Professional Experience

Mr. Johnson is a Managing Director of Manatt Health Solutions, a policy and strategic advisory division of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, where he leverages his wide-ranging healthcare industry expertise and uses evidence-based research to help hospitals and health systems achieve operations improvement, margin and revenue enhancement, elevated patient safety and clinical quality of care and more collaborative working environments for their staff, with a special focus on change management and clinical technology implementation.
Prior to joining Manatt Health Solutions, Mr. Johnson was the Managing Director at The Advisory Board Company where he founded and led the IT Insights program, the company’s service for Chief Information Officers.  The program seeks to facilitate effective decision making and accelerate the implementation and efficacy of new information technologies across hospitals and health systems.  Erik also led the Financial Leadership Council at The Advisory Board Company, focusing research and services around best practices for revenue cycle management, supply chain management, capital planning and investment, disciplined growth and financial management.  He has a deep understanding of hospital reimbursement and Medicare and private payer payment methodologies as well as physician/provider financial alignment strategies, such as joint ventures and other partnership models.

From 1998 until 2003, Erik served in various managerial roles at MicroStrategy, a business intelligence software company in McLean, Virginia.  As Vice President, Global Technical Account Management Services, he directed a complete redesign of the way MicroStrategy delivered consulting and implementation services to clients around the world.  He began his career as a budget analyst in the Executive Office of the President, with responsibility for the Medicare Part A program and for providing analytical support for the Health Care Reform Task Force in 1993-1994.

Education

Stanford Graduate School of Business, M.B.A., 1997.

Stanford University, B.A., Political Science, 1991.

Memberships & Activities

Admitted to practice in New York.

Member, New York State Bar Association.

Member, American Health Lawyers Association.

Speaking Engagements

Guest Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 1999-2000.

Guest Lecturer, Wharton School – University of Pennsylvania, 1999-2000.