Meet our Principal Advisor, Don Gerdts

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Martin Luther King Jr. said, “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.”

As such, I endeavor to do a great job identifying, investigating, providing insights, incubating, and implementing innovative healthcare ideas to advance equitable, value-based care through management consulting, executive leadership, corporate strategy, corporate development, organizational development, and go-to-market planning.

King later said that “an individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” My mission to rise to the broader concerns of humanity consist of being a builder, leader, and operator of health plans and health plan services that improve health, health equity, and the healthcare system, especially for under-served, vulnerable, and senior populations.

Signature Achievements:

1) Successful Business Building:  GTM team for a new health plan, helped to lead the largest public health plan in the US, GTM strategy for a healthcare services company, and led a management consulting practice for 18+ years.

2) Successful Funding:  Three Private Equity/Corporate liquidity transactions.

3) Successful M&A:  Two corporate acquisitions and integrations (Health plan and health tech $5M-$35M).

Specialties/Experience:

Healthcare Competencies

Health Plan Operations

Medicaid/Medicare Advantage

Healthcare Economics

Population Management

Value-based Care

Health Information Exchange

Social Determinants of Health

Business Competencies

Startups and Turnarounds

Business Planning & Performance

Management Consulting

Corporate Strategy & Development

Organizational Development

Business Development

Building Coalitions & Partnerships

Personal Strengths

Mission and Values Focused

Problem Solver

Creative Thinker

Team Builder/Collaborator

Negotiator Public Speaking

Don

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Our focus is investigation, identification, insights, incubation, and implementation of innovative ideas that advance equitable, value-based care. For example, we’ve collaborated with clients to 1) Build new VBC-related product and service capabilities, 2) Corporate Strategy and Development, M&A, and Private Equity Funding, 3) Launch existing product in a new industry segment, and 4) Executive Leadership of Value-based Care Organizations.

About TripleAim Strategy Advisors

TripleAim Strategy Advisors is a management consulting firm, which collaborates with clients to improve performance and outcomes in the transition to equitable, value-based care.

We bring 25 years of health plan operations experience and 18+ years of providing insights and creating solutions focused on advancing equitable, value-based care.