Significant Healthcare Voices

What does it take to turn strategy into real-world impact? Linda Smith, SVP of Enterprise Initiatives and Chief of Staff at Prime Therapeutics joins A&M Healthcare Industry Group Managing Directors, Kristina Park and Doris Stein to explore how tactical leadership drives meaningful change across the organization.

Technology is rapidly reshaping the healthcare landscape. In our latest Significant Healthcare Voices episode, A&M Healthcare Industry Group's Managing Director Kristina Park speaks with Selma Ferhatbegovic-Fede, SVP & Chief Information Officer at Point32 Health, about the critical role of technology in improving patient outcomes and care delivery.  Chapters (00:00:00) - What is AI in the healthcare field?(00:00:36) - Significant Healthcare Voices(00:01:48) - CIO Network: How Healthcare Technology Changed My Career(00:04:41) - The Leap of Faith in Your Career(00:07:56) - Leading the Way in Healthcare Technology(00:10:22) - Top Executives on Technology(00:13:23) - Career pathways in healthcare technology(00:15:43) - Meredith Alvarez on M&M Healthcare

In today’s complex healthcare landscape marked by rising costs, tech disruption, and the pressure to modernize — strong, future-focused leadership matters more than ever. In our latest Significant Healthcare Voices episode, Doris Stein and Kristina Park speak with Lori Logan, President & CEO of NASCO, about:  Leading product innovation across major health plans Building tech solutions for the future healthcare ecosystem Lessons from navigating a $2.7B industry-defining deal Her vision for scalable, digital-first healthcare Chapters (00:00:00) - Healthcare Voices: Building Affordable Products(00:00:54) - Significant Healthcare Voices: Lori Logan(00:01:45) - Interviewing Christina Park and Lori Feuer(00:02:21) - How Cigna Went From Behavioral Health to Healthcare Innovation(00:06:44) - The role of Product Management in the healthcare industry(00:10:31) - Top Executives: The Need for AI in Health Care(00:13:29) - Cognizant Merger With Trizetto(00:17:50) - Nasco Healthcare Services: Reorienting ourselves to the Future(00:21:54) - Understanding the business of healthcare(00:22:56) - A&M: Lori Alvarez and Mark Marcel

Cristina Inglese, Executive Director, Commercial Products, is an inspiring member of L.A. Care Health Plan’s leadership team. She is dedicated to making a positive impact in the community, as well as within her organization, by focusing on mentorship and employee experience to drive business goals and growth. A&M Managing Director, Doris Stein, and Senior Associate, Katie Thompson, spoke with Cristina to learn more about her career journey and how she is setting her team up to continue to deliver value to their community and organization.

On this International Women’s Day, we are happy to share our latest Significant Healthcare Voices episode with an incredible leader, Coreen Dicus-Johnson, President & CEO, of Network Health. On this episode, she talked with A&M Managing Director, Doris Stein, to share her journey and how she is working to improve the care for those in her community.

A career dedicated to serving pediatric patients is admirable and inspiring. Lara Khouri, MBA, MPH, Executive Vice President & COO of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, has done just that. She is the latest healthcare leader to be highlighted on A&M’s Significant Healthcare Voices Podcast Series. She talked with A&M Senior Director, Eliza Medearis, to share her story.

Pivotal moments throughout her career helped shape her leadership style and her dedication to paving the way for future women leaders in Healthcare.  Sonia Millsom, Chief Executive Officer of Oxeon, joined A&M Managing Director, Kristina Park, and Senior Associate, Emily Strack, on our Significant Healthcare Voices Podcast Series to share her career journey and impact she is striving to make for women in healthcare.

The pandemic accelerated a growing crisis in pediatric behavioral health. This episode of A&M Healthcare Industry Group’s Significant Healthcare Voices Podcast Series, features two guests tackling this problem head-on. Karyn Horowitz, M.D., CMO at Bradley Hospital and Director of Child Outpatient Psychiatry at Lifespan and Ellen Hallsworth the Director of Bradley REACH at Bradley Hospital, have developed a program to provide world class, pediatric psychiatric care to children and families anywhere in the U.S. A&M Senior Director, Marthe Haverkamp, M.D., Ph.D., sits down with them to learn more.

Cindy Ehlers, COO of Trillium Health, discusses the impact of equity and care delivery for rural communities in our new podcast series, Significant Healthcare Voices. She sits down with A&M Healthcare Industry Group Managing Director, Kristina Park and Doris Stein, Managing Director and Co-Leader of Health Plans and Managed Care Practice, to share her experiences.