Company
David Patterson
Business Advisory
Healthcare
Company Growth
David is widely thought of as a visionary, an entrepreneur and successful adviser to both emerging companies and large companies as they pursue a path to change and growth. He got his start as a Management Consultant working for a Big 4 consulting company in their healthcare practice. He followed various positions with a worldwide medical device supplier serving health systems in various roles of field sales, region management, strategic business development/acquisitions and eventual VP of Domestic Sales.
He went on to lead the development of a Health Plan in Chicago for a national health insurer and managed for several years to successful membership and revenue targets. As an Executive Vice President involved in a high growth minimally invasive company, part of a team that lead a successful IPO and several years of growth prior to being acquired.
He transitioned into advisory services where he has supported companies in strategic advisory planning, assessment of emerging care segments & technologies, corporate finance alternatives, acquisitions and divestitures and interim management. Advisory services are performed and enhanced by multiple industry leader, payer, providers of care and certain analytic service organization relationship. Historical assignments further resulted in numerous relationships in Investment Banking, Venture Capital and Private Equity firms in the US and Europe. All the above allow for excellent insights and introductions for clients.
David led the start-up of two new companies inside a global technology company based in Europe.
Recently assignments have allowed for on-going esteemed relationships and client opportunities with payers, health systems and OOH Care provider networks serving Value Based Care (VBC) continuum of care growth.​​
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Eric Patterson
Market Research
Health Tech and AI
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Eric started his career in 2019 working for a Telehealth platform as a marketing associate and in June of 2020 Eric started full time with Patterson group as a Senior Associate. Eric’s current role consists of research and marketing assignments based around various health service clients with recent focus on post acute-Out of Hospital care market and emergence of Value Based Care-VBC.
Recently Eric has been working within the AI market to help support partnerships focused on value based care, patient engagement and care gap fulfillment. Recent client support has included Circular RNA supporting precision psychiatry, multi-sensor diagnostic device support OOH- in the home physician care market launch, AI- Behavioral Science care gap support and research of ACO models of care.
Eric graduated from Belmont University with a BS in Economics in 2017.Throughout college Eric conducted secondary research in support of Patterson Group and its clients.
In addition to Patterson Group's full time consultants the firm has access to the following independent healthcare, clinical and transactional experts that may be engaged as needed to achieve a clients goals
Melanie Holt Fauth
Melanie is a visionary Senior Executive with expertise in health system strategy and operations as well as in development of post-acute and senior care approaches to lowering overall health care costs.
She has been repeatedly recognized for her achievement in planning and execution of post-acute networks and programming across a large state-wide health system, developing and growing a long term specialty hospital, and excelling in identifying partners and key stakeholders to meet goals, budgets and deadlines across complex, matrixed organizations.
Melanie leverages a proven track record of surpassing goals and working diligently with partners and teams to ensure success.
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Selected Accomplishments
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Planned, developed, and initiated an integrated three-year health system strategy for optimal post-acute and senior care across a 19 hospital system and large medical group.
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Developed and directed strategy for a state-wide remote patient monitoring program and complex specialty clinics with outcomes of >50% reduction in 30 day hospital readmissions.
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Created post-acute networks with 50 unique entities across the entire care continuum with accountability metrics and integrated programming to address key patient issues.
Education
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BSN/BA, Nursing/Business - DePauw University, Indiana
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2019 Tobias Fellow, Indiana University
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Indiana Geriatrics Society, Member
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Indiana Executive Women in Healthcare, Member
Doug Fauth
Extensive experience partnering with C-suite and Boards on M&A, commercial transactions, corporate governance, joint ventures and strategic partnerships. Led complex transactions, including driving transformative M&A, restructuring and change management initiatives. Set and achieved ambitious goals consistent with strategic objectives. Developed relationships and built consensus with a broad range of stakeholders, staying closely attuned to commercial needs of enterprise while cultivating aligned and high performing teams.
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Led Anthem’s M&A and strategic partnership initiatives, including the consolidation of 10 BCBS entities into one
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Directed the legal IPO team for Anthem’s demutualization and initial public offering
Education
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Juris Doctor (JD), University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, MI
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Bachelors of Arts (BA), Economics, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
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Alicia Kelley
Alicia Kelley, MBA, National Director for Humana’s Retail Division.
With over 20 +years’ experience Alicia has led development teams in both post- acute and payer platform strategies through product development, joint ventures and acquisitions. Her passion is to transform both the patient and provider experience in value-based models in high-risk populations.