Seasoned Health Industry Legal Expert

Jim Purcell is a seasoned health industry legal expert praised by several participants in the healthcare industry nationwide and in the North East for what he accomplished with his Blue Cross plan as CEO. He provides practical, relevant information about the fast-changing healthcare industry that is specific and valuable to your particular media audience, from healthcare attorneys to health insurance and hospital executives. His particular areas of focus for writing and speaking are Accountable Care Organizations and workplace wellness.

Jim can discuss many current issues around ACOs, healthcare reform, the Accountable Care Act, and reimbursement issues,  including:

  • True healthcare reform vs. the Accountable Care Act.
  • How we should reform healthcare delivery.
  • How participants can prepare for ACOs in healthcare reform.
  • How facilitation and mediation are critical to ACOs and healthcare providers.
  • Implications for payors, hospitals, and providers when ACOs change healthcare payment.
  • What employers should demand from insurers.
  • What must be considered by employers when negotiating with unions on healthcare.
  • How to handle stalled negotiations and contract disputes.

Interviews & Contributed Articles

Jim draws from his experience as a former healthcare executive and legal professional providing concrete examples that show audiences how they not only can survive reform, but prosper.

Contributed Articles

Jim Purcell provides strategies on a wide range of ADR and healthcare  topics for magazine and newspaper articles, radio broadcasts, blogs, podcasts, teleseminar interviews and other media stories. Jim combines a practical business approach having been CEO in healthcare, with a pragmatic and legal approach.  He has spent the last decade considering how to improve quality of care and outcomes, healthcare technology, and payment reform.

Jim publishes articles on traditional and online media. If you’d like a customized feature story for your media outlet or to arrange an interview, please contact us.