In this episode of the Think Small Podcast, Tara Good Young, CEO of PDI Surgery Center in California's North Bay, shares what it actually takes to run the only surgical facility in the region dedicated entirely to children and special needs patients who cannot receive care anywhere else. Since 2009, PDI has treated 32,000 children and patients with special healthcare needs, operating on a nonprofit budget with 96 to 97 percent Medi-Cal payers, hospital-grade accreditation standards, and a mission so specific that there is no room for waste, vanity projects, or anything that does not directly serve the families who depend on them. Tara brings 30 years of healthcare experience spanning pediatrics, underserved patient populations, surgery center operations, and patient advocacy, and she applies every bit of it to keep PDI's doors open in a system th ...