Joe Rolewicz, Managing Director

Prior-authorization (PA) — long a source of frustration for providers, patients, and payers alike—is undergoing a major transformation.  Recently announced federal regulations and emerging industry initiatives aimed at improving transparency and reducing administrative burden have coalesced around new automation, standardization, and transparency…

Many of our healthcare clients have undertaken enterprise-level transformation projects to improve their place in a crowded marketplace, realize significant operating efficiencies, and respond to a rapidly changing landscape.  When advising or helping to design and facilitate these transformation efforts, we stress…

In our work supporting innovative and disruptive healthcare clients, we have observed that successful transformation leaders consistently identify possibilities that lie beyond the present moment.    They are not content with the status quo but instead actively seek opportunities to create a virtuous…

Today’s dynamic healthcare landscape proves that change is not just inevitable, but a crucial part of most organizations’ growth.    Whether you are contemplating a new technology, restructuring the organization, or shifting strategic direction, identifying Executive Sponsors to champion the cause and guide…

Successful project planning and management for any organization combines strategy, communication, and adaptability.  Each project offers unique challenges and opportunities for growth, both for the project team as well as for your organization. We routinely reflect on lessons learned to help provide…

Before launching any part of our Transformation Management (TM) services with our clients, we invest significant time up-front to understand the organizational readiness based on their experience delivering other major change initiatives.   Utilizing a structured assessment tool based on executive and transformation…

A common challenge we see our healthcare clients trying to address in major transformation efforts is finding the right resources to participate as workstream leaders or contributors.     An initial inclination in many organizations is to rely primarily on functional leaders or experienced…

In our work supporting clients executing growth strategies or transforming major parts of their operating models, we are routinely asked by executives to help facilitate decision-making processes for critical initiatives. Where projects encounter challenges, we have observed consistent, root-cause issues impacting team…

 We continue to hear challenges from healthcare executives and project leaders to accelerate “value realization” coupled with requests to bring tools and resources to our projects that address the ever-increasing pressures to meet financial and operational targets.    Our delivery model reflects our…

As part of their Global Survey efforts, McKinsey recently updated their annual study on Business Transformation. Based on nearly 20 years of research spanning dozens of industries and hundreds of companies, their findings continue to shed light on the challenges that organizations…