(NECN) - Partners Healthcare, the largest private employer in Massachusetts, is the parent company of a prestigious hospital chain that includes Brigham and Women's and Massachusetts General hospitals.

Partners Healthcare president and CEO Gary Gottlieb, MD, joins Peter Howe on CEO Corner to discuss the confluence of policy issues affecting Partners and the whole healthcare industry.

The government shutdown, sequester cuts, the Affordable Care Act and a switch in Massachusetts to a global payment system could all play a role in the future of the industry.

In this segment, Gottlieb talks about the challenges and the responsibility he feels, running the state’s largest employer.