Evan’s diverse healthcare experience in and outside of consulting enables him to win the trust and confidence of health system and university executive and physician leaders. In his 15 year career in the healthcare industry, he has worked closely with AMCs, children’s hospitals, and community health systems on their strategy and business planning initiatives. He is based in ECG’s Boston office and is a senior member of ECG’s Academic Healthcare Division and leads ECG’s Children’s service line. Evan regularly assists organizations with complex and politically charged initiatives, and his primary areas of expertise include hospital-physician integration, strategic financial planning, and partnership planning. He has led engagements focused on designing hospital-to-hospital partnerships, creating strategic plans, crafting academic affiliation agreements, designing and implementing integrated physician organizations, negotiating multispecialty Professional Services Agreements, and developing faculty compensation plans.

* Served as an advisor and strategist for health systems, academic medical centers and children's hospitals on a wide range of business and organizational issues.* Facilitated numerous hospital-physician practice transactions through employment and lease arrangements, including conducting due diligence, developing financial analytics, and drafting term sheets and letters of intent.* Assisted health systems with strategic planning related to hospital acquisitions and mergers.* Designed and developed system-wide physician compensation plans.* Assisted with the development and design of clinically integrated networks and other physician integration frameworks.* Shaped bylaws and board composition for new health system physician organizations.* Developed integrated faculty practice plans. * Served in a project management role for client engagements.

 Actively participated on the vast majority of acquisitions for private-equity owned health care system as it nearly doubled in size to a $2B+ company in two years Performed due diligence on all aspects of operations, finance, and legal for hospital, surgery center, home care and physician practice merger and acquisition activity, including but not limited to the successful acquisition of five hospitals Participated in meetings with the management teams from potential acquisition targets nationwide to develop strategic ideas for capital investment, volume growth, and operational improvements  Synthesized and analyzed data to build complex financial models with pro forma income statements, cash flows, balance sheets, entry/exit multiples, IRR to guide management and board decision making on proposed acquisitions Developed reporting packages analyzing actual performance of acquired business units against underwriting assumptions Toured facilities to plan for capital expenditure allocation and analyzed returns on potential capital investments Structured letters of intent, asset purchase agreements and management agreements Acted as project manager on acquisition integrations from sign through regulatory process and closing Identified opportunities to improve financial performance and built operational plans to implement changes as part of the acquisition integration process Reviewed and vetted business development plans as part of the annual budget process Participated on ad hoc internal operational projects for executive team on an as needed basis

 Provided budget, decision support, and product line analysis to senior management, clinical directors, and department managers Developed and evaluated business plans and pro formas associated with new and existing programs or service lines and determining whether to invest in or close existing business units Coordinated all aspects of analysis including capital investments, staffing, operating costs, statistics, and reimbursement to develop contribution margin, profit/loss, break-even, return on investment, and other related analyses Directed the development of the decision support system and utilized it as a financial planning tool Awarded Role Model bonus for achieving highest level of employee performance

 Acted as an internal consultant to provide budget, decision support, and product line analysis to senior management, clinical directors, and department managers Provided professional support necessary for value improvement, cost management, and clinical efficiency in the allocation and consumption of resources associated with delivery of care Managed the Decision Support/Budget department, including work planning, recruitment and training of staff, as well as promoting a customer-service philosophy within the department