Brett Spencer
Managing Director & Partner
Denver
Brett Spencer is a member of The Boston Consulting Group's Strategy and Health Care practices, focusing primarily on health care delivery systems and their evolving interactions with the rest of the health care industry.
Since joining the firm in 2014, Brett has worked with numerous organizations on merger-and-acquisition evaluations, postmerger integrations, system strategy, innovation of payment and care models, and clinical integration. He has also helped clients design new delivery models—including those for product design, pricing, and marketing—to meet patients’ emerging needs.
In addition, Brett has deep experience helping companies enhance their performance as they prepare for the increasingly cost-competitive health care environment. He assists them in collaborating with new partners to achieve competitive advantage.
Before BCG, Brett was a partner in Booz & Company's health care practice. After medical school, before returning to consulting, he was founder and CEO of a multispecialty physician group supported by a joint-venture diagnostic and surgical center for outpatients. He practiced as a board-certified internist for 18 years and remains certified in internal medicine.
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