Stephanie Carlton

About Stephanie

Stephanie coleads McKinsey’s Center for US Health System Reform and the firm’s Medicare work. She has served healthcare payers, providers, and integrated delivery networks on a diverse set of business problems, including corporate strategy, turnarounds, big-data applications in healthcare, new product launches, and M&A. She speaks and publishes regularly on the business-strategy implications of public policy, leveraging her background across business, policy, and clinical healthcare.

Examples of Stephanie’s recent client work include the following:

• developing Medicare Advantage-growth strategies, including capabilities to manage risk and facilitate provider-led growth, for integrated delivery networks
• launching new Medicare Advantage products jointly offered by provider systems and payers
• evaluating and planning for acquisitions as part of a Medicaid-growth strategy
• evaluating the potential for technology-driven disruption in healthcare, including the integration of longitudinal health records, artificial intelligence, and real-time patient monitoring and cognitive engagement
• developing business use cases for big data in healthcare
• running payer operations during leadership transitions and a company turnaround

Stephanie currently serves on the boards of the Health Care Cost Institute and the University of Texas McCombs Alumni Association.