We had four exciting panels at our 2024 Annual General Meeting, each highlighting a pillar of Council’s sustainable value-creation strategies. The first panel, titled “Market Viewpoints” was a discussion between former acting administrator for CMS Leslie Norwalk and previous presidential advisor Larry Van Horn on how Council Capital’s access to leading viewpoints and thought capital helps to identify key evolving market trends.

Key highlights from Leslie and Larry’s discussion include:

• AI in Healthcare: Increasingly leveled playing field in many healthcare industries for smaller companies and teams to disrupt larger industries due to the rise of AI.
• Post-election healthcare landscape: Expected cabinet appointees’ key focuses of the incoming Trump administration and how they may impact investment strategies.
• Policy and Regulatory Shifts: Anticipated deregulatory trends aim to enhance innovation, reduce burdens, and support private sector competition.
• Macro economic and healthcare trends: How the CEO Council enables Council Capital to focus on and respond to evolving healthcare and macroeconomic trends (e.g., Faster Technology Cycles).
• Audience wide forum: Audience-wide forum soliciting viewpoints from other CEO council members such as Darin Gordon, former President of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, and John McCarthy, Former Medicaid Director of Ohio.

Leslie and Larry were an excellent representation of the wide range of thought capital across the Council Capital ecosystem that is used to guide investments, operations, and value creation.

About Council Capital

Council Capital is a healthcare-focused private equity firm based in Nashville, Tennessee. Council Capital invests in lower middle market healthcare-related companies where it believes it can drive growth by applying its Council Model, which draws upon the resources and experience of its CEO Council (experienced industry executives), Strategic Healthcare Investors, and Value Creation Team. Council Capital leverages its Council Model to attract and support leading management teams and portfolio companies on the ‘right side’ of change in the healthcare industry – where growth will accelerate as cost pressure and quality demands increase. Council Capital targets control and minority investments with enterprise values typically between $10 million and $50 million. For more details, please visit www.councilcapital.com.