About Us
First Light Advisory is a consulting firm that helps healthcare providers and investors scale innovative care delivery and health tech ventures.
The firm partners with organizations at the forefront of healthcare transformation—building the systems and operating models required to scale sustainably and partnering with AI-enabled care delivery and analytics ventures that are reshaping how healthcare is delivered and experienced.
Specialties
We’ve spent our careers in healthcare—on the front lines and in the boardroom.
The specialties below reflect the core areas where we partner with organizations to improve performance, strengthen outcomes, and accelerate growth.
Expertise
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Clinical strategy
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Operating model design
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Network optimization
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Provider productivity
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Clinical outcomes
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Financial models
Industry Segments
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Health tech companies
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Managed care organizations
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Investors
- Medical groups
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Academic medical centers
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Integrated delivery networks
Interests
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Business transformation
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Change management
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Patient engagement
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Provider engagement
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Automation
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Clinical outcomes
Why We're Different
1 / Built by operators, not theorists.
Our work is grounded in 15+ years of real leadership inside complex healthcare organizations: Optum, HealthCare Partners/DaVita, GE Healthcare Partners, and a national specialty provider group. We understand the decisions, constraints, and trade-offs operators face because we’ve lived them.
2 / Strategy that converts into execution.
Most firms deliver slides. We deliver operating models, workflows, rollout plans, and change-ready processes. From EHR and RCM integrations to network growth and medical expense management, we bridge strategy to implementation without losing momentum.
3 / Deep expertise in value-based care, MA, and technology-enabled delivery.
We bring national experience across Medicare Advantage, ACOs, PACE, capitation, and digital health, with hands-on understanding of regulatory nuance, payer mechanics, and medical expense levers that large firms often miss.
4 / Proven results that scale.
We’ve led organizations to double-digit growth, materially improved margins, and stronger operational performance — all while building clinical-team loyalty and maintaining high patient satisfaction. Our work changes economics and experience.
5 / A practical, financially grounded approach.
We design solutions operators can afford and execute. Every recommendation is evaluated through the lens of margin pressure, utilization trends, payer mix, and cost-of-care realities.
6 / Embedded partnership with your team.
We don’t stay in the balcony. We join workflows, clinical huddles, product reviews, finance discussions, and leadership meetings to ensure solutions fit the way your organization actually works.
7 / Unmatched visibility into health-tech innovation.
Active relationships with health-tech investors and early-stage companies mean we bring forward-looking insight into tools, capabilities, and emerging models that will shape the next decade of care delivery.
8 / Flexible models: advisory, execution support, or interim leadership.
Whether you need a targeted project, hands-on operators, or temporary executive leadership, we help you accelerate progress without adding long-term overhead.