In a consulting career that has spanned 26 years, Len has served as a strategic adviser to a variety of leading hospitals, health systems, and medical groups nationwide. He has directed complex engagements involving system and organizational strategic planning, hospital–medical group affiliations and transactions, physician organization development and design, and clinical service line planning, among others. As a facilitator, Len has advanced numerous engagements between hospital executives and physicians in designing creative and effective alignment vehicles to further mutual goals, and his clients appreciate his ability to find common ground among stakeholders with competing interests.
Examples of projects Len has led include the completion of a strategic integration plan for a large, independent community hospital and a regional health system; facilitation of the merger of four large, independent multispecialty groups into a single group with over 700 physicians; and development of an integrated employed physician network for a major health system. In addition, Len has designed dozens of physician compensation plans, including value-based plans that incorporate quality, efficiency, and other metrics, to help organizations succeed in the era of accountable care. Len is often called on to serve as an expert witness involving complex financial disputes—mostly defending hospitals and health systems—related to employment, antitrust, and other healthcare issues. He has experience authoring expert reports and leading the development of complex damages analyses. He has also testified in depositions and at trial. His years of client-facing experience in the healthcare field enables him to bring real-world knowledge to the litigation process.
