Castling Partners was founded by seasoned healthcare professionals to assist clients as they optimize the performance of organizational strategies while effectively managing inherent integrative risk.
Healthcare will remain an industry in consolidation for the foreseeable future. Industry consolidation will result in fewer, larger, more complex organizations extending across geographic regions, state lines and international borders.
At the same time, market disruptors will emerge. Much of their activity will focus on physician and ambulatory services; services with the potential for continuing positive margins even in financially pressured markets.
Leaders of health and healthcare organizations will be challenged to encourage strategies to increasing levels of risk as they pursue required returns on strategic investments.
“Individually and collectively, Castling Partners provides a breadth and depth of experience that facilitates buy-in from the board, physicians, and other key stakeholders, resulting in deeper integration with all.”
Our Team
Castling Partners core team has over 150 years of healthcare management and leadership experience. This first-hand experience helps our clients ensure they are getting the right guidance no matter their unique situation or challenge.
Kevin J. Egan
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Davis D. Fansler
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Daniel K. Zismer, PH.D
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Elliot D. Zismer
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Faculty Advisors
Castling Partners has assembled a blue ribbon panel of faculty advisers to support our mission on behalf of our clients and the advancement of the healthcare industry. Each was invited based upon their contributions to their respective fields and their status and standing within their profession. Each has worked with one or more of the founders of Castling Partners and are considered as trusted colleagues and valued partners in our careers and mission of the firm.
Eric Berkowitz, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Marketing
School of Management, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Frank Cerra, MD
Emeritus Professor of Surgery
University of Minnesota
Emeritus Dean
University of Minnesota Medical School
Jon Christianson, Ph.D.
James A. Hamilton Professor in Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Greg Hart, MHA
Principal & Healthcare Consulting Practice
CliftonLarsenAllen
Patrick Hays, MHA, FACHE
Principal & Healthcare Consulting Practice
CliftonLarsenAllen
David Klocke, MD, MHA, FACHE
Principal & Healthcare Consulting Practice
CliftonLarsenAllen
David Larson, MD
President
Emergency Physicians and Consultants, PA
Robert W. Mulcahey
President and Chief Executive Officer
Stratum Med, Inc.
Mark Newtown, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
Swedish Covenant Hospital
Ashton Schatz, JD
Administrator, Contracting and Payer Relations
Mayo Clinic
Jeff Thompson, MD
Executive Advisor and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus
Gundersen Health System
Lawrence Vernaglia, JD
Partner and Health Care Lawyer
Foley & Lardner LLP
Don Wegmiller, MHA
Co-Founder and Chairman
C-Suite Resources
Collaborators
Castling Partners works closely with some of the top firms in healthcare. Their contributions to our clients and projects helps us achieve significant success.
C-Suite
C-Suite Resources provides healthcare market intelligence, education and strategy support to companies that serve the healthcare industry. The company’s services enable healthcare suppliers and vendors to improve their strategy, sales and marketing performance.
Lockton
More than 5,600 professionals at Lockton provide more than 48,000 clients around the world with risk management, insurance and employee benefits consulting services.