David coleads McKinsey’s Center for US Health System Reform. Over the past three decades, he has worked with many leading health insurers, providers, state health agencies, and large employers. He advises clients on both strategy development as well as transformation programs, including care delivery and payment model innovation, administrative and medical cost restructuring, future operating visions, organization redesigns, capability-building efforts, and M&A integration.
David is passionate about making high-quality healthcare affordable for everyone, particularly the most disadvantaged, and led the launch of the firm’s Medicaid work. He has published on a variety of topics, including Medicaid growth strategies for health insurers, the big data revolution in healthcare, high-performance provider networks to enhance affordable quality, and managing US healthcare costs. Over the past few years, he has served as a keynote speaker for over 100 companies and industry forums, including America’s Health Insurance Plans, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Health Datapalooza, National Governors Association, National Institute for Health Care Management, and World Health Care Congress.
Within McKinsey, David is an enthusiastic advocate for advancing the careers of our female professionals. Outside the firm, he is an ardent supporter of the arts and serves on the advisory boards of the New York Metropolitan Opera and the Manhattan School of Music. David and his wife, Françoise Girard, helped launch a baroque summer music festival with Maestro William Christie and Les Arts Florissants. In 2009, he was a David Rockefeller fellow with the Partnership for New York City.