From coverage to sufferers and every thing in-between, the well being care trade is continually evolving. Take a look at this dialogue with Eric Tower, Hector Torres and David Morlock relating to the shifts in society to grasp the place well being care is headed. David and Hector deal with worth primarily based care, what will be performed to offset the price
will increase and systematic change. Be aware: This occasion was hosted in Chicago on September 29, 2022, by the Thompson Coburn Well being Care Group.
Listed here are some highlights from Hector and David’s dialog:Â
- The lobbying and political affect on the well being care system
- A Medicare for all mannequin or a shift to Medicare Benefit plans accessible to all
- How the normal well being care supply mannequin can start to adapt and turn out to be extra sustainable
- Behavioral well being spending will increase and the shift of behavioral well being as an extension of main care
Concerning the audio system
Hector M. Torres is the managing director and co-head of Well being Care Funding Banking at FocalPoint Companions. FocalPoint Companions is a diversified, international funding banking enterprise with a strategic deal with the well being care trade. Hector joined FocalPoint following practically 15 years of substantive expertise offering funding banking and monetary advisory companies to healthcare organizations nationwide. Previous to becoming a member of FocalPoint, Hector was a principal at ECG Administration Consultants, the place he was the nationwide follow chief of the agencyâs Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships follow. Earlier than ECG, Hector was a senior member of the Mergers and Acquisitions follow of Kaufman, Corridor & Associates, a totally built-in advisory companies platform with a deal with the healthcare companies sector. He obtained his Grasp of Enterprise Administration diploma in finance from the Syracuse College Whitman College of Administration, his Juris Doctorate diploma from the Syracuse College School of Legislation, and his Bachelor diploma from the College of Central Florida.
Dave Morlock is managing director for Cain Brothers, a preeminent advisory service for well being care organizations. Cain Brothers provides a complete vary of companies and options to fulfill the M&A, financing and strategic wants of well being care organizations. Dave runs the agency’s well being system M&A and advisory follow throughout the nation. He has earlier expertise as CEO on the College of Toledo Medical Middle and CFO on the College of Michigan Well being System. Â
Eric Tower is a associate with Thompson Coburn LLP in Chicago. He advises well being care purchasers on a variety of business-critical transactional and operational issues. Eric is a former government and senior in-house counsel for Advocate Well being Care, the most important well being care system in Illinois, the place he spent 16 years serving as a key enterprise counselor and advisor to the system’s management workforce and system boards on mergers and acquisitions, fraud and abuse compliance, doctor follow acquisitions, financing, litigation, and company governance. He led mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures in extra of $15 billion and labored extensively with the system’s nationally acknowledged inhabitants well being administration and managed care initiatives. Eric is exclusive amongst well being care practitioners for the depth of his expertise in authorities investigations and litigation, together with opinions introduced by the FTC, CMS, IRS and the Senate Finance Committee. He’s expert at navigating these opinions, interacting with authorities companies and successfully responding to authorities inquiries and actions, together with antitrust litigation.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on this video are these of the audio system and don’t essentially replicate the views or positions of Thompson Coburn LLP.
