Ron Dreskin, Founder & President
Ronald Dreskin is the founder and President of DRESKIN Advisory, a leading healthcare leadership advisory firm, dedicated to assisting a full spectrum of healthcare clients facing transformational, operational, regulatory, and financial management challenges.
Throughout a 40+ year career, Ron has guided or advised executive teams or boards of directors where specialized healthcare knowledge or expertise was needed in strategic, financial or operational matters. He has served providers and investors in virtually every health care segment, helping clients improve short-term performance, prepare for large-scale strategic and technology-driven change, navigate mergers and acquisitions, and weather periods of growth or distress.
Most recently, Ron served as Chief Executive Officer for Jackson Hospital & Clinic, a 344-bed community not-for-profit hospital serving Montgomery and the Alabama River Region, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Reporting to the Board of Directors, Ron worked closely with the hospital’s leadership team and the Chief Restructuring Officer as they stabilized the hospital’s financial condition following an unsuccessful affiliation with a private equity firm and bondholder action due to missed payments on bond debt. He also led efforts to rebuild trust in the community, bolster staff morale, negotiate with payers and government officials, and ultimately effectuate a sale of the hospital.
Ron served as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of Philadelphia Academic Health System, LLC, parent system of Hahnemann University Hospital and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia-based safety-net hospitals that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The media widely covered the situation as it involved a complex web of stakeholders and creditors, government interventions, and numerous novel and highly contentious legal situations. He led both hospitals through the bankruptcy proceedings, the successful sale of 188-bed St. Christopher’s Hospital to Drexel University and Tower Health, and the closure/wind-down of 496-bed Hahnemann University Hospital. Following the sale of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Ron remained as the Interim Chief Executive Officer, where he reported to the new ownership group and the Board of Directors, repaired relationships with medical staff and other stakeholders, and positioned the hospital for long-term success with a new vision. He also guided the hospital through the COVID-19 pandemic and the George Floyd protests, which had a multifaceted impact on doctors and healthcare providers.
He previously served as a strategic advisor to Howard University Hospital, one of the most comprehensive safety-net healthcare facilities in Washington, D.C., initially helping to address financial and revenue cycle challenges and later expanding in scope to meet the hospital’s evolving needs.
Previously, Ron served as the Principal-in-Charge of EisnerAmper’s Health Care Services Group, where he helped clients improve their short-term performance, prepare for large-scale strategic and technology-driven changes, and navigate periods of growth or distress. As an advisor, he has helped numerous healthcare organizations in the U.S. navigate the complexity of merger and acquisition transactions, evaluate models for collaboration, and restructure their balance sheets and operations for long-term stability and growth.
Prior to EisnerAmper, Ron founded and built a boutique healthcare consulting firm focused on the hospital, physician practice, nursing home, ambulatory clinic and ancillary services segments. He also draws on his vast experience from Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, where he served as the System Chief Financial Officer and Manhattan-based Allen Community Hospital, where he served as Chief Executive Officer.
Boards & Affiliations
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health: Adjunct Lecturer
Healthcare Financial Management Association
Medical Group Management Association
Education
Mercy College: BA
Iona College: MBA
Engagements
When the stakes are highest, expertise matters.
Sale of Urban Pediatric Hospital, Pandemic Leadership
Restructuring of Nonprofit Community Hospital
