With a background of 20 years in consulting, he assists provider, purchaser, and payer organizations with strategic planning and performance improvement. Examples of his ACS work include facilitating an expert task force on the future of selected specialties for one of the nation's largest medical associations, managing technology assessment for a 28-hospital health system, analyzing clinical service lines for research and manufacturing organizations, and developing strategic plans for health systems and professional associations. His previous consulting firm, The Bauer Group, specialized in consumer-focused strategic planning and development of clinical affiliation agreements for multi-hospital networks.