Travis Ansel is the Chief Executive Officer of HSG Advisors. He leads the company’s expansion as a healthcare consultancy with a data analytics and advisory model that supports clients over the long term. Having more than 15 years with the company, Travis has worked with hundreds of healthcare leaders on strategic growth initiatives across a full range of hospital sizes, from academic medical centers to multi-hospital tertiary systems to critical access hospitals. As CEO, he drives HSG’s continued growth and industry leadership in custom data capabilities that optimize health system performance and arm healthcare executives with the ability to make informed, strategic decisions. He continues to play a hands-on role with clients and HSG’s experienced leadership team, providing ongoing consulting to healthcare leaders on their provider and market strategies. His consulting focus centers around a health system’s outpatient and ambulatory strategy, physician and staff development, and employed provider network performance.
Prior to HSG, Travis held management consulting positions in a variety of leading firms. He earned dual Bachelor of Science Degrees in Finance and Business Management from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and a Master of Business Administration from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Travis is a sought-after speaker and a member of numerous industry organizations, including the American College of Healthcare Executives. Under Travis’ leadership, HSG was honored to receive a Top 20 Healthcare Consultancy ranking by Modern Healthcare in 2023.
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Case Study: Transforming an IPA into a Clinically Integrated Network – Three Levers for Success
Background With only a quarter of early ACOs producing savings sufficient to share in them and uncertainty over how quickly the industry will transition to value-based reimbursement, many hospital leaders […]
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Recruiting the Right Physician Network Leader
Finding the right executive to lead a large, complex employed physician network is imperative to the group’s future success and sustainability. The skill sets, expertise and experience required to run […]
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4 Signs It’s Time to Consider Interim Management of Your Physician Network
Exploding physician employment has resulted in a dearth of executive leadership of multi-specialty physician groups. In many cases, rapid growth of these physician enterprises has outpaced the management infrastructure and […]
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Webinar: The Physician Network Life Cycle: Network Growth Phases
During this 20-minute webinar, HSG Director Travis Ansel provides an overview of the Physician Network Life Cycle. The presentation covers: How physician networks grow and how their capabilities evolve over […]
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Strategy Tips from “67 Tips for a High-Performing Physician Network”
Defining your strategy and creating a common understanding with your physicians is a crucial first step to building a high-performing group. Aligning it so that it supports your organizational strategy […]
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How Many Primary Care Physicians Do You Really Need?
Executing a primary care strategy that provides the right number of primary care providers is critical to the success of your employed provider network. Traditional physician manpower planning models are […]
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Case Study: Developing a Strategy for a Rapidly-Growing Physician Network
Background A two-hospital system in the Midwest had a 45-provider employed network that had grown tremendously over three years. Much of that growth was unplanned and primarily based on reactions to […]
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Infrastructure: Excerpts from “67 Tips for Developing a High-Performing Physician Network”
Failure to invest in infrastructure has created more red ink in employed practices than any other single issue. The problems are two-fold: having the right people in the right positions […]
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