Steve Williams specializes in health care financial and utilization data analysis, systems dynamics modeling and development of computer-based tools for decision support and team learning. Steve also specializes in medical group and hospital management and operations improvement.

Steve has completed comparative studies of hospital pricing, health plan rates and physician compensation. He has developed and used simulation tools with medical group, health plan and hospital clients to examine various strategies, policies and practices. He has also assisted a range of healthcare clients in strategic planning and business development. Steve has 20 years experience in health services management as a medical group administrator and as hospital administrator with Kaiser Permanente. Most recently he has been assistant to the regional administrator for the Permanente Medical Group Northern California. Previously, he was medical group administrator for Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Sacramento.

Steve has served as advisor to The Healthcare Forum for its strategic simulation series, and has served as faculty for the national Power of Systems Thinking and Systems Thinking in Action conferences. He received his Masters degree in Hospital and Health Care Administration from the University of Minnesota.