Richard (Rich) Bajner, Managing Director, BRG.
Move comes as the firm continues to expand its health care consulting team amid significant market disruption and regulatory uncertainty in the sector.
Berkeley Research Group (BRG) has named Richard (Rich) Bajner a managing director and the new leader for its Integrated Health Solutions (IHS) practice. Bajner brings nearly two decades of experience in health care consulting, with a focus on revenue growth, payment innovation and value-based care transformation for health systems and government agencies.
Bajner’s appointment is part of a broader expansion within BRG’s health care practice, which has added 11 managing directors and directors in 2025. The firm is positioning itself to advise clients navigating challenges from shifting federal funding, technological advancements, and economic uncertainty within the health care market. In his new role, Bajner will work with health care payers and providers to develop and implement growth strategies.
"Rich is joining BRG at an incredibly important moment for the health care industry,” said Tri MacDonald, CEO and President at BRG. “Health systems, payers and investors all face enormous pressure to adapt to complex regulatory shifts, demographic changes and capital constraints. Rich’s deep expertise, coupled with his entrepreneurial mindset and ability to bridge strategy to execution, will help our clients not only navigate these headwinds but seize new opportunities for growth.”
Prior to joining BRG, Bajner served as a senior adviser to Henry Ford Health, where he worked with senior leadership on managed care and payer strategy. He also previously served as the practice leader for the payer and provider division at Guidehouse. Bajner was previously recognized by Consulting Magazine as one of its “Rising Stars of the Profession.”
“What drew me to BRG is its collaborative spirit and ability to bring together some of the brightest minds in the industry, enabling full-service advisory counsel on issues ranging from financial improvement, payment innovation, deal strategy, health policy, transactions advisory and dispute resolution,” said Bajner. “Today’s health care sector is defined by significant disruption and opportunity.”
Bajner holds an MS in health systems management from Rush University and a BS in community health and preventive medicine from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also Lean Six Sigma certified.
SOURCE: BRG
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