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Merger and Acquisition Analysis | Finding the Right Partner(s) in 2020 and 2021

8/14/2020

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Stephen C. Hanson, FACHE, Partner, CEO Advisory Network
Steve is a senior executive with a consistent track record serving five health systems and four independent hospitals providing services to seven states over a multi decade career.

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What is the best strategy for evaluating a potential merger or acquisition in the new normal of COVID-19? 


​As we continue through these challenging times of pandemic, economic turmoil and racial tension, it is not completely clear what the future will bring.  What is clear is that health, both public health and health delivery, will be fundamentally altered.  Healthcare organizations will be seeking larger scale.  Larger health systems, insurers, large tech companies, and private equity will be looking for smaller hospitals and health systems as well as private physician groups to merge with or acquire.

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Interim C-Suite Leadership During Covid-19

4/23/2020

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​Nancy Steiger, Partner, CEO Advisory Network
Nancy is a mission-driven leader who has created outstanding outcomes in hospitals, health systems, and ambulatory practices.  She has deep experience in healthcare starting out as an RN and most recently as CEO of PeaceHealth's Columbia Network.

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Thank you Healthcare Heroes!

These are Challenging Times for Hospitals | We are Here for You When You Find Yourself in Need of C-Suite Leadership
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Becker's Interview with Paul Hiltz, CEO of NCH Healthcare System in Naples, FL and CEO Healthcare Roundtable Member

3/13/2020

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Kelly Gooch, Becker's Hospital Review Interview - Tuesday, March 10th, 2020

​Corner Office: NCH Healthcare System CEO Paul Hiltz on why community collaboration will be his biggest legacy

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​Paul Hiltz joined Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System on Sept. 3. Although he has only been on the job for six months, he said he's already spent a lot of time listening to NCH employees, community leaders and others to respond to their insights. Mr. Hiltz joined NCH from Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio, where he served as president and CEO. He also held the top post at Springfield, Ohio-based Community Mercy Health Partners and served as president and CEO of Mercy Mt. Airy Hospital in Cincinnati. He has a master's degree in healthcare administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati.

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CEO Advisory Network Expands | Welcomes New Partner Rebecca Sykes

1/4/2020

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​DANVILLE, CA, Jan. 2, 2020 – CEO Advisory Network, a healthcare consulting and interim leadership firm, announced today it is expanding its national presence with the addition of Rebecca Sykes, who joined the firm as Partner earlier this month. “We are delighted to have Rebecca as a Partner,” said David Jimenez, co-founder and Senior Partner of CEO Advisory 

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CEO Advisory Partner Presents at the Nanjing, China, Innovation Summit - June 2019

11/18/2019

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​Stephen C. Hanson, FACHE, Partner, CEO Advisory Network
Steve is a senior executive with a consistent track record serving five health systems and four independent hospitals providing services to seven states over a multi decade career.

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​I traveled to Nanjing, China, along with a delegation from the states, to represent the CEO Advisory Network at the first Nanjing Health Innovation Summit.  We discussed tools of innovation as well as the keys to leading in innovative ways.  I also introduced the CEO Advisory Network offerings at other Chinese cities that we traveled to throughout the week.  To view the slide show click here.
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CEO Healthcare Roundtable Members Meet to Discuss Behavioral Health

10/25/2019

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Marty Hauser, Partner, CEO Advisory Network and Director and Facilitator of the CEO Healthcare Roundtable.  He is currently the V.P. of Business Development at ExactCare Pharmacy in Akron, OH.

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Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Miami, FL - Oct 2-4, 2019​
Moving form "Stigma" to "Disease":  Integrating Behavioral Health into our Care Delivery Models
​​We were fortunate to hear from a variety of national experts who challenged our thinking while sharing some innovative approaches to addressing the issues.  And we again enjoyed one of the key benefits from participation in the CEO Healthcare Roundtable meetings, the numerous opportunities to share and learn directly from the speakers and from one another both during Roundtable discussions as well as during informal networking conversations.  To continue reading our Fall 2019 Meeting Summary click here.
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"The Single Biggest Problem in Communication is the Illusion That it Has Taken Place." George Bernard Shaw

10/14/2019

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Nancy Steiger, Partner, CEO Advisory Network
Nancy is a mission-driven leader who has created outstanding outcomes in hospitals, health systems, and ambulatory practices.  She has deep experience in healthcare starting out as an RN and most recently as CEO of PeaceHealth's Columbia Network.

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​How many times have you left a conversation feeling good about it only to find out later that the other party didn’t understand, wasn’t on the same page, or simply had a very different take on your conversation?
​In these busy times, we are all trying to connect the dots.  How does everything fit together?  How do you make sense of priorities?  So much is coming at each of us, all the time. Whether you are a leader or staff, you can’t manage your day if you can’t communicate effectively.
 

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Experience is Everything

9/19/2019

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Nancy Steiger, Partner, CEO Advisory Network
Nancy is a mission-driven leader who has created outstanding outcomes in hospitals, health systems, and ambulatory practices.  She has deep experience in healthcare starting out as an RN and most recently as CEO of PeaceHealth's Columbia Network.

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Famed poet and playwright Oscar Wilde once said,  “Experience is one thing you can’t get for nothing.”
 
As healthcare leaders, so often when faced with a problem, we look for a tangible reason why something is broken or not working, but an intangible – like experience – can be the culprit and the solution.  And the realization that experience is the key to the problem and the solution sometimes takes a little personal perspective.

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Healthcare Challenges Call for Experienced Executive Leaders

9/4/2019

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Interim Leaders will help you
​overcome hurdles in record time

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​Healthcare boards of directors and executive leaders are faced with a highly uncertain business environment these days.  One might believe skilled and qualified talent is at an all-time low.  It isn’t that the talent doesn’t exist – the reality is healthcare has never been more complex, requiring the best of the best leaders to help hospitals and health systems navigate uncharted waters. 

Unexpected leadership departures of middle and senior managers coupled with demands to meet opportunistic, sudden-growth and special skill requirements are realities for hospital boards and executive teams who are struggling to provide the best, most cost- effective care.

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Meeting  Update | Oct 2-4, 2019 | Miami, FL

9/4/2019

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Behavioral Health Solutions and Strategies

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Do You Have an Effective Strategy for Your Hospital?

​The October 2019 CEO Healthcare Roundtable will focus on developing strategies and solutions to address the complex issues involved with managing and integrating treatment for behavioral health and addiction into the care delivery system.

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Want to Improve Your Length of Stay?

8/14/2019

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Alan Yordy, FACHE, Senior Partner, CEO Advisory Network
Alan is a senior executive with a consistent and extensive history of positive business outcomes in turnarounds, start-ups, and merger & acquisition environments.

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Go with the Patient Flow...

In order to thrive as public payment becomes dominant, one critical initiative for many health systems is reducing length of stay (LOS). Typically, the initiative begins with an assessment of publicly available data, comparing system hospitals to the mean or median of similar-sized hospitals. That’s the tip of the iceberg, which quickly gives way to the need for a much deeper analysis of patient flow through the system of care.  The question is:  
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                                                    Do you work on length of stay or patient flow? ​

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I Can't Stress This Enough - 10 Tips to Leading Under Pressure

7/8/2019

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Nancy Steiger, Partner, CEO Advisory Network
Nancy is a mission-driven leader who has created outstanding outcomes in hospitals, health systems, and ambulatory practices.  She has deep experience in healthcare starting out as an RN and most recently as CEO of PeaceHealth's Columbia Network.

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10 Tips - Leading Under Pressure

Let’s face it, every leader faces stress regardless of title, experience or personality. Stress is real! And in today’s work environment one thing’s for certain – stress can define who you are, if you let it.  Whether the pressure is self-imposed or from your boss, your teammates, or from the situation itself, how you respond is what matters most.  ​

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The Journey to Success - Part 3

5/20/2019

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Stephen C. Hanson, FACHE, Partner, CEO Advisory Network
Steve is a senior executive with a consistent track record serving five health systems and four independent hospitals providing services to seven states over a multi decade career.

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Reporting Relationships | The Interim CEO

​The interim CEO will report to a local governing body or in a larger system, typically a regional operations executive.  It is critical that the interim CEO know the priorities of the overall governing body, the individual members, and the health system, if applicable. 

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The Journey to Success - Part 2

5/17/2019

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Stephen C. Hanson, FACHE, Partner, CEO Advisory Network
Steve is a senior executive with a consistent track record serving five health systems and four independent hospitals providing services to seven states over a multi decade career.

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Getting a Grasp on the State of Things

​The interim CEO or COO have generally parallel paths and areas on which to focus.  The main difference is in the reporting relationship above and below.  First the areas of commonality:
 
Regardless of the level of prior success of the organization the interim executive should take nothing for granted.  He/she needs to focus on the facts:  data and analytics, complemented by qualitative observations of course.

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The Journey to Success - Part 1

5/16/2019

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Stephen C. Hanson, FACHE, Partner, CEO Advisory Network
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The Promise of Interim Leadership

Turnover, particularly at the CEO and COO levels, has the potential to slow progress in health systems and hospitals.  Not only can it impact progress of your strategic plan, but it affects morale, donor relationships and can cost your organization a substantial amount of money just to replace a CEO.

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Million$ in Your Basement - How 3 Key Areas Can Position You for Multi-Million-Dollar Growth

5/14/2019

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Alan Yordy, Senior Partner, CEO Advisory Network
​.Alan is a senior executive with a consistent and extensive history of positive business outcomes in turnarounds, start-ups, and merger & acquisition environments.

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Each new year brings greater challenges for health care leaders.  Now more than ever, we are challenged to think outside of the proverbial ‘pillbox’ when it comes to efficiency and revenue.  For those of us who have had the privilege to serve in senior leadership roles, we’ve seen tremendous progress when it comes to improving efficiency and outcomes while providing better service to patients.  But the fact remains, there are three key operational areas that matter most and still provide the greatest opportunity…
 
…ironically, they are services that we have historically “buried in the basement ” of our facilities.

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Serve-up a Healthy Course of Culture - 3 Lessons in Leadership

5/13/2019

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David Jimenez, Senior Partner, CEO Advisory Network
David is an accomplished executive with a proven track record in clinical transformation and was named by Modern Healthcare among the Top 25 Minority Healthcare Executives..

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​We’ve all heard the phrase “Culture eats strategy for lunch.”  I’ve learned this isn’t always true.  In fact, the right culture will cook up a healthy serving of strategy and will ensure no one leaves the table unsatisfied.  My years as a healthcare CEO taught me one thing:  The wrong culture eats strategy for lunch.
 
So how do you change it?  It takes patience, it takes perseverance, and most importantly it takes true leadership.
 
If you’re facing the time-honored tradition of having trouble getting your strategy off the ground, you have to first understand why.

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Finding Happiness, True Meaning at Work

4/3/2019

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Finding your true calling is just a few steps away. Learn how you can find true happiness at work.

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Nancy Steiger, Partner, CEO Advisory Network
Nancy is a mission-driven leader who has created outstanding outcomes in hospitals, healthsystems, and ambulatory practices.  She has deep experience in healthcare starting out as an RN and most recently as CEO of PeaceHealth's Columbia Network.

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Finding Happiness, True Meaining at Work

​Job loss can leave us reeling, regardless of whether or not it’s our choice.  So much of our identity is tied up in our job – losing a job can stir up all sorts of emotions from fear to insecurity. It’s a monster that can get inside our heads and our hearts, if we let it.  When that happens, the best way to fight that demon is to step back, take stock, and take time to focus on three things: 

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So You've Lost Your Job....Now What?

4/3/2019

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2 out of 3 Americans 50 years or older will lose their jobs. If it's happened to you or someone you know, learn how to start over and share your success story. ​

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Nancy Steiger, Partner, CEO Advisory Network
Nancy is a mission-driven leader who has created outstanding outcomes in hospitals, healthsystems, and ambulatory practices.  She has deep experience in healthcare starting out as an RN and most recently as CEO of PeaceHealth's Columbia Network..

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So You've Lost Your Job...Now What?

​It’s estimated that more than half of American workers 50 years and older will be ousted from their jobs at least once.  A 20-year-old study that began in the 1990s tracked employment patterns of professionals who turned 50 just to see the impact of unemployment through the remainder of their career (20,000 people surveyed):

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Leadership is More Art Than Science.  If you have a leadership issue, this post’s for you!

3/13/2019

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Nancy Steiger, Partner, CEO Advisory Network.
Nancy is a mission-driven leader who has created outstanding outcomes in hospitals, healthcare systems and ambulatory practices.  She has deep experience in healthcare starting out as an RN and most recently as CEO of PeaceHealth's Columbia Network.

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​If you’re a member of a governing board or a c-level executive, you’ve no doubt faced the difficult decision of whether or not you need to “make a change.”  You’ve likely agonized over the decision and lost a little sleep too.
Take heart, you’re not alone. It simply means you care deeply for the people you lead as well as the people they lead.  Before you make the decision to “make a change,” I encourage you to think differently.  Here are a few reasons why…

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