$5 Billion Health System CEO: American Healthcare Needs a Moonshot

Healthcare Reframed

Inside the mind of one of the most successful health system leaders in America: Scott Reiner dares us to aim higher in the way we approach healthcare.

Scott Reiner was the CEO of Adventist Health - a 24-hospital system in California. At the age of 56 - at his peak - he moved his family to Zambia chasing an idea that healthcare can be so much more than what were doing here at home.

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What Scott reveals:

◽️We’re stuck on “average.”

◽️Poverty and health amplify one another.

◽️ A radical blueprint he’s road‑testing abroad could work in the U.S.

What you’ll take away:

◽️How to translate personal ambition to a higher calling.

◽️How to be fearless in the boardroom.

◽️Tactics for creating community‑level change.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:43 Why Scott Reiner Quit a $5 B CEO Job

04:01 Faith‑Driven Healthcare: Mission vs Business

06:05 Community Health Redefined—Beyond Hospital Walls

09:08 Social Determinants 80/20: Poverty × Health

14:13 Wellbeing Multiplier: Income + Health Outcomes

18:12 Housing & Jobs: System Fix for Poverty Cycles

22:55 From U.S. Health Exec to Global Dev Leader

28:32 Kuwala Case Study: Women Ending Poverty

39:12 Leadership Playbook: Aligning 35 K Employees

44:23 Adventist Health Turnaround: Average to Top 10%

58:38 Future‑Ready Health‑System CEOs: 2030 Advice

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Scott Reiner:

Websites:

⁠https://www.thereinerfoundation.org/⁠

⁠https://www.kuwalazambia.org⁠

⁠https://www.anchorhealthpartners.org⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-reiner-trf/⁠

Judson Howe:

LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/judson-howe/⁠

Healthcare Reframed:

Website: ⁠https://www.healthcarereframed.org/⁠

Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/healthcarereframed/⁠

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