Today’s guest is Peter Wright, the President and CEO of Valley Regional Healthcare in Claremont New Hampshire. Valley Regional Healthcare is a health system that includes Valley Regional Hospital, a large physician group practice, a home health agency, and part ownership in a long term care facility. Peter took an unusual route to becoming Northern New England’s youngest hospital CEO, and his experiences have helped shape some of his unique insights in to health leadership.
Links to the Podcast
Acnhor: https://anchor.fm/healthleaderforge/episodes/Peter-Wright--President-and-CEO-of-Valley-Regional-Healthcare-egra8t
Stitcher: https://listen.stitcher.com/yvap/?af_dp=stitcher://episode/37825125&af_web_dp=https://www.stitcher.com/episode/37825125
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/healthleaderforge/id981989377
YouTube: https://youtu.be/gVIYraHXM1E
Transcript of the podcast is available here.
Podcast Outline
Time
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Topic
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0:01:07
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Educational background
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0:03:03
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First job in healthcare
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0:05:22
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Work as COO at Littleton Hospital
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0:07:53
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Defining a “critical access” hospital and differences in
payment from regular hospitals
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0:10:49
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Responsibilities as COO at Littleton
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0:11:20
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Managing physician practices as a non-physician
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0:12:38
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Leadership lessons learned at Littleton
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0:14:33
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“Manageable risks” taken at Littleton
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0:18:35
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Identifying “manageable risks”
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0:19:37
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History of Claremont, New Hampshire
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0:21:28
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Interacting with local businesses and community as the CEO
of Valley Regional Healthcare (VRH)
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0:22:50
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Recruiting skilled workers to come to rural New Hampshire
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0:25:13
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Financial classification of VRH as a non-profit
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0:29:04
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Organizational structure of VRH
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0:30:18
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Role of home health and hospice at VRH
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0:32:31
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Organization of physician services at VRH
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0:35:35
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Relationship between private practice physicians and VRH
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0:37:44
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Working out tensions between physicians and hospital
administrators
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0:38:50
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Management and structure of Valley Regional Hospital
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0:42:09
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The effects of Medicare/Medicaid as primary payers,
cost-shifting
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0:45:03
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Value proposition of VRH
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0:47:02
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Synergies gained from having a healthcare system
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0:49:06
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Involvement with the American College of Healthcare
Executives
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0:50:52
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Importance of personal vision and mission in leadership
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0:55:17
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Growing leaders within an organization, importance of
mentorship
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1:00:20
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Peter’s personal mentors
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1:03:45
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Relationships with executives outside of VRH
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1:05:29
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Advice for people considering a career in healthcare
administration
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Lyndon State College
Copley Hospital
Littleton Regional Healthcare
City of Claremont
Valley Regional Healthcare
Granite State College
American College of Health Care Executives
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