What you should know:
– Kat Marie Álvarez, registered nurse, MBA, a nationally recognized healthcare leader, today announced the public launch of KATALYST & Co.an integrated platform designed to unite strategic advisory services, capital deployment and global operational execution.
– New company goes live with $10 million in seed funding to fuel its mission of advancing healthcare transformation through innovation and accountability.
A performance multiplier for the next era of care
Álvarez’s career is marked by deep experience at major payers and providers, spanning executive positions such as chief operating officer and chief strategy officer. His resume includes managing more than 12 million health plan members, $2.7 billion in P&L responsibility, and overseeing more than $5 billion in healthcare transactions. This extensive experience uniquely positions KATALYST & Co. to address systemic fragmentation.
“Healthcare in the U.S. is at a crossroads,” said Kat Marie Alvarez, CEO and co-founder of KATALYST & Co.. “I founded KATALYST & Co. to serve as a performance multiplier that helps providers, payers, payers and technology innovators grow smartly, deliver responsibly and scale sustainably.”
The firm’s expertise spans several crucial areas: strategic growth, investment advisory, global business process outsourcing, care delivery support (through its clinical division, Katalyst Health), and AI-powered technology enablement.
Guiding stakeholders through values-based disruption
A primary driving force behind KATALYST & Co.’s strategy is the national shift toward value-based care (VBC). As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) targets full implementation of VBC by 2030, the company is specifically equipped to help organizations adapt and thrive amid the disruption caused by policy changes, artificial intelligence, consolidation, and competition.
KATALYST & Co. serves four key stakeholder groups:
- Payers: Strengthens VBC models to improve the financial and clinical outcomes of health plans and TPAs.
- Supplier groups: Designs and implements strategies that improve care delivery, operational efficiency, and patient experience for hospitals and systems.
- Technological innovators: Provides commercialization support to help emerging health technology solutions reach scale and become market-ready.
- Investors: Provides industry insights, market analysis and operational expertise to ensure sustainable growth of private equity portfolio companies.
