Premier also named best Strategy, Growth and Consolidation
Consulting Firm for third consecutive year in the 2019 Best in KLAS:
Software and Services report; recognized as Mindshare Leader in
Value-Based Care Transformation as healthcare-specific firm in the 2018
Healthcare Management Consulting report
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), a leading healthcare improvement company,
has been named 2019’s best Overall Healthcare Management Consulting Firm
by KLAS, an industry-trusted research and insights firm. Premier is the
only company to be recognized by KLAS twice for Overall Healthcare
Management Consulting.
In the 2019 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report, Premier was also
ranked the top performer in the Strategy,
Growth and Consolidation category for the third consecutive year.
KLAS ranks organizations and their solutions according to input from the
professionals who use them.
“This continued recognition is a testament to the value our performance
improvement solutions and services are bringing to healthcare
organizations nationwide,” said Leigh Anderson, President of Performance
Services at Premier. “We take great pride in the fact that our members
view Premier as their trusted partner in achieving success now and in
the future.”
As the leader in strategy,
growth and consolidation consulting, Premier helps healthcare
organizations navigate through complex mergers, acquisitions and growth
of their enterprises. This work enables effective decision-making,
addresses network effectiveness and operational redundancies, aligns the
physician enterprise within the health system, enhances integration
between providers and payers, and improves the ability to leverage
growth strategies.
With nine Best in KLAS awards in just four years, Premier has
consistently been referenced as a leader in KLAS’s healthcare consulting
and technology reports.
“Healthcare-specific firms provide a more consistent experience across
clients. Premier is a top-performing firm known for consistent track
records, quality resources and specific areas of expertise,” according
to KLAS’s 2018 Healthcare Management Consulting Report, published in
December, which named Premier the Mindshare Leader for Value-Based Care
Transformation.
The Healthcare Management Consulting Report also rated value-based
care transformation as the top business challenge for healthcare
leaders. Mindshare refers to the level of awareness among healthcare
leaders about Premier’s expertise and ability to address their needs.
“It’s not surprising that value-based care is rated as a top business
challenge for healthcare executives,” said Joe Damore, Service Line Vice
President of Population Health Management at Premier. “Moving from
fee-for-service to value-based payment models is a major evolution
requiring a deliberate strategy and investments in core capabilities to
ensure a successful transition, and financial and competitive
sustainability. To realize a return on these critical investments,
health systems need seasoned experts and the data to drive the right
decision-making and implementation processes.”
KLAS’s 2018 Healthcare Management Consulting report also stated that
Premier is known for strategy development, physician alignment and
structuring, implementing bundled payment and episode of care models,
and building and implementing successful clinically integrated networks
(CINs) and accountable care organizations (ACOs).
“We get ten times more value from Premier than from other consulting
firms,” said an executive respondent in the 2018 Healthcare Management
Consulting report. “Premier can research and provide real case studies;
they know what has and hasn’t worked.”
Members of Premier’s Population
Health Management Collaborative and Bundled
Payment Collaborative consistently outperform the nation in
value-based care delivery and payment.
Armed with clinical insights from data on more than 45 percent of U.S.
hospital discharges, a proven performance improvement methodology and
approximately $60 billion in annual spend information, Premier
consultants work to meet the needs of healthcare providers as embedded
partners through onsite assessments, one-on-one coaching, peer-to-peer
collaboration, 24/7 on-demand data tools and virtual education.
2017, 2019 Overall Healthcare Management Consulting, 2016-2017 VBC,
2017-2019 Strategy Growth and Consolidation Consulting, 2017 EPR, 2017,
2019 Healthcare Management Consulting in the Best in KLAS: Software and
Services reports, January © KLAS https://klasresearch.com/report/2019-best-in-klas-software-services/1473.
About Premier Inc.
Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) is a leading
healthcare improvement company, uniting an alliance of more than 4,000
U.S. hospitals and health systems and approximately 165,000 other
providers and organizations to transform healthcare. With integrated
data and analytics, collaboratives, supply chain solutions, and
consulting and other services, Premier enables better care and outcomes
at a lower cost. Premier plays a critical role in the rapidly evolving
healthcare industry, collaborating with members to co-develop long-term
innovations that reinvent and improve the way care is delivered to
patients nationwide. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier is
passionate about transforming American healthcare. Please visit
Premier’s news and investor sites on www.premierinc.com;
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