Saving Lives & Saving Money: Transforming Health and Healthcare

Since retiring from Congress, Newt Gingrich has devoted the majority of his time to advocating for a transformation of the entire health and healthcare system. He recently founded The Center for Health Transformation, a unique collaboration of public and private entities dedicated to accelerating the adoption of transformational solutions, policies, and technologies resulting in a 21^st Century Health and Healthcare System characterized by better outcomes at lower cost.

In his book, Saving Lives & Saving Money, Newt describes the vision of a 21^st Century System that is centered on the individual, prevention focused, knowledge intense, innovation rich and market mediated. Secretary of HHS Tommy Thompson praised, "...Just as he has time and time again, Newt Gingrich is taking on one of the biggest issues facing America today… Saving Lives and Saving Money is a welcome and necessary addition to the health care debate."

During his 20 years in Congress, Newt was committed to improving America’s healthcare system, co-chairing the Republican Task Force on Health for four years prior to becoming Speaker. During his four years as Speaker, the House passed bold legislation related to Medicare and the FDA, and dramatically increased science and research spending.

Newt serves on the advisory board for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the board of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and debuted on Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare 2003 (#19). Recent events have spotlighted Newt’s expertise in the area of bioterrorism preparedness; he serves on Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s Defense Policy Board, the Council on Foreign Relations Terrorism Task Force and as a professor at the National Defense University.

Newt is CEO of the Gingrich Group, a management consulting firm, and is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he leads The 21^st Century Health System project.

Widely recognized as a transformational leader, Newt is unparalleled in his ability to lead successful large-scale change. Time magazine, in naming him Man of the Year for 1995, said, "Leaders make things possible. Exceptional leaders make them inevitable. Newt Gingrich belongs in the category of the exceptional."