Networking Breakfast :: James J. Agnew, VP Corporate Development & Acquisitions, Tufts Health Plan

 

 

Thursday, January 12, 2017
7:00AM - 9:00AM
Serafina | 10 High St. | Boston, MA

 

Members: 65.00 (75.00 after 01/05)
Young Professional Members: 50.00
Non-Members: 105.00 (115.00 after 01/05)

Online registration is now closed.
Walk-ins are welcome at the event tomorrow at 7:00am.

 

Connect with ACG Boston and New England's deal professionals at our bi-monthly Networking Breakfast, where the region's middle-market M&A community comes together to network and hear high caliber industry experts share their outlook, opinions, successes and failures in M&A.

January's breakfast will feature James J. Agnew, Vice President Corporate Development & Acquisitions, Tufts Health Plan and Tufts Health Ventures. Given the challenges presented by US Healthcare Reform, increasing competition from non-traditional entities and the rush to provider consolidation; Tufts Health Plan is transforming itself from a traditional payer centric organization into a new health enterprise.

James' presentation will describe the journey Tufts Health Plan is undertaking to become more industry nimble in addressing issues such as:

• Strategic partnership w/ non-traditional business partners
• Adopting new strategies in managing risk-based contracting
• Recent acquisition activity and their direction for 2017
• Their approach to sourcing and executing on acquisitions and strategic investments
• How they work in partnership w/ VC and PE firms locally and nationally
• Role of primary care as a driver of economic and clinical transformation
• Partnerships and JVs between health plans and hospital systems
• Clinical and economic analytics needed to drive transformation
• Where can health systems find undiscovered value w/ VC and PE firms?

 

 

James J. Agnew
Vice President, Corporate Development & Acquisitions
Tufts Health Plan
Tufts Health Ventures

 

 

Jim Agnew brings more than 30 years of executive leadership with a unique blend of healthcare operations, financial, and M&A expertise that has been tested in both the not-for-profit and investor-owned segments of the healthcare industry. His efforts remain focused on supporting health systems to jump from “strategic intent to activation.”

Jim is responsible for expanding the Tufts Health Plan growth strategy through strategic partnerships with US health care system and key industry acquisitions aligned with Tufts Health Plan mission and growth initiatives. He will play a leadership role in identifying, assessing and making decisions on investment and acquisition opportunities with companies participating in health care sectors outside of health insurance, working closely with private equity firms and the investment banking community

Jim has led negotiations for acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships and reconfigurations that have contributed to the outstanding performance improvement of organizations such as Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Bon Secours Health System, Baxter Healthcare, AtlantiCare, Partners Healthcare, BJC Healthcare, Cedar’s Sinai, Adventist Health, Community Health Systems, Inc, Yale-New Haven Health and VHA, Inc. His portfolio of transactions include transactions exceeding 2 billion in size, to projects with smaller community hospitals designed to insure financial stability and mission effectiveness of community providers. In addition, he has developed and implemented innovative health system strategies to improve both clinical and economic performance across the entire health care delivery continuum. He continues to focus his efforts on supporting health system boards and leadership teams in identifying and executing strategic options and financial performance improvement to ensure long-term mission and financial sustainability.

Prior to Tufts Health Plan Jim held senior leadership positions with Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) in Nashville and the Bon Secours Health System. In each role his responsibilities included development and oversight of acute care mergers and acquisitions; financial turnaround activity; service line development and joint ventures with physicians; and strategic business partners. He received a BS at Villanova University and MBA at Seton Hall University. Jim is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and has served as guest lecturer at John Hopkins and Duke Universities and at numerous industry educational events.