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This is Haley Reutker with the Becker's Payer
Podcast, and we are recording live at the
Becker's third annual spring payer issues roundtable.
I am thrilled today to be joined by
Paul Hilts, president and CEO of NCH Naples.
Paul, thank you so much for being with
me today. Good morning. Thank you for having
me. Alright. Before we kick things off, can
you go ahead and introduce yourself and tell
us a little bit about your background and
organization?
Sure. I'm the CEO of NCH in Naples,
and I've been there for five years. NCH
is a health system based in Naples, Florida.
It's an independent nonprofit. We're about a billion
dollars in net revenue, and we're one of
the top 50 health systems in America. Well,
that's amazing. Now to start our conversation off
today, I'd like to talk about the imperative
to reduce costs, improve quality, and advance health
equity.
So how do you approach aligning these priorities
in your organization's strategic vision?
Well, we we approach cost and quality by
working on our culture, and our culture is
one of a metrics driven culture where we
really benchmark NCH against some of the leading
health systems in America, and our team is
really focused on providing great value for the
patients and for the payers.
That's awesome. Now looking ahead, what do you
see as the biggest opportunity for payers to
lead the charge in transforming care delivery and
driving better outcomes for all stakeholders?
I'm convinced that the future will be one
where patients and payers are really going to
be driven by quality. And for us, that
means attracting the best and the brightest physicians
and other clinicians
that come to Naples to become a part
of a system where
patients and providers
alike feel happy to be in the system
and where doctors feel that they can do
their best work to take care of patients.
Well, I'd like to hear a little bit
more about your organization. So is there anything
else that you'd like to cover that we
haven't already discussed? Well, there's two important things
we're working on right now. One is we're
opening up an orthopedic hospital this week in
conjunction with the Hospital for Special Surgery, the
number one orthopedic hospital in America. And we've
recently broken ground on the Rooney Heart Institute
in Naples, which we believe will be one
of the top cardiac,
vascular, and stroke centers in The United States.
Well, that's amazing to hear. Thank you so
much for joining me today on the Becker's
Payer Podcast.
Again, we're recording live at the Becker's third
annual spring payer issues roundtable. Paul, thank you
so much for joining me. Thank you so
much.