs and CSOs from Sg2 and Vizient member organizations came together to discuss how to rediscover growth and future-proof their care continuums. In this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, Sg2 Principal Brian Esser, National Vice President, AMCs, Michael Humphrey and Principal Jennifer O’Connor, FACHE, recap what was top of mind at this joint network meeting, including alternative revenue streams (eg, care at home models and direct-to-employer contracting), innovation and strategic capacity, as well as how CFOs and CSOs—and even COOs—can collaborate to navigate the changing health care landscape.

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.

133: Optimize Your Care Continuum for Near-, Mid- and Long-Term Growth

The health care industry has seen a lot of change over the past few years, which means the dynamics of strategic planning and financial success have also changed. This week, Sg2 Perspectives is joined by Sg2’s National Vice President Jim Jacobsohn and Associate Principal Charlotte Brown-Zalewa who discuss patient reactivation, nontraditional partnerships, strategic deselection and how leadership from strategy and finance need to collaborate to enhance revenue streams across multiple strategic timelines.

Sg2 members can access our related Executive Briefing, Game Changers Take Aim at the Full System of CARE, here.

We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach us at sg2perspectives@sg2.com, find us on Twitter as @Sg2HealthCare, or visit the Sg2 company page on LinkedIn.