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How to master the business of health care

How to master the business of health care

Apeksha Desai has been practicing medicine for nearly 20 years, but despite that, she still believed she lacked a grasp on the actual business of health care.

"At the end of the day, health care is a business," says the physician, who practices at Kaiser Permanente in Boulder. "If I'm going to lead my industry, my organization, I need to understand all aspects of it,"

So Desai enrolled in the Colorado-based program for an Executive MBA from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis. Just a few months in, she calls her experience so far an enriching and wonderful journey.

"I'm growing everyday as a person," she says.

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