Healthcare Insights

Mercer
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The US healthcare industry is in crisis. Workforce shortages are significant, burnout is persistent and financial margins are pressured. The Healthcare Insights Series highlights key developments and work we’re seeing done in healthcare to address these challenges. The focus of this series is on workforce solutions and the associated risks of action or inaction from the healthcare industry. For more healthcare industry insights, visit https://www.mercer.com/en-us/industries/healthcare/

Episodes

  1. 11/12/2025

    Episode 9: Boosting healthcare employee health, safety and well-being

    In this episode, John Derse is joined by Mercer’s Behavioral Health Leader, Peter Rutigliano, PhD, and Marsh’s Workforce Strategies & Safety expert, Greg Rodway, to discuss expanding healthcare safety programs beyond physical safety to include psychological safety and holistic well-being. They emphasize breaking down silos between HR and risk management to proactively address hazards threatening healthcare workers’ safety, health, and well-being.

    17 min

  2. 10/31/2025

    Episode 8: Driving cost reductions in healthcare: Workforce strategies and transformational change

    Healthcare organizations face unprecedented financial pressures. In this episode, host John Derse and a panel of experts dive into a number of data-driven workforce levers to help providers cut costs without sacrificing care. Discover actionable insights and transformational approaches across workforce optimization, work redesign, worker well-being & safety, total rewards, risk, M&A, investment assets and change management to improve financial sustainability and productivity in today’s complex healthcare landscape.

    41 min

  3. 04/07/2025

    Not-for-profit Healthcare Investment Update

    John Derse speaks with Mercer’s not-for-profit healthcare investment experts, Michelle Beckenbaugh and Patrick Sartor, regarding the latest key themes that investors and plan sponsors for healthcare providers should be considering. They discuss what’s top of mind, how they have witnessed clients recalibrating assumptions about risk and investment outcomes post-pandemic, and how healthcare organizations are managing overall liquidity and governance.

    23 min

  4. 01/31/2025

    Delivering Healthcare M&A Success and Value

    John Derse is joined by M&A experts from across Marsh McLennan to discuss how healthcare organizations can approach antitrust, risk and integration to ensure success and maximize deals. Dr. Subbu Ramanarayanan from NERA shares his insights into the changing antitrust environment. Henry Yuan from Marsh provides his perspectives on mitigating risks across the deal cycle, and Carly McCoy from Mercer explains why the integration phase of deals may be the most critical for healthcare organizations. As M&A activity picks up across the industry, this episode is not to be missed.

    23 min

  5. 11/04/2024

    Ensuring successful leadership for healthcare organizations

    John Derse speaks with leadership experts, David Jackson, Robert Smith and Sarah Maher, about their work with healthcare organizations on leadership assessment, succession and a Board’s role. They examine the critical imperative for the industry to rethink what leadership brings to the table given the changing demographics of the workforce and the evolving nature of work, and make a case for a data-driven approach to leadership assessment and succession planning.

    25 min

  6. 09/18/2024

    Winners & losers in the war for healthcare talent

    John Derse talks with Mercer’s Workforce Strategy & Analytics Leader, Will Self, about the findings from the newly released Future of US Healthcare Industry report. While there have been improvements, it becomes evident that there will still be winners and losers within the industry. Together, they delve into how the implications of this research can help healthcare organizations with successful future workforce planning.

    24 min

  7. 08/27/2024

    Modernizing total rewards in healthcare

    Total Rewards Strategists, LaCinda Glover and Ben Merrill, join John Derse to discuss why healthcare organizations must put focus into modernizing Total Rewards. They provide insights on the rapid changes occurring across the workforce that have fundamentally changed the relationship between employees and their employers. They challenge healthcare organizations to move beyond benchmarking when developing their programs and utilize new employee listening tools/technology to understand the unmet needs of their increasingly diverse workforce.

    21 min

  8. 08/09/2024

    Healthcare is due for a refresh of the employee experience

    John Derse talks with Ricca Racadio about why employee experience is so critical in the healthcare industry. They discuss how it has rapidly evolved and provide examples of how healthcare employers are doubling down in this space.

    14 min

  9. 07/16/2024

    Healthcare must embrace work redesign

    John Derse, Mercer’s US Healthcare Vertical Leader, talks with David Mitchell about his recent work redesign projects for healthcare organizations. What is it and why is it such high priority for so many healthcare provider organizations today? How does it help healthcare organizations solve for today’s workforce challenges? Given the results, all healthcare organizations should be considering it! For more information about Mercer’s Work Design projects, visit https://www.mercer.com/solutions/transformation/workforce-and-organization-transformation/work-design/

    16 min
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About

The US healthcare industry is in crisis. Workforce shortages are significant, burnout is persistent and financial margins are pressured. The Healthcare Insights Series highlights key developments and work we’re seeing done in healthcare to address these challenges. The focus of this series is on workforce solutions and the associated risks of action or inaction from the healthcare industry. For more healthcare industry insights, visit https://www.mercer.com/en-us/industries/healthcare/

Information

  • Creator
    Mercer
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Mercer
  • Show Website
    Healthcare Insights