McKinsey on Healthcare
The McKinsey on Healthcare Podcast features conversations with experts on the challenges, strategies, and innovations shaping the healthcare industry.
McKinsey Healthcare Systems & Services
Show overview
McKinsey on Healthcare has been publishing since 2019, and across the 7 years since has built a catalogue of 36 episodes. That works out to roughly 15 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 20 min and 30 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Health & Fitness show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 weeks ago, with 4 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 9 episodes published. Published by McKinsey Healthcare Systems & Services.
From the publisher
The McKinsey on Healthcare Podcast features conversations with McKinsey and other industry experts on the challenges, strategies, and innovations shaping the healthcare industry. Hear perspectives on navigating the changing healthcare environment, embracing opportunities and disruptions, and preparing for the future of healthcare across the globe.
Latest Episodes
View all 36 episodesLeslie Davis on serving communities as both payer and provider
Sam Hazen on reaching patients during healthcare’s flux
Sam Hazen, CEO of HCA Healthcare, reflects on the state of the industry and how emerging technologies and steadfast leadership can help meet patients where they are.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Nishaminy Kasbekar on centralizing pharmacy in patient care
Nishaminy Kasbekar, vice president and chief pharmacy officer for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, on the evolution—and potential—of pharmacy's role.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Kevin Mahoney on the responsibility of academic medical centers
Academic medical centers are vital in communities. Kevin Mahoney, CEO of University of Pennsylvania Health System, discusses how AMCs improve care and physician experiences.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Brian Evanko on affordable, personalized healthcare
Brian Evanko, COO of the Cigna Group, discusses the need to switch the US healthcare system’s primary focus on treating illnesses and diseases after they occur to preventing them in the first place.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Eric Larsen on the emergence and potential of AI in healthcare
Eric Larsen, president of TowerBrook Advisors, discusses where healthcare incumbents stand in the current AI-focused environment and the potential they have to accelerate adoption to improve outcomes.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Warehouse to wellness: Bob Mauch on modern pharmaceutical distribution
Cencora President and CEO Bob Mauch discusses the company’s role in delivering vital medicines to patients and the innovations it is deploying to cut the time it takes to bring treatments to bedsides.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Leading a best-in-class health system integration
The CEO and the president of BJC Health System discuss the challenges of combining two large organizations and the critical role of culture and leadership in achieving success.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Matt Holt on how privacy and private capital can improve healthcare
Matt Holt, managing director and president of private equity at New Mountain Capital, on better data privacy standards and creating an efficient, patient-centric system with private capital investment.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Paul Kusserow on the forces changing healthcare faster than ever
In his latest book, Paul Kusserow discusses the forces that will shift US healthcare more in the next ten years than it has changed in the past 100—and how to use these forces advantageously.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Dr. Rupal Malani on the way forward for clinical-care organizations
McKinsey’s Dr. Rupal Malani discusses changing policies and workforce shortages and how leaders are using M&A and AI to improve margins, operations, and care delivery.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Patrick Finn on resilience, healthcare’s mission, and AI’s promise
McKinsey senior partner Patrick Finn discusses how being nimble, continuously improving, and taking advantage of new technologies will help healthcare organizations better serve patients.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Drew Ungerman on patient-centric care, leadership, and technology
McKinsey's Drew Ungerman discusses how healthcare leaders can improve patient care and use technology in a way that complements clinicians' work and enhances care delivery. See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Unlocking the power of price transparency data
Is the future of healthcare consumer-centric? In this episode of the McKinsey on Healthcare podcast, McKinsey senior partner Gunjan Khanna talks to Amanda Eisel, CEO of Zelis, a healthcare financial-services platform providing integrated healthcare, cost management, and payment solutions that connect insurers, providers, and consumers.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Speaking to hearts and minds in healthcare
The power of spoken word can be a messenger for change. In this episode of the McKinsey on Healthcare podcast, McKinsey senior partner Pooja Kumar reflects on the power and potential of using spoken-word performance to change hearts and minds in healthcare, featuring insights from actor, writer, producer, and innovator of “Poetic Voice,” Sekou Andrews.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Beyond the numbers: Creating a more diverse future for health
Anne Klibanski, MD, president and CEO of Mass General Brigham, a Boston-based integrated healthcare system, talks to McKinsey senior partner, Pooja Kumar, MD, about leadership, visions for a future of integrated healthcare systems, and the clear benefits of more diverse teams.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Meeting the member where they are: What is the future of health equity?
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 25:43) > A conversation about addressing the well-being of underserved patient populations and ensuring zip codes are not a key predictor of health outcomes.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Reframing aging: What would it take for aging to be seen as an opportunity in healthcare?
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 26:14) > In this episode of the McKinsey on Healthcare podcast, McKinsey partner Dr. Pooja Kumar talks to Ursel J. McElroy, director of the Ohio Department of Aging, about a need to change the accepted narrative on aging, the challenges that women in leadership face, and her desire to ensure lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic are used to benefit the future of older populations.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
Health equity: Activating meaningful change
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 23:37) > In this episode of the McKinsey on Healthcare podcast, McKinsey partner Carlos Pardo Martin talks with Errol Pierre, senior vice president of state programs at Healthfirst, about working with diverse communities, how to go all in on health equity, and the urgent need to ensure that vulnerable populations receive the care they need.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
What the future holds for Medicare beneficiaries
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 31:04) > Monisha Machado-Pereira, a McKinsey senior partner and leader of the firm’s Medicare practice, discusses the changing Medicare landscape with Alan Wheatley, retail segment president at Humana, a market-leading Medicare payer that serves over four and a half million MA members, and John Kao, CEO at Alignment Healthcare, a fast-growing MA innovator that recently launched an IPO.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information