Adam C. Powell, Ph.D., is the President of Payer+Provider Syndicate, a management advisory and operational consulting firm focused on the managed care and healthcare delivery industries. A healthcare economist and published author, Dr. Powell's specialty is using statistical techniques to examine issues concerning technology, operations, and firm decision making.

Dr. Powell holds a Doctorate and Master’s degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied Health Care Management and Economics. He also holds Bachelor's degrees in Management Science and Writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Powell is a member of the adjunct faculty of Northeastern University, where he teaches students in the Health Informatics Graduate Program. He additionally serves on the Visiting Faculty of the Indian School of Business, where he teaches a post-graduate course on Health IT.

Outside of his consulting and academic work, Dr. Powell provides thought leadership through both expert networks and the media. He regularly consults as a member of the Healthcare Council of the Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) and on several other expert networks. Dr. Powell has been featured in over 90 articles from outlets including CNN, Forbes, Fox, NBC News, Reuters, The Christian Science Monitor, The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! Finance, Becker’s Hospital Review, Fierce, Healthcare Finance News, HealthLeaders Media, KevinMD, mHIMSS, Minyanville, and Seeking Alpha.

Areas of expertise: managed care, providers, physicians, hospitals, accountable care, ACOs, hospital mergers, payer-provider integration, economics, analytics, informatics, incentive design, revenue cycle management, claims analysis, health information technology, health IT, mHealth, operations, decision making, behavioral economics, healthcare reform, the Chinese healthcare system, the Indian healthcare system