Ken Steele

With 30 years of managed care and hospital leadership senior experience, Ken offers his clients valuable insights into the complexities of healthcare finance and hospital operations. Ken has worked for both nonprofit and for-profit hospitals, as well as for individual hospitals and large health systems. He has held multiple leadership positions, including CEO, and was Vice President of Managed Care in a 20-hospital system with over $1 billion in annual managed care revenue. Ken has helped many hospitals and health systems make substantial improvements to contract reimbursement rates, contract language, and revenue cycle management. He has analyzed and negotiated statewide contracts with national health plans and led financial and strategic turnarounds for hospitals in large, competitive markets. Ken’s extensive expertise in contract review, analysis, and negotiations is of particular value to providers in an era of unprecedented consolidation and collaboration in the healthcare industry.