Date: Wed, Mar 11
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
Title: Health Systems and Outpatient Partnerships
Speaker: Kris Shepard, Senior Vice President, ASC Strategy & Operations at Advocate Health
Intro: Kris is Senior Vice President, ASC Strategy & Operations at Advocate Health, one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in the United States. He leads enterprise-level strategy and operations across Advocate’s ambulatory surgery center and outpatient footprint, working at the intersection of health systems, physician groups, and value-driven care delivery.
With deep experience scaling outpatient platforms, structuring health system–MSO partnerships, and aligning clinical, operational, and financial incentives, Kris brings a pragmatic, operator’s perspective on how health systems evaluate, build, and manage ambulatory and ASC partnerships. His work spans growth strategy, joint ventures, physician alignment, operational integration, and long-term sustainability of outpatient networks.
In this session, Kris will share how large health systems think about outpatient partnerships today – what works, what fails, and what MSO leaders need to understand to collaborate effectively with health systems at scale.