Tony has over 25 years of healthcare management consulting experience. He offers a broad national perspective and thought leadership derived from serving as an advisor to health system executives in more than 95+ markets and 45 states. Tony’s areas of expertise include health system and service line strategy, financial transformation, partnerships, value-based care, payor strategy, Clinically Integrated Networks, and physician incentives.
Prior to joining Pinnacle, Tony was a Vice President and practice leader for two national consulting firms. He has also worked closely with private equity groups on due diligence matters as well as turnaround strategies for underperforming investments. Tony began his professional career as a practicing lawyer in Commercial Litigation in the states of New York and Illinois.
He has been an invited speaker/panelist on industry topics for health systems, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, the American Health Lawyers Association, HFMA, ACHE, technology companies, as well as MBA programs at Northwestern, University of Chicago, and the University of Michigan.
Tony holds an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, with a focus on marketing, technology and healthcare. He received his JD from Brooklyn Law School and his BA from the University of Michigan.
Presentations:
- Performance Improvement Success Stories with Client Executives, Webinar, HFMA, February 2025
- Why Health Systems Need a Medicare Advantage Strategy (and How to Win), Premier Inc., July 23, 2023
- Emergence of the Payvider: Implications and Opportunities for Health Systems, Premier Inc., April 25, 2023
- Value-Based Care Symposium—Innovation in Value-Based Care, Panel, McDermott Will & Emery, April 25, 2023
- Financial Health: How to Thrive in Healthcare’s Changing Landscape, Webinar & Article, Healthleaders/Premier Inc., June 2, 2022
- Hospital Quality Efficiency Program Success Story (with Nixon Peabody), AHLA Annual Meeting, June 29, 2021
- Switch to Value-Based Model Saves California Hospital $7 Million, Modern Healthcare, March 30, 2021
- An Update on the Evolution of Medicare Fraud and Abuse Waivers, Keynote, CHESS Health Solutions, June 22, 2021
- Unlocking the Strategic and Financial Value of Your CIN, Premier Inc, Nov. 12, 2020
- Five Reasons Health Systems are Prioritizing Integration with Specialists, Premier Inc, August 3, 2020
- 3 Strategies for Clinically Integrated Networks to Achieve Financial Success, Becker’s Healthcare, June 11, 2019
- Ready, Risk, Reward: Aligning for Success with the Second Generation of Clinically Integrated Networks (CINs), Premier Inc., April 17, 2018
- Super CINs, Population Health Service Organizations, and Regulatory Considerations (with McDermott Will & Emery), AHLA Annual Meeting, June 25, 2017
Community Involvement:
- Roger’s Park Montessori School, Board of Directors, 2012-2018
- 826Chi, Board of Directors, 2015-2018
- Midwest Palliative Hospice Care Center, Family Advocate, 2002
