McDermott Will & Schulte Health Law Podcast

July 30, 2022, marks the 20th anniversary of the Sarbanes Oxley Act, one of the most consequential pieces of federal financial regulation ever enacted into law. It serves as the foundation for many of the guidelines and principles that are now considered routine by boards and their audit, compensation and finance committees. It's difficult to overstate the continuing impact of Sarbanes on corporat...

In Season 2, Episode 7 of Driving the Deal, Krist Werling, McDermott partner and co-head of the Firm's Private Equity Practice Group, and Brian Fortune, senior managing director at Farragut Square Group, are joined by Brian Stimson, a partner in McDermott's Healthcare Practice Group and former Acting General Counsel and Principal Deputy General Counsel for the US Department of Health and Human Ser...

Ongoing COVID-19 and related patient care concerns are competing with unexpected financial and economic, and workforce, challenges for room on the boardroom agenda. Hospital and health system boards must find time to accommodate these and other emerging oversight issues within the context of an already-crowded governance docket.    Diligent director preparation and fulsome management support, alon...

In the sixth episode of Season 2: Driving the Deal , Krist Werling, McDermott Partner and Co-Head of Private Equity and Brian Fortune, Senior Managing Director at Farragut Square Group, are joined by Brian Stimson, Healthcare Partner at McDermott Will and Emery and former Acting General Counsel & Principal Deputy General Counsel for US Department of Health and Human Services, discuss the unwinding...

The key topics that should be receiving board attention in the near term have less to do with traditional operational matters, and more to do with social and economic issues of concern to the workforce and the mission. To bring understanding to these key concerns, we turn to our quarterly conversation with Ken Kaufman, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Kaufman Hall.   Ken has been visiting with...

In the fifth episode of Season 2: Driving the Deal , Brian Fortune, Senior Managing Director at Farragut Square Group, and guest co-host Holly Stokes, Senior Associate at Farragut Square Group, are joined by Justin Santa Cruz, Chief Development Officer at US Eye, an integrated, multi-specialty eye care platform. Recording live at McDermott's annual Physician Practice Management & ASC Symposium in...

The social and economic phenomenon known as "the Great Resignation" is now impacting hospital and healthcare CEOs. This, according to important new analysis from the well-known outplacement and search firm Challenger Gray & Christmas. To provide boards with a perspective on rising incidents of CEO resignation and their impact on healthcare organizations, we turn to our quarterly conversation with...

In the fourth episode of Season 2: Driving the Deal , Brian Fortune, Senior Managing Director at Farragut Square Group, and guest co-host Jackie Williams, Head of Research at Farragut Square Group, are joined by Holly Stokes, Senior Associate at Farragut Square Group, live at McDermott's annual Physician Practice Management & ASC Symposium in Nashville. Brian, Jackie and Holly discuss:  The stabil...

Part two of this series addresses key issues facing the board's compensation committee when evaluating executive compensation, data analysis, recruitment and retention, and executive search matters.   This episode features industry leaders, Tim Cotter and Ralph DeJong, as they offer extraordinary insight on emerging priorities and trends impacting the compensation committees, including:   The evol...

The board's executive compensation committee has traditionally been one of the most prominent of all board functions, with its focus on such interconnected responsibilities as oversight of the executive compensation process, compensation data analysis, talent recruitment and executive search.   This episode is the first in a two-part discussion filled with valuable insight and the latest developme...

The board's executive compensation committee has traditionally been one of the most prominent of all board functions, with its focus on such interconnected responsibilities as oversight of the executive compensation process, compensation data analysis, talent recruitment and executive search.   This episode is the first in a two-part discussion filled with valuable insight and the latest developme...

In the third episode of Season 2: Driving the Deal , Krist Werling, McDermott Partner and Co-Head of Private Equity, and Brian Fortune, Senior Managing Director at Farragut Square Group, are joined by Mark Francis, Head of Healthcare and Managing Director at Houlihan Lokey, live at McDermott's annual Health Private Equity event in Miami. They discuss the following topics:  Healthcare sectors poise...

In this episode, McDermott partner Dale Van Demark sits down with Liz Rockett for her thoughts on working at the intersection of investor-driven and mission-driven healthcare investment, the role of entrepreneurs in driving healthcare innovation, what's driving the flow of investor dollars into the digital health space and more.

In this second episode of Season 2 of Driving the Deal, Krist Werling, McDermott Partner and Co-Head of Private Equity, and Brian Fortune, Senior Managing Director at Farragut Square Group, are joined by Frank Martin, Head of Commercial Care at Farragut Square Group and a leader in commercial managed care. The topics discussed include: - The dominant trends in the commercial care market heading in...

COVID-19 concerns continue to dominate the boardroom agenda, from patient safety and access to care to understaffing and the concerns surrounding healthcare workers and management fatigue.   Michael Peregrine welcomes back Jamie Orlikoff , president of Orlikoff & Associates, Inc., for an update on where we stand two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, including:   Lessons that boards need to have le...

In this episode of Driving the Deal , Krist Werling, McDermott Partner and Co-Head of Private Equity, and Brian Fortune, Senior Managing Director at Farragut Square Group, are joined by Holly Stokes, Senior Analyst at Farragut Square Group and veteran of numerous healthcare deals across the provider continuum. The topics they discuss include:  The state of the deal market in 2022  Deal questions s...

As the most recent economic news indicates a slowdown in hiring coupled with a continuing decline in the unemployment rate and an increasingly tight job market, there seems to be a lot of confusion to clear up. Mix this all with a 7% unemployment rate and The Great Resignation, and we could all benefit from a little guidance. This week, Michael Peregrine welcomes back John Challenger , for his per...

It's the perfect time of year to take stock of the leading developments of the prior 12 months and consider what lessons they have to offer us. This valuable exercise for corporate directors can put them in a better position from which to address the looming agenda items their boards face in 2023. For directors of healthcare companies, governance trends range from the economy to the corporate soci...

In this episode, McDermott partner Sharon Lamb sits down with Andrew Davies for his thoughts on UK's digital health market, medical device regulation, areas for digital health opportunity, Brexit's impact on healthcare innovation and more.

As the US comes out of the dreaded fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry is facing one of the biggest unintended consequences of the pandemic — "tired of being your hero" syndrome. With healthcare professionals leaving the industry in the name of burnout, stress, safety, moral harm, and even personal freedom, a passive governance approach to caring for the caregivers simply...

In this episode, McDermott partner Marshall Jackson sits down with Michelle Davey for her thoughts on virtual care's role in strengthening health infrastructure, provider-focused telehealth solutions, driving forces behind the growth of telehealth and more.

In this episode, McDermott Digital Health partner Dale Van Demark sits down with Dr. Karen Murphy for her thoughts on how healthcare systems can make accesses easier for patients, the growing disruption and innovation in the healthcare industry, closing the digital divide and more.

On this episode - the third in our new Governing Health special edition series - Ken Kaufman, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Kaufman Hall and Michael Peregrine discuss the board's top post-pandemic governance challenges, including:   > The concept of "languishing" within companies in the wake of COVID-19 > Strategic planning tactics to resume normal organization activity > The critical need t...

  Excellence in Governance and Director Certification: A Conversation with NACD Leadership As corporate directorship increases in complexity, the ability of directors to fully engage with the board agenda and to be an effective partner to management are two of the most critical corporate governance issues. In this environment, the ability of directors to be "certified" as to their competency to se...

In this episode, McDermott Digital Health Co-Chair Lisa Mazur sits down with Lee for his thoughts on key ingredients of a successful digital health solution, what he looks for in early-stage companies, top trends in digital health and more.