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February 19, 2021
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David W. Johnson Stacy Guffanti
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Cain Brothers House Calls Podcast: The Many Flavors of Healthcare’s Not-For-Profit/For-Profit Partnerships

The Many Flavors of Healthcare’s Not-For-Profit/For-Profit Partnerships

Investors and sponsors increasingly look for M&A and JV opportunities with not-for-profit health systems and plans, even as NFP organizations seek outside funding for their strategic and financial goals. Cain Brothers’ M&A practice Director, Stacy Guffanti talks with host David Johnson, CEO of 4sight Health, about the rise of healthcare’s not-for-profit/for-profit partnerships. Cain Brothers is a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets.

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About the Authors

David W. Johnson

David Johnson is the CEO of 4sight Health, an advisory company working at the intersection of healthcare strategy, economics, innovation. Johnson is a healthcare thought leader, keynote speaker, and strategic advisor to organizations busting the status-quo to reform our healthcare system. He is the author of Market vs. Medicine: America’s Epic Fight for Better, Affordable Healthcare, and his second book, The Customer Revolution in Healthcare: Delivering Kinder, Smarter, Affordable Care for All (McGraw-Hill 2019). As a speaker, Dave plays the role of rebel, challenger, industry historian, investor and company evaluator to push audiences forward. (Watch bio video.) Johnson applies his 25+ years of investment banking in healthcare to identify ways the healthcare industry must change to deliver better care. He received a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, an English degree from Colgate University, and served in the African Peace Corp service. Join over 10k+ healthcare executives who read our weekly insights and commentary on www.4sighthealth.com.

Dave wakes up every morning trying to fix America’s broken healthcare system. Prior to founding 4sight Health in 2014, Dave had a long and successful career in healthcare investment banking. He is a graduate of Colgate University and earned a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School. Employing his knowledge and experience in health policy, economics, statistics, behavioral finance, disruptive innovation, organizational change and complexity theory, Dave writes and speaks on pro-market healthcare reform. His first book Market vs. Medicine: America’s Epic Fight for Better, Affordable Healthcare, and his second book, The Customer Revolution in Healthcare: Delivering Kinder, Smarter, Affordable Care for All (McGraw-Hill 2019), are available for purchase on www.4sighthealth.com. Get his new book with Paul Kusserow, “The Coming Healthcare Revolution: 10 Forces that Will Cure America’s Healthcare Crisis” now.

Stacy Guffanti

Stacy Guffanti is a Director in the Firm’s Corporate M&A practice. Ms. Guffanti joined Cain Brothers in 2017 and brings 8 years of investment banking experience advising both public and private companies in a variety of merger and acquisition, capital raising, and strategic advisory transactions. Ms. Guffanti’s recent transactions include the sale of TARGET PharmaSolutions to Norwest Venture Partners.

Prior to joining Cain Brothers, Ms. Guffanti was a Vice President in Goldman Sachs’ Global Consumer Retail and Healthcare Investment Banking Group. She also worked in healthcare equity research at Citigroup, where she covered the Managed Care sector. Ms. Guffanti received her BA in Mathematical Economics from Colgate University and her MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. She is also a CFA charterholder.

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