#151: John Gorman: Launching Large-Scale Interventions for Underserved Populations

<p><strong>OVERVIEW:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner and Host of the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast speaks with John Gorman, Founder and Chairman of Nightingale Partners LLC - the nation’s leading healthcare Opportunity Zone investment fund and consultancy. John talks about his early career helping poor performing companies turn their businesses around and how he built teams to accomplish this. He also discusses conducting large-scale healthcare interventions to help vulnerable communities and the investment opportunities for these outreach initiatives.      </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">John started Gorman Health Group as a compliance practice, which evolved into operational fixes and eventually led to full scale assistance for distressed companies.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Assemble a ninja squad to pivot and find solutions that will stick. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">John highlights a variety of turnarounds he’s overseen, including Excel Health, a medicare advantage special needs plan.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">John has been intent on building a massive network of people. When helping a business pivot and turnaround, it’s important to match up skill sets and personalities. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Behavioral Economics is about the science of incentivizing people. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The biggest motivators for smart people doing complex tasks is autonomy, mastery and a sense of purpose.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">As an entrepreneur, finding problems and forming solutions is your bread and butter. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">John put his retirement plans on hold when he learned about the IRS revamping  regulations f