Michael Nelson

About Michael

Michael is an Assistant Vice President with the Physician Enterprise division of Kaufman Hall's Strategy & Business Transformation practice. He provides engagement support by assessing physician enterprise operations, identifying alignment and growth opportunities and facilitating data-driven strategy development.

Michael previously served as a consultant at Premier, Inc., assisting clients with patient access expansion, provider performance improvement, organizational leadership structuring and workforce management methodologies. His work also included ambulatory footprint optimization and the implementation of advanced analytics platforms. Early in his career, he led medical group patient experience at Hoag Health and supported value-based care operations at Optum California.

Michael earned his MHA from the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California and his BA in public administration from California State University, Fullerton, where he was a University Honors Program scholar.