Podcast

Rethinking healthcare strategy with a portfolio mindset

KauffmanPodcast
By Kristofer Blohm and Courtney Midanek
19 min readJul 24, 2025
Strategy partnerships and innovation

Mergers and Acquisitions Podcast from KaufmanHall

This episode features Kris Blohm and Courtney Midanek, Managing Directors and Co-Practice Leads for Mergers and Acquisitions at Kaufman Hall, as they explore how health systems can use a holistic, data-driven approach to assess operations, optimize service lines, and drive long-term success. They share practical insights on collaboration, flexibility, and how to continuously evaluate performance to adapt to an evolving healthcare landscape.

Authors

Kristofer Blohm

Kristofer Blohm

Managing Director, Practice Co-Leader, Mergers & Acquisitions

Kris Blohm is a Managing Director and Co-Leader in Kaufman Hall’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice with more than 20 years of healthcare financial and strategic advisory experience. He counsels executives and boards nationwide on a broad range of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic investments, as well as other partnership and affiliation structures. Prior to Kaufman Hall,...

Courtney Midanek

Courtney Midanek

Managing Director, Practice Co-Leader, Mergers & Acquisitions

Courtney Midanek is a Managing Director and Co-Leader of Kaufman Hall’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice. With more than 25 years of experience in M&A, capital markets and valuations, she provides partnership and M&A advisory services for a variety of healthcare services clients. Prior to Kaufman Hall, Courtney was in the Business Expansion Group of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield...