Sg2 Perspectives

A podcast connecting you to Sg2 thought leadership…anytime, anywhere.

Sg2 Perspectives brings together Sg2 experts and health care industry thought leaders to discuss popular Sg2 publications, key event takeaways and other strategic topics keeping health system leadership teams up at night. The podcast is hosted by Trevor DaRin, Jayme Zage, PhD, and Tori Richie, and new episodes will be released every Wednesday. Contact the hosts anytime at Sg2Perspectives@sg2.com.

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 December 21, 2022

148: Direct to Employer Strategy: Tell a Good Value and Quality Story

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, Sg2 Senior Employer Outreach & Development Director MJ Burg and Senior Direct-to-Employer Network Development Director Benjamin Gazaway join us to talk about the what and how of direct-to-employer strategy. MJ and Benjamin share perspectives from both the employer and health system sides, covering various aspects of the direct-to-employer landscape and what the next generation of partnerships will look like.

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.

 December 14, 2022

147: The Importance of Forecasting Insurance Coverage for the Changing Health Care Landscape

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, podcast hosts Trevor DaRin and Tori Richie are joined by Sg2 Principal Brian Esser to have a conversation around Sg2’s Insurance Coverage Estimates product. Trevor, Tori and Brian talk about the trends they’re tracking, including Medicaid enrollment, the growth of Medicare Advantage and the push/pull on the commercial insurance side.

Learn more about Sg2’s Insurance Coverage Estimates—and some of our other patients and community analytics tools—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.

 December 7, 2022

146: Focusing on the Senior Population to Strategically Reshape Primary Care

Strategic approaches for primary care are more tailored and precise than ever, so this week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Tori Richie is joined by Sg2 Senior Director Trevor DaRin and Director Stephanie Snider as they dig into targeting the senior population to help redesign primary care. Tori, Trevor and Stephanie discuss primary care disrupters, integration with specialty services and how focusing on senior primary care aligns with other current health system 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.

 November 30, 2022

145: What Health Care Boards and C-suite Teams Are Talking About in Fall 2022

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Trevor DaRin joins Sg2 Principals Brian Esser and Jennifer O’Connor, FACHE, in discussing what Sg2 is hearing from our member leadership teams and boards on the largest issues they’re facing today. Trevor, Brian and Jennifer share the big themes (eg, finance, workforce, site of care shifts, disrupters) and surprising questions, as well as what specific functional groups (CFOs, CNOs, COOs) are focused on.

 

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.

 November 23, 2022

144: Focusing on Value in the Payer-Provider Landscape

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, we invited Sg2 Content Director Rich Daly, Principal Brian Esser and Senior Consultant Sushma Narra to break down the research they’ve been doing around current trends in the health care payer landscape. Brian and Sushma discuss payer behavior, bringing strategy to the managed care contracting table, creative partnership options and more.

 

 

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.

 November 16, 2022

143: Navigating Site of Care Shifts for Continued Revenue and Growth

This week on Sg2 Perspectives, we focus on the hot topic of site-of-care shifts with Sg2 Consultant Nikita Arora and Director Tony Guth. Nikita and Tony discuss key drivers of these shifts, the biggest disupter in this space and how hospitals should be preparing for procedure movement, as well as provide specific examples of procedures shifting to ASCs or office clinics.

 

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.

 November 9, 2022

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.

 November 2, 2022

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.

 October 26, 2022

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.

 October 19, 2022

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.