About Us.

We are a global management consulting firm specializing in the digital transformation of healthcare.

Our dedicated senior partner model helps our clients solve their most challenging problems with unprecedented speed and efficiency.

  • Speed - to analysis, insight, and execution.

    Expertise - to address all digital health ecosystems.

    Creativity - to solve the most complex problems in healthcare.

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  • SMCG is led by a Global Managing Partner with senior executive experience spanning payers, providers, and digital health startups.

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  • Let us help tackle mission critical priorities and solve your most challenging problems. Contact us to inquire about how we can help.

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Values.

As trusted advisors to senior management we bring strong, independent, and objective advice to help our clients tackle the biggest challenges in healthcare. 

  • As a strategic consulting firm consisting solely of experienced senior partners our model enables a partner to dedicate 100% of their time to a single client. When top-level management faces mission critical problems we believe they deserve the undivided attention from a Senior Partner and peer.

    • Full-Time Partners - 100% of our client’s time is spent with battle-tested Senior Partners. Let the competition work with associates, mangers, and part-time partners.

    • Hyper-Focused on Efficiency - We provide unprecedented speed to analysis, insight, and execution using objective, data-driven solutions.

    • 3X faster than Tier 1 Firms. SMCG delivers fast-paced, high performance problem solving even in the most chaotic environments.

  • Our world-class expertise and real world operating experience help create transformational change for market-leading organizations. We’ve built our approach and proprietary models from decades worth of operational and leadership experience in healthcare. When it comes to digital health our small group of senior partners are the best of the best.

    • World-Class Problem Solvers - Our Senior Partners offer the unique combination of both strategic problem solving capabilities and extensive operating experience to create truly enduring solutions for our clients.

    • Masters of Their Craft - Our subject matter experts can address all digital health ecosystems including pharma, payers, providers, and startups.

    • Consummate Professionals - We maintain strict confidentiality and exist to serve our clients as they address their most challenging problems. We do not publish our client’s work as insights, perspectives, or case studies.

  • We value creative thinking and innovative solutions to enable healthcare leaders to build thriving, market-leading organizations. Our world-class problem solving capabilities help us drive large scale change to usher in the digital transformation of healthcare delivery and the future of medicine.

    • Healthcare Value Creation - We Identify and develop innovative ways to create healthcare value for our clients by improving clinical outcomes, reducing costs, increasing accessibility, and improving workforce productivity.

    • Data-Driven Solutions - We provide structured, data-driven solutions to improve performance and help execute against strategic roadmaps including insights for roadmap course corrections when needed.

    • New Perspectives - We provide a fresh and independent perspective to our clients as they innovate to build, grow, lead, and thrive in their organizations.

 
 

 

Leadership

“we combine world-class expertise with unparalleled operating experience

to

solve the most complex problems in healthcare.

— Dr. Sean Penwell

Sean Penwell, M.D.

Global Managing Partner

 
 
  • Sean is the global managing partner of the Sean Michael Consulting Group (SMCG) where his primary focus is on helping clients solve mission critical problems that arise during the digital transformations in healthcare delivery. In this role he advises top-level management from leading U.S. healthcare organizations in the areas of strategy, growth, and large-scale performance improvement.

    A medical doctor by training, he has held diverse senior leadership roles spanning the entire spectrum of the US Healthcare system including P&L responsibilities and executive operating roles for payers, enterprise technology companies, and market-leading digital health startups. Sean brings his unique perspective and comprehensive understanding of the US Healthcare market to every client engagement with world-class expertise in value-based care, health plan operations, digital care, and telemedicine.

    Past Experience

    • DTC Digital Health Startup Founder & CEO

    • Health Plan Senior Executive and Chief Medical Officer

    • Award-winning VP of Product for B2B Value-Based Care Technology Platform (#20 on Fast Company’s list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies)

    • Practicing Physician with active licenses in CA and HI.

    • Large-Scale Digital Health Transformations and Healthcare Strategy

    • Digital Health M&A / Due
      Diligence / Market Analysis / GTM Strategy

    • Payer Ecosystems & Health Plan Operations

    • VBID and Consumer-Driven Health Plan Benefit Design

    • Medicare Advantage & Risk Adjustment

    • Value-Based Care Programs & Contracting

    • Patient-Centric DTC Product Design & Development

    • B2B & B2C Digital Therapeutics / Digital Care / RPM

  • Harvard Medical School

    MD

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Let us help solve your most challenging problems in the digital transformation of healthcare. Contact us to learn more about how we can help.

 

We are committed to protecting your privacy and always maintain strict confidentiality. We never share information publicly or with any third-parties. Information provided will be used in accordance with our privacy policy.

 
 

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500 East 4th Street, Suite 522
Austin, TX
78701