John Santana

Yeah. Thanks for having me on, Scott. And congratulations on those impressive metrics. You got me all nervous now. I'm on the Joe Rogan of business podcasts.

Yeah. Thanks for having me on, Scott. And congratulations on those impressive metrics. You got me all nervous now. I'm on the Joe Rogan of business podcasts.

Yeah. Thanks for having me on, Scott. And congratulations on those impressive metrics. You got me all nervous now. I'm on the Joe Rogan of business podcasts.

Yeah, so I've been at Clearwater going on four years now. I'm a principal consultant there, and I lead our private equity services delivery in our digital health, health IT team. And Clearwater is the largest pure play healthcare cybersecurity compliance firm tailored just to serving the healthcare industry.

Yeah, so I've been at Clearwater going on four years now. I'm a principal consultant there, and I lead our private equity services delivery in our digital health, health IT team. And Clearwater is the largest pure play healthcare cybersecurity compliance firm tailored just to serving the healthcare industry.

Yeah, so I've been at Clearwater going on four years now. I'm a principal consultant there, and I lead our private equity services delivery in our digital health, health IT team. And Clearwater is the largest pure play healthcare cybersecurity compliance firm tailored just to serving the healthcare industry.

I mean, we have targeted teams and verticals serving integrated delivery networks, digital health, health IT companies, and physician practice management groups. And yeah, we also work directly with law firms and private equity firms specializing in health care. You know, our genesis, we really started off more in the risk advisory compliance space as HIPAA wizards, if you will.

I mean, we have targeted teams and verticals serving integrated delivery networks, digital health, health IT companies, and physician practice management groups. And yeah, we also work directly with law firms and private equity firms specializing in health care. You know, our genesis, we really started off more in the risk advisory compliance space as HIPAA wizards, if you will.

I mean, we have targeted teams and verticals serving integrated delivery networks, digital health, health IT companies, and physician practice management groups. And yeah, we also work directly with law firms and private equity firms specializing in health care. You know, our genesis, we really started off more in the risk advisory compliance space as HIPAA wizards, if you will.

And we've really evolved in the last five years, especially into a full blown man security services provider business. I've been along for that ride and that transformation, and it's been really fantastic watching the firm evolve and growing with it personally. So, yeah, it's been a great run.

And we've really evolved in the last five years, especially into a full blown man security services provider business. I've been along for that ride and that transformation, and it's been really fantastic watching the firm evolve and growing with it personally. So, yeah, it's been a great run.

And we've really evolved in the last five years, especially into a full blown man security services provider business. I've been along for that ride and that transformation, and it's been really fantastic watching the firm evolve and growing with it personally. So, yeah, it's been a great run.

Absolutely. Well, I mean, the short answer is the highly nuanced regulatory complexities, right? I mean, some of these portfolios will have a pharma startup, a contract research organization, a revenue cycle management company, and then a big old DSO with 500, 900 locations. And every Totally unique business cases, totally unique challenges, and totally unique regulatory requirements.

Absolutely. Well, I mean, the short answer is the highly nuanced regulatory complexities, right? I mean, some of these portfolios will have a pharma startup, a contract research organization, a revenue cycle management company, and then a big old DSO with 500, 900 locations. And every Totally unique business cases, totally unique challenges, and totally unique regulatory requirements.

Absolutely. Well, I mean, the short answer is the highly nuanced regulatory complexities, right? I mean, some of these portfolios will have a pharma startup, a contract research organization, a revenue cycle management company, and then a big old DSO with 500, 900 locations. And every Totally unique business cases, totally unique challenges, and totally unique regulatory requirements.

So it creates quite the firestorm very quickly on what does the right sized fix look like for each company. And I'd say healthcare is pretty unique and in that regard versus other industries, right? I mean, with a portfolio of retail companies, they have unique cases, but they're all making the same widgets and they all have to file the same financial reporting, for example.

So it creates quite the firestorm very quickly on what does the right sized fix look like for each company. And I'd say healthcare is pretty unique and in that regard versus other industries, right? I mean, with a portfolio of retail companies, they have unique cases, but they're all making the same widgets and they all have to file the same financial reporting, for example.

So it creates quite the firestorm very quickly on what does the right sized fix look like for each company. And I'd say healthcare is pretty unique and in that regard versus other industries, right? I mean, with a portfolio of retail companies, they have unique cases, but they're all making the same widgets and they all have to file the same financial reporting, for example.

But healthcare is truly unique, right? I mean, with those Pharma companies and med device companies, they have to deal with the maelstrom of FDA requirements. And then if you're a provider, you have to make sure you're HIPAA compliant. So those highly nuanced regulatory complexities are what create those unique health care challenges.

But healthcare is truly unique, right? I mean, with those Pharma companies and med device companies, they have to deal with the maelstrom of FDA requirements. And then if you're a provider, you have to make sure you're HIPAA compliant. So those highly nuanced regulatory complexities are what create those unique health care challenges.