Practical Solutions for Managed Care Providers

Katz Healthcare Services is a managed care consulting firm and data service targeted to meet the information and strategy development needs of managed healthcare providers in an effective, practical, and cost-conscious manner.

KHS was founded in 1995 by Alan S. Katz and Melinda T. Brunner, utilizing their extensive experience and qualitative national professional reputations in managed healthcare data analysis and management consulting. The Map of Experience shows the breadth of experience accumulated during over 25 years of consulting background.

Alan S. Katz

Co-founder of Katz Healthcare Services, Alan S. Katz is a nationally recognized healthcare consultant, author, trainer, group facilitator and speaker. He has a unique background combining practical managed care and statistical analysis experience from both the healthcare provider and the business consumer perspective.

As the driving force behind KHS, Alan Katz has overseen the development and implementation of numerous unique data analysis tools to assist hospitals and physician groups in determining their managed care strategy. Mr. Katz serves as the senior consultant overseeing all KHS projects, and still is strongly involved in daily negotiations with managed care organizations. He has a reputation among healthcare professionals and hospital boards of directors for direct and insightful presentations of issues and options, looking at the global perspective as well as the practical operational issues needed to implement decisions. He has been active in the healthcare arena since 1972, typically working with hospital boards of directors, executive administration, and medical staff leadership in hundreds of locations in over twenty states.

Previously Senior Vice President and principal in another national managed care consulting firm (1989-1995), he was responsible for new business development of professional consulting services with hospitals and physician groups in 21 states providing data analysis, market intelligence, and strategy development regarding managed care issues.

Vice President of Human Resources (1983-1989) and Interim Vice President of Development (1988) for SunHealth, then a cooperative alliance of 150 hospitals in 15 states. Manager of Personnel and Labor Relations Consulting and Personnel Administrator of the Michigan Hospital Association (1981-1983), developing and providing human resources consulting services to hospitals throughout Michigan. Owner of Sheldon Associates (1978-1981), developing and providing consulting services to small businesses in 12 states, sponsored by local and state chambers of commerce and professional trade associations in MI, OH, IN, IL, PA, MD, DE, GA, CA, and AZ.

Mr. Katz is the author or editor of several books, journal articles, business publications and corporate newsletters. He earned his MBA (1977) and BA (1972) from Michigan State University, and performed post graduate work at the Institute of Gerontology of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. In the early stages of his career, he was licensed as a nursing home administrator and certified as a social worker. Throughout his career, Mr. Katz has been involved in numerous professional associations. He has had professional speaking engagements in 17 states, including many presentations to groups sponsored by state hospital associations, the Healthcare Financial Management Association, the American College of Healthcare Executives, and several regional hospital networks.

Age 53, married to Barbara B. Katz since 1972, with two children, Meredith (25) and Benjamin (20).

Melinda T. Brunner

Co-founder of Katz Healthcare Services. As Director of Operations of Katz Healthcare Services since its inception, Melinda Brunner combines a variety of knowledge and skills in data base management, statistical data analysis, consulting project management, presentation development, and market research regarding the full breadth of managed care issues.

Ms. Brunner has a proven background in the development and analysis of large data bases of national healthcare services, responsible for all the KHS data which includes over one billion patient encounters per year. She has been instrumental in the creative consolidation of various data bases available to allow KHS to perform its unique data analyses.

Specialized project work of Ms. Brunner has included managed care contract financial impact projection simulations for hospitals and physicians, facilitation and establishment of Physician-Hospital Organizations, assessment of local business and industry environments, detailed interviewing, and the development of MSAccess based software applications for providers' analysis of competitive market positioning.

Ms. Brunner previously held the position of Client Services Coordinator for another national managed care consulting firm from 1991-1995. She was responsible for maintaining current client services and relationships, special project management, developing proposals and presentation materials, and market research.

Prior to her Coordinator position, she served as a research analyst where she developed and programmed standard and customized statistical studies for clients in addition to composing written reports of findings.

Ms. Brunner completed her Master’s in Business Administration in 1997 at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Business School. Age 35, she is married to John Brunner, with two children, Kyle (4) and Connor (1).