Catholic Health Initiatives’ headquarters, in Inverness, Colo.

Video:  Michael Rowan,  the chief operating officer of Catholic Health Initiatives, discusses why strategic partnerships, sometimes including having CHI take equity positions in partnering companies,  can make sense in controlling costs and boosting operating margins. He also discusses his system’s innovative forays in insurance and risk and supply-chain management, including in trying to stem the effects of the soaring cost of drugs.