Consulting services.

3d Health, Inc.

1118 W. Fulton Market Chicago, IL 60607

312/423-2670, Fax: 312/423-2679

www.3dhealthinc.com

At 3d Health, our mission is straightforward: to work with healthcare organizations to identify, evaluate, and seize opportunities that lead to increased

3M Health Information Systems

575 W. Murray Boulevard

Murray, UT 84123

800/367-2447, Fax: 801/263-3658

www.3mhis.com

Our team of industry experts includes respected physicians, CPAs, registered nurses, industrial engineers, certified medical record/HIM and coding specialists, billing and reimbursement specialists, and operations and management experts. We provide operational improvement services in coding, documentation and billing reviews, compliance planning, physician services, health information management, APC programs, chargemaster reviews, strategic pricing, clinical resource management, and PATH II (Physicians at Teaching Hospitals) audits.

Also see our listings on pages 82, 98, 122, 147, 148, and 164.

* See our advertisement on page 45.

The Abaris Group

700 Ygnacio Valley Road, Suite 270 Walnut Creek, CA 94596

888/367-0911, Fax: 925/946-0911

Abrige Consulting

4410 Parkhurst Drive Bellingham, WA 98229

866/567-9683, Fax: 888/587-9348

Accelerated Receivables Management

1400 Renaissance Drive, Suite 400 Park Ridge, IL 60068

888/874-1447, Fax: 847/824-7166

www.armltd.com

Also see our listings on pages 85 and 164.

Accenture

Centergy One, 75 5th Street, N.W. Suite 1100

Atlanta, GA 30308

678/657-5478

www.accenture.com

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company. With more than 5,000 professionals dedicated to serving the global health and life sciences industry, Accenture is committed to working with healthcare financial executives across the industry to help them achieve and sustain high performance. We have worked with health organizations of all sizes in both the public and private sectors.

Access Consulting, Inc.

781 N. Reeds Road Dowington, PA 19335

610/329-7305, Fax: 208/379-2260

ACS

ACS Healthcare Solutions

5225 Auto Club Drive Dearborn, MI 48126

248/386-8300, Fax: 248/386-8301

www.acs-hcs.com

ACS Healthcare Solutions is a provider of consulting, application delivery, and IT and business process outsourcing solutions to the healthcare industry. Our full suite of healthcare services helps our clients implement the technologies and best practices leading to clinical transformation and financial improvement.

Also see our listings on pages 85, 122 and 158.

* See our advertisement on page 159.

Actuarial Health Solutions

1721 Waterford Way Maple Glen, PA 19002

215/591-0492, Fax: 2151591-0493

The Ada Consulting Group

7705 Tobemory Court, Suite 100 Ada, MI 49301

616/450-6511

Advantage Consulting, Inc.

4600 Rockside Road, Suite 105 Independence, OH 44131

216/447-0588, Fax: 216/447-1262

AIMS Healthcare Associates

500 W. Roy Street, Suite W-301 Seattle, WA 98119

800/970-2467, Fax: 888/283-1093

www.aimshealthcare.com

Specializes in providing exceptional health information and revenue management consulting services: department operational assessments, interim management (HIM, IT, PFS, PAS, UM/CM), regulatory compliance auditing and plan development, coding/DRG completeness and accuracy reviews, contract coding support, and electronic health record (EHR) planning and implementation.

Also see our listing on page 134.

Alexander Consulting Group, Inc.

4 Kings Walk Atlanta, GA 30307

4041378-0910, Fax: 4041377-2135

Altarum Institute

4401 Ford Avenue Alexandria, VA 22302

703/575-1673, Fax: 703/575-5347

www.altarum.org

Altarum's credentialed professionals, experienced with full compliant revenue cycle management, assist organizations to develop strong revenue cycle improvement strategies and sound business practices. From pre-admission/scheduling to final resolution, we apply in-depth knowledge of regulatory drivers, cross-functional best practices, and the use of information technology to increase cash.

Also see our listings on pages 98, 132, 148, and 166.

Ambulatory Strategies Inc.

13981 Paradise Lane Dade City, FL 33525

352/567-1202, Fax: 352/567-5602

Analysis Express, LLC

7840 S. Port Drive Hamilton, OH 45011

513/942-7752, Fax: 800/848-9446

Antaean, Ltd.

6902 Pearl Road, #405 Middleburg Heights, OH 44130

8001853-4454

Aspen Healthcare Metrics

7670 S. Chester Street, Suite 100 Englewood, CO 80112

303/694-6165, Fax: 303/694-9605

Assurance Health Care Financial Services

1615 Florida Avenue Panama City, FL 32405-4636

850/522-5000, Fax: 850/215-7771

Astron Solutions

535 West 34th Street, Suite 407 New York, NY 10001

800/520-3889, Fax: 646/792-2519

Avail Consulting, LLC

13503 Dallas Parkway Addison, TX 75001

972/679-6104, Fax: 972/715-2099

BarringtonEntity.com

117 S. Cook Street, #305 Barrington, IL 60010

312/925-4525

Bay Area Healthcare Consulting, Inc.

1022 River Hill Drive Waukesha, W153189

262/970-9625, Fax: 262/970-9542

BD Healthcare Consulting

101 Arch Street, Suite 1765 Boston, MA 02110

800/394-7171, Fax: 617/737-0202

www.hal.com/consulting

BD Healthcare Consulting provides strategic cost management services to help hospital materials management, pharmacy, surgical services, and clinical laboratories to manage nonsalary expenses for the long term. Our operational improvement services use proven Lean Sigma methodologies, to reduce waste and variability, resulting in improved productivity and lower costs.

Also see our listing on page 156.

Beacon Partners

97 Libbey Parkway, Suite 310 Weymouth, MA 02189

800/423-2266, Fax: 781/337-8469

Beacon Partners provides consulting services that assist healthcare organizations to improve business and clinical operations by aligning workflow processes with information technology. Offering strategic management, clinical, and information technology services to organizations across the country for over 15 years.

BearingPoint

1676 International Drive McLean, VA 22102

866-BRNGPNT, Fax: 703/747-3548

www.bearingpoint.com/healthservices

Bellamy Associates Consulting

3404 Wake Forest Road, Suite 300 Raleigh, NC 27609

919/524-3265, Fax: 919/552-8282

BESLER Consulting

3 Independence Way, Suite 201 Princeton, NJ 08540

877/4-BESLER, Fax: 609/514-1410

www.beslerconsulting.com

BESLER Consulting--a financial and operations consultant to leading healthcare providers--offers comprehensive revenue cycle solutions. These services include front-end access services to ensure the accurate capture of patient information and qualification, billing services to ensure that coding and charges accurately flow to the final bill, and back-end services to increase cash flow and reduce bad debt write-offs.

Also see our listings on pages 98, 166, and 177.

Besler Consulting-New York

230 Park Avenue, 10th Floor, Suite 1000 New York, NY 10169

646/435-5618, Fax: 212/808-3020

BH&R Management Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 13806 Scottsdale, AZ 85267

480/860-4759, Fax: 480/860-1771

BKD Technologies

901 E. St. Louis Street, Suite 1000 Springfield, MO 65806

417/865-8701, Fax: 417/865-0682

BKD, LLP

111 S. Tejon Street, Suite 800 Colorado Springs, CO 80903

719/471-4290, Fax: 719/632-8087

www.bkd.com

BKD Health Care Group, a division of BKD, LLP, a top 10 CPA and advisory firm, serves thousands of healthcare providers nationwide. BKD provides a wide range of accounting and consulting services including assurance, compliance, reimbursement, forecasting, performance management, clinical consulting, and information technology.

Also see our listing on page 79.

Bober & Associates LLC

14 Michele Drive Portland, CT 06480

860/342-5662

Boyd & Nicholas, Inc.

5550 State Farm Drive, Suite C Rohnert Park, CA 94928

877/424-6527, Fax: 707/585-7633

Brian T. Bowman

5301 Woodhill Way Frederick, MD 21703

301/473-8574

The Bristol Group, See Mitretek Healthcare

3150 Fairview Park Drive S. Falls Church, VA 22042

703/610-1500, Fax: 703/610-2453

www.mitretek.org/healthcare

Broadlane

40 Gold Street San Francisco, CA 94133

866/BROADLN

Also see our listings on pages 119, 145, and 156.

* See our advertisement on page 77.

Buchanan Ingersoll PC

One Oxford Centre, 301 Grant Street Pittsburgh, PA 15219

412/562-8800, Fax: 412/562-1041

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

One World Financial Center New York, NY 10281

212/504-6000, Fax: 212/504-6666

Capstone Solutions LLC

2577 Devon Valley Drive Nashville, TN 37221

615/646-5600, Fax: 615/646-7243

Case Mix Analysis, Inc.

200 W. Thomas, Suite 150 Seattle, WA 98119

800/252-2950, Fax: 206/285-4317

CGI-AMS

12601 Fair Lakes Circle Fairfax, VA 22033

703/227-6000, Fax: 703/449-2577

ChargeMaster Institute Inc.

100 E. San Marcos Boulevard, Suite 400 San Marcos, CA 92069

760/510-5965, Fax: 760/510-5901

CharlesRiver Advisors, LLC

14 Berkeley Street Nashua, NH 03064

603/598-4193, Fax: 801/382-5895

Chi Solutions, Inc.

903 Airport Drive, Suite 3 Ann Arbor, MI 48108

800/860-5454, Fax: 734/662-7118

www.chisolutionsinc.com

Chi Solutions, Inc., specializes in the development of outreach programs, and offers a full suite of laboratory services including sales and marketing, billing compliance, operations, benchmarking, and profitability assessments. Chi is different from other consulting companies. We develop long-term relationships with our clients and offer at-risk arrangements.

Also see our listing on page 119.

Cleverley & Associates

438 E. Wilson Bridge Road, Suite 204 Worthington, OH 43085

888/779-5663, Fax: 614/543-7788

www.cleverleyassociates.com

Cleverley & Associates provides consulting services and benchmarking tools to hospitals with an emphasis on data interpretation and business solution identification. We help clients enhance their financial performance through better pricing decisions, improved coding, capital restructuring, cost and productivity enhancements, and/or investment management changes.

Also see our listing on page 82.

CMS Systems Inc.

390 George Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901

908/419-5809, Fax: 718/376-5089

Coding & Compliance Initiatives Inc.

16252 W. 158 Olathe, KS 66062

913/768-1212, Fax: 913/768-1213

The Coker Group

1000 Mansell Exchange W., Suite 310 Alpharetta, GA 30022

800/345-5829, Fax: 678/832-2016

Community Partners, LLC

5810 E. Skelly Drive, Suite 1400 Tulsa, OK 74135

918/392-1994, Fax: 918/392-1995

Companion CPA Group

215 Reagan Street Cookeville, TN 38501

931/526-7041, Fax: 931/525-2077

Compliance Partners, Inc.

4 Camellia Circle Newnan, GA 30263

866/683-4683

Compliance Partners, Inc., is a consulting firm specializing in services that ensure complete, accurate, and compliant hospital CDM and coding of outpatient services. We provide CDM development and standardization, updates, and ongoing maintenance.

Comprehensive Healthcare Solutions

P.O. Box 9247 S. Burlington, VT 05407

888/864-2534, Fax: 802/864-2548

Cowan, Gunteski & Co., PA

40 Bey Lea Road, Suite A101 Toms River, NJ 08573

732/349-6880, Fax: 732/349-1949

www.cowangunteski.com

Also see our listings on pages 80 and 82.

Cymetrix

5 Corporate Park, Suite 280 Irvine, CA 92605

949/428-8000, Fax: 949/428-8001

www.cymetrix.com

Cymetrix is a revenue cycle management company providing an array of consulting and assessment services. Our team has significant "bench strength" throughout the revenue cycle. We provide affordable quality solutions.

Also see our listings on pages 90, 154, 160, 167, and 172.

DeFrancisco & Associates Consulting, LLC

55720 Nursery Avenue Mishawaka, IN 46545

574/340-4604, Fax: 810/885-7040

DeLawder & Associates

P.O. Box 4022 Ironton, OH 45638

740/533-2108, Fax: 740/532-5797

Dennis Winsten & Associates, Inc.

8987 E. Tanque Verde Road, Suite 339 Tucson, AZ 85749

520/885-3416

DiMeo Schneider & Associates, LLC

500 W. Madison Street, Suite 3855 Chicago, IL 60606-4593

312/853-1000, Fax: 312/853-3352

Diskriter Inc.

3257 W. Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15216

800/242-1622 x300, Fax: 412/344-4834

www.diskriter.com

Providing health information management solutions to the healthcare industry for 58 years. We offer medical transcription and consulting services, HIM consulting services, coding support services, oncology support services, HIM special projects such as assembly and analysis services, smartsourcing, and benchmarking, along with superior customer service and pricing.

Also see our listing on page 160.

Dixon Hughes PLLC

2505 Meridian Parkway, Suite 200 Durham, NC 27713

864/213-5354

www.dixon-hughes.com

ECG Management Consultants, Inc.

1111 Third Avenue, Suite 2700 Seattle, WA 98101

206/689-2200, Fax: 206/689-2209

www.ecgmc.com

ECG provides a broad range of management and information technology-related consulting services to healthcare providers. ECG is particularly known for specialized expertise regarding hospital and physician relationships, strategic and business planning, information technology, and the complexities of the academic healthcare enterprise.

Ellis Medical Consulting, Inc.

One Maryland Farms, Suite 102 Brentwood, TN 37027

615/371-1506, Fax: 615/371-5302

ELM Services, Inc.

11600 Nebel Street, Suite 201 Rockville, MD 20852

301/984-1242, Fax: 301/770-1949

www.elmservices.com

ELM Services, Inc., is a nationally recognized consulting company devoted exclusively to oncology. ELM's strategic and analytical services help hospital and healthcare system executives, physicians, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies plan for the future. Services include strategic, business, financial, and facility planning, product line and technology assessments, facilitation of hospital-physician relationships, and operations and revenue cycle improvement.

Ernst & Young LLP

18111 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 1000 Irvine, CA 92612-1007

949/437-0318, Fax: 866/947-2953

Also see our listing on page 80.

EthiCare Revenue Cycle Management, Inc.

723 S. Casino Center Boulevard Las Vegas, NV 89101-6716

800/856-8703, Fax: 800/856-8703

Expansion Consultants Inc.

4551 Cascade Road, Suite C Grand Rapids, Ml 49546

616/301-3660, Fax: 616/301-3661

Fairbanks LLC

500 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 300 Chicago, IL 60611-3775

312/321-1225, Fax: 312/264-5590

Financial Corporation of America

400 E. Anderson Lane, Suite 300 Austin, TX 78752

800/880-8200, Fax: 512/719-3517

Also see our listings on pages 92 and 161.

Financial Resource Group, LLC

12900 Preston Road, LB 104, Suite 1030 Dallas, TX 75230

972/960-7790, Fax: 972/960-7791

www.frgroup.net

Financial Review Services, Inc.

4295 San Felipe, Suite 250 Houston, TX 77027-2924

713/850-7456, Fax: 713/850-7459

First Consulting Group

111 W. Ocean Boulevard, 4th Floor

Long Beach, CA 90802

562/624-5200, Fax: 562/432-5774

FCG provides technology, information, and performance services for the healthcare and life sciences industries. For 25 years, FCG has provided clients with low-cost, high-quality services to improve performance, maximize efficiencies and achieve real value from their investments.

Fiscal Medics

850 Chamberlain Place

Escondido, CA 92025

7601480-9587, Fax: 7601839-3165

Fisher

10435 Ortonville Road

Clarkston, Ml 48348

800/877-2202, Fax: 248/620-9705

Formation Strategies

3101 Broadway, Suite 305

Kansas City, MO 64111

816/753-5881, Fax: 816/753-0688

Franklin Healthcare Consulting

114 St. Andrews Drive

Franklin, TN 37069

615/662-8402, Fax: 615/662-8812

Freed & Associates

412 Yale Avenue

Kensington, CA 94708

510/525-1853, Fax: 510/525-6453

Gagnon & Associates LLC

3940 Treeline Drive

Bettendorf, IA 52722

800/682-7655, Fax: 563/344-8711

www.kkgagnon.com

Gardner, Carton & Douglas, LLP

191 N. Wacker Drive #3700

Chicago, IL 60606

312/569-1000, Fax: 312/569-3259

Gartner, Inc.

56 Gallant Road

Stamford, CT 06904

203/316-1200

Gevo Associates, Inc.

103 15th Street

Belleair Beach, FL 33786

727/593-2114

Gill/Balsano Consulting,

See Mitretek Healthcare

3150 Fairview Park Drive S.

Falls Church, VA 22042

703/610-1500, Fax: 703/610-2453

www.mitretek.org/gbc

Global Recovery

Haldenstrasse 3, P.O. Box 2353

Baar, CH-6342 Switzerland

866/265-0291, Fax: 888/427-2322

www.globalrecovery.com

International questions--global answers. Located near Zurich, Switzerland, our multicultural-multilingual team provides solutions for your international A/R, utilizing over 20 in-house languages. GRA specializes in travel insurance, embassy guarantees third-party guarantors, and self pay. Whatever your recovery needs, GRA provides proven solutions assisting healthcare providers with all international receivable issues.

Also see our listing on page 92.

Global Works Systems, Inc.

441 Water Tower Circle, Suite 200

Colchester, VT 05446

802/846-2550, Fax: 802/846-3268

www.global-works.com

Golding Consulting

2400 S.W. Scenic Drive

Portland, OR 97225

503/292-2500, Fax: 503/292-2592

Gustafson & Associates, Inc.

E. 1660 Highway 28-#7

Deerton, Ml 49822

906/343-6687, Fax: 906/343-6688

www.gustassoc.com

Innovative revenue cycle consulting and education services: operational assessments; process/organizational design; focused operational improvement assistance; interim management; outsource feasibility evaluation; employee skill assessment and on-site training; technical leadership mentoring/coaching; compliance and HIPAA assistance and education; outsource vendor operational assessments, proposal evaluations/site visit preparation.

Hayes Management Consulting

1320 Centre Street, Suite 402

Newton Center, MA 02459

617/559-0404, Fax: 617/559-0415

www.hayesmanagement.com

HCS HealthCare Consulting Solutions

8361 Fontana Street

Shawnee Mission, KS 66207

800/659-6035, Fax: 913/652-9617

Headwaters Group, LLC

10099 103rd Avenue N.

Maple Grove, MN 55369

612/644-7396

Health Strategies & Solutions, Inc.

8 Penn Center 1628 JFK Boulevard, Suite 200

Philadelphia, PA 19103

215/636-3500, Fax: 215/636-0399

www.hss-inc.com

Health Strategies & Solutions, Inc., is a healthcare consulting firm whose consultants serve as frequent contributors to HFMA publications. We are nationally recognized experts in business and financial planning, strategic planning, organizational effectiveness, clinical program planning, physician strategies, facility planning, and demand forecasting and resource development.

Healthcare Consulting of St. Louis, LLC

165 Southdown Drive

Chesterfield, MO 63017

314/550-7475

Healthcare Dynamics Inc.

1416 Stoney Brook Road

Grantham, NH 03153-2403

603/763-3271, Fax: 800/660-2480

Healthcare Management Systems, Inc. (HMS)

3102 West End Avenue, Suite 400

Nashville, TN 37203

615/383-2456, Fax: 615/844-7400

* See our advertisement on page 59.

HealthNET Systems Consulting Inc.

20 Burlington Mall Road, Suite 305

Burlington, MA 01803

781/270-4000, Fax: 781/273-3794

HealthStar Partners, LLC

13170 Central Avenue S.E. #B236

Albuquerque, NM 87123

505/281-3336

Helms & Company, Inc.

One Pillsbury Street, Suite 200

Concord, NH 03301

603/225-6633, Fax: 603/225-4739

HFS Consultants

505 14th Street, 5th Floor

Oakland, CA 94612

510/768-0066, Fax: 510/768-0044

HIS Professionals, LLC

7 Avenue Vista Grande, #303

Santa Fe, NM 87508

505/466-4958, Fax: 505/466-4959

HMI Corporation

155 Franklin Road, Suite 190

Brentwood, TN 37027

800/659-5145, Fax: 615/661-5147

HosplTech Solutions

150 River Road, Suite 64B

Montville, NJ 07045

973/263-9800, Fax: 973/263-0446

Hoye Consulting Services, Inc.

505 Fairfield Avenue

Elmhurst, IL 60126-3815

630/993-1110, Fax: 630/993-1186

HP3, Inc.

One Bethlehem Plaza, Suite 201

Bethlehem, PA 18018

877/774-7853, Fax: 610/332-2993

HP3 provides consulting services that are client focused, results oriented, and data driven. These services include clinical documentation improvement programs, HIM operations improvement, on-site/off-site coding, and coding reviews. We believe that by improving the quality of our client's clinical data, we can improve the quality of patient care and more accurately reflect performance as measured by quality indicators.

Also see our listings on pages 132 and 178.

* See our advertisement on page 111.

HPA (Healthcare Provider Advocates, Inc.)

479 West Street, #8

Amherst, MA 01002

4131253-7960, Fax: 4131253-3016

HSS, Inc.

2321 Whitney Avenue

Hamden, CT 06518

800/999-3747, Fax: 203/407-3912

www.hssweb.com

Also see our listings on pages 150 and 168.

* See our advertisement on page 29.

Hudspeth & Hinson Healthcare Group LLC

13410 Preston Road, 1-310

Dallas, TX 75240

214/384-2029

www.hhhg.net

IAC Consulting

301 Metal Wick Court

Mullica Hill, NJ 08062

856/308-7063, Fax: 877/275-7947

IDX Systems Corporation

40 IDX Drive

Burlington, VT 05402

802/859-6620, Fax: 802/864-9162

Also see our listings on pages 93, 102,

120, 124, 128, 131, 132, 150, 154, 161,

168, 174, 175, and 178.

* See our advertisement on page 4.

IMPACT Healthcare Services, Inc.

341 N. Maitland Avenue, Suite 130

Maitland, FL 32751

888/776-7228, Fax: 407/644-3943

National hospital consulting firm specializing in pre-bill audits, charge capture assessments, and defense audits. With 15 years in the industry, IMPACT emphasizes billing compliance and education with each of our services. We have the expertise to make a positive impact on your hospital's bottom line.

INFOHEALTH Management Corp.

111 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 1050

Chicago, IL 60601

312/321-1638, Fax: 312/321-0128

www.infohealth.net

Also see our listing on page 161.

InfoPartners, Inc.

4535 Harding Road, Suite 200

Nashville, TN 37205

615/297-4215

www.infopart.cem

Founded in 1986, InfoPartners provides information systems management and consulting services to hospitals. Professional services include current assessments and strategic planning, systems selection, and implementation assistance. Through our IS management partnership, we provide a collaborative management service focused on department leadership, best practices, and operational improvements.

Also see our listing on page 161.

Inteck, Inc.

4600 S. Ulster Street, Suite 700

Denver, CO 80237

303/804-3810, Fax: 303/845-5218

Integra Solutions

1854 Shackleford Court, Suite 300

Norcross, GA 30093

800/444-1062, Fax: 770/243-4977

www.integrasolutions.com

Also see our listings on pages 93, 161, and 168.

Integrated HealthCare Consulting, LLC

300 Main Street, Suite 804

Stamford, CT 06901

203/487-0880, Fax: 203/487-0404

ISH Inc.

30 Two Bridges Road, Suite 250

Fairfield, NJ 07004

800/284-8018, Fax: 973/669-5664

J. Taylor & Associates, PLLC

2813 S. Hulen, Suite 250

Fort Worth, TX 76109

888/811-8877, Fax: 817/924-5915

J. A. Thomas & Associates

1190 Winchester Parkway

Smyrna, GA 30080

800/683-8734, Fax: 770/438-0317

www.jathomas.com

Revolutionize results with CDMP[R] (Compliant Documentation Management Program[R]). Physicians, nurses, and coders deliver peer-to-peer education with a proven process to improve physician documentation real-time. We've taught more than 450 hospitals and 35,000 physicians. CDMPGuide[TM] has more than 400 clinical documentation strategies with supporting coding clinics. JATA's specialization results in a 5-10% increase in CMI/reimbursement and appropriate complexity/severity.

Also see our listings on pages 100 and 179.

* See our advertisement on page 113.

Jacobson & Associates, LLC

143 Willing Way

Troy, IL 62294

618/667-8666, Fax: 618/667-9096

www.consultja.com

JAT Computer Consulting, Inc.

440 Route 22 E.

Bridgewater, NJ 08807

800/772-3591, Fax: 908/722-0894

JDP & Associates

78 Manson Drive

Chesterfield, MO 63017

314/576-0818, Fax: 314/576-1440

Jennings Ryan & Kolb, See Mitretek Healthcare

3150 Fairview Park Drive S.

Falls Church, VA 22042

703/610-1500, Fax: 703/610-2453

www.mitretek.org/jrk

JH Enterprises

12232 Redgold Run, Suite 0001

Carmel, IN 46032

317/587-8885, Fax: 317/815-5906

JKC Inc.

5822 Bitter Orange Avenue

Tampa, FL 33625

813/265-3885

JLC Consulting LLC

1119 Parkhaven Lane

Houston, TX 77077

281/914-0703

John Goodman & Associates, Inc.

6830 W. Oquendo Road #202

Las Vegas, NV 89118

800/542-5435, Fax: 702/871-7271

Kalandavis

716 Beacon Street, P.O. Box 275

Newton Centre, MA 02459

617/327-7888, Fax: 617/327-3408

The Karis Group, Inc.

1011 Meredith Drive, Suite 10

Austin, TX 78748

512/292-9560, Fax: 512/292-5719

www.thekarisgroup.com

The Karis Group specializes in helping hospitals communicate effectively with self-pay patients by leveraging Karis's extensive experience as a conciliator between self-pay patients and providers. Karts can recommend and implement best practices to help providers minimize billing costs and maximize return from the self-pay.

Katz & Associates, Inc.

3 Carriage Hill Circle

Southborough, MA 01772

508/460-2044, Fax: 508/460-2043

Kforce Inc.

1001E. Palm Avenue

Tampa, FL 33605-3551

800/397-9814, Fax: 813/552-2122

KnowWare International

2244 S. Olive Street

Denver, CO 80224

888/468-1537, Fax: 888/468-1536

Kumura & Associates, Inc.

1602 Siddall Drive

Vista, CA 92084

760/734-3965, Fax: 760/734-3966

Kurt Salmon Associates

1355 Peachtree Street N.E., Suite 900

Atlanta, GA 30309

404/892-3436, Fax: 404/872-7271

www.kurtsalmon.com

The healthcare group of Kurt Salmon Associates provides management advisory services in facility planning, strategy, and information technology to multihospital systems, community hospitals, academic medical centers, physician group practices, and children's hospitals. KSA is a dedicated and experienced resource to health care providers.

KWS Healthcare Inc.

2180 Pleasant Road, Suite A5-350

Duluth, GA 30096

678/417-6422, Fax: 678/417-4989

Lakeside Associates Corporation

350 Market Street, P.O. Box 495

Saddle Brook, NJ 07663

201/843-4848, Fax: 201/843-5155

LaPlant Consulting Group

Two Union Square, 601 Union Street, Suite 4200

Seattle, WA 98101

206/729-3100, Fax: 206/275-2419

www.laplantconsulting.com

LaPlant Consulting Group specializes in helping healthcare providers improve their revenue cycle through accounts receivable analysis, clean-up, reimbursement, and outsourcing projects. We also provide successful interim management and information systems implementation services. LCG expertise results in increased cash collections and net margins and decreased accounts receivable.

LarsonAllen

220 S. Sixth Street, # 300

Minneapolis, MN 55402

888/529-2648, Fax: 612/376-4850

Also see our listing on page 81.

LAS Healthcare Consulting

1235 N. 6th Street

Seward, N E 68434-1246

402/643-6820

Lawrence R. LoBianco, CPA

6806 Harrowdale Road, Apartment T-2

Baltimore, MD 21209-4935

410/484-4106

LECG, LLC

424 Church Street, Suite 2550

Nashville, TN 37219-2416

615/726-7960, Fax: 615/726-7970

The Lewin Group

3130 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 800

Falls Church, VA 22042

703/269-5500, Fax: 703/269-5501

www.lewin.com

The Lewin Group is a premier national healthcare and human services consulting firm. Lewin's strategic and analytical services focus on helping clients enact, run, and evaluate programs to enhance delivery and financing of healthcare and family services, and deal with shifts in healthcare practice, technology, and regulation.

Lewis Creek Systems, LLC

5675 Spear Street

Charlotte, VT 05445

802/425-3839, Fax: 802/425-3840

Lubaway, Masten & Company, Ltd.

27780 Novi Road #255

Novi, Ml 48377-3427

248/347-1416, Fax: 248/305-8333

M. Leco & Associates, Inc.

61 McMurray Road, Suite 400

Pittsburgh, PA 15241

800/783-7853, Fax: 412/833-9450

www.mleco.com

Since 1982, Leco has recovered nearly $500,000,000 of bottom-line revenue for hospitals. Leco services--lost charge recovery, denied claims solutions, managed care recovery, and emergency/surgery department consulting--produce rapid results and require minimal client involvement. Our latest merger with CDMSG provides clients with state-of-the-art, web-based chargemaster maintenance service.

Also see our listings on pages 154, 169, and 179.

MacFarlane & Associates, Inc.

2600 S. Ocean Boulevard, Suite 3A

Boca Raton, FL 33432

561/393-6026, Fax: 561/393-6042

Maestro Strategies, LLC

P.O. Box 767069

Roswell, GA 30076

7701587-3309

www.maestrostrategies.com

Maestro Strategies, LLC--transforming health care, creating value through information technology by optimizing ROI, and making IT a strategic asset. Improving your team's ability to prioritize IT and make informed decisions, increasing technology adoption, and producing results in patient safety, financial viability, physician-patient relationships, and market position.

Management Health Solutions, Inc.

175 Stratford Avenue, Suite One

Wayne, PA 19087

941/918-1698, Fax: 941/918-9303

Maria K. Todd, MHA, PhD

45 Main Street, Suite 309-133

Brooklyn, NY 11201

800/209-7263, Fax: 800/407-0439

www.healthproconsulting.net

Marion Financial Corp.

Nine Greenway Plaza, Suite 3131

Houston, TX 77046

713/988-8000, Fax: 713/621-6100

Mark W. Liston, PC

2340 E. Trinity Mills Road, Suite 300

Carrollton, TX 75006

972/418-2905, Fax: 972/862-8679

The Marlin Alliance, Inc.

600 Marlin Lane

Carlsbad, CA 92011

760/431-8610, Fax: 760/602-9882

Mary Mike Consulting, Ltd.

10814 Berkshire Street

Westchester, IL 60154

708/562-6319

Mary Mike Pavoni is an independent consultant offering direct or subcontractor support to hospitals specializing in interim management for health information management (HIM) departments. Offering clients professional HIM director and consultant experience, creativity and commitment to excellence, and the ability to connect with HIM staff and HIM customers alike for fast turn-around solutions.

McBee Associates, Inc.

997 Old Eagle School Road, Suite 205

Wayne, PA 19087

800/767-6203, Fax: 610/964-7987

McEwan Revenue Cycle Systems, Inc.

1811 Bopp Road

St. Louis, MO 63131

314/821-1253, Fax: 314/821-1253

cmce96@aol.com

The McFaul & Lyons, LLC

2300 Computer Avenue

Willow Grove, PA 19090

513/494-0065, Fax: 513/494-0067

McKesson

5995 Windward Parkway

Alpharetta, GA 30005

800/981-8601, Fax: 404/338-5108

Also see our listings on pages 84, 93, 101, 120, 124, 128, 131, 147, 150, 157, 162, 169, and 175.

MedCom Solutions

56 Terminal Way

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

412/481-7710, Fax: 412/481-7720

www.medcomsolutions.com

MedCom Solutions has the technology and the depth of experience to meet the revenue challenges of today's healthcare providers. We offer consultants with technical expertise and software engineers that can customize solutions. We specialize in pricing reviews, chargemaster reviews, and web-based chargemaster management and maintenance.

Also see our listing on page 104.

* See our advertisement on page 103.

Medical Insights Ltd.

P.O. Box 6672

Hendersonville, NC 28793

828/693-0068, Fax: 828/693-0068

Medical Learning, Inc.

287 6th Street E., Suite 400

St. Paul, MN 55101

800/252-1578, Fax: 651/229-0835

www.medlearn.com

Medical Learning, inc., is a nationally recognized consulting, publications, and training company that specializes in providing coding, reimbursement, compliance, and educational services for hospitals, physicians, and other healthcare service organizations. Our ongoing development of professional personnel and products provides innovative and real-time solutions for our clientele to further establish our presence and growth within the marketplace.

Also see our listing on page 146.

MEDICOL, Inc.

1200 Woodruff Road

Greenville, SC 29607

864/272-2121, Fax: 864/272-2129

Also see our listings on pages 94 and 162.

MEDRAND Associates

1420 N.W. Lovejoy Street, #705

Portland, OR 97209

503/295-0360, Fax: 503/295-0358

Michael H. Kreitzer & Associates, Ltd.

538 E. Center Avenue

Lake Bluff, IL 60044

312/560-8636, Fax: 847/295-6737

Michael T. Ballard, MSB

6264 Cary Avenue

Cincinnati, OH 45224

513/541-8171

Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center

47911 Halyard

Plymouth, Ml 48170

888/414-6682, Fax: 734/451-4201

Mid-Continent Coding, Inc.

8918 W. 21st Street, N., Suite 200-PMB 144

Wichita, KS 67205

316/214-5157, Fax: 316/462-0523

www.mccoding.com

Mid-Continent Coding, Inc., is dedicated to providing quality customer focused HIM coding, compliance reviews, and educational services throughout the midwest. Specializing in PPS/OPPS critical access, medical necessity and psychiatric auditing, revenue cycle and chargemaster analysis, compliance reviews, coding education and training, and contract and remote coding.

Midwest Consultants for Rural Health Inc.

P.O. Box 791

Lincoln, IL 62656

309/338-4478

Milliman

15800 W. Bluemound Road, Suite 400

Brookfield, W153005-6069

262/784-2250, Fax: 262/784-4116

Mitretek Healthcare

3150 Fairview Park Drive S.

Falls Church, VA 22042

703/610-1500, Fax: 703/610-2453

www.mitretek.org/healthcare

Mitretek Healthcare, including the former Bristol Group, Gill/Balsano, and Jennings Ryan & Kolb practices, provides strategic expertise and innovative advisory services to healthcare organizations. We specialize in strategic, financial, and facilities planning, clinical and organizational process innovation, information management and systems, and organizational transformation.

Money Recovery Nationwide

Box 13129

Lansing, Ml 48901

800/466-1320, Fax: 517/886-5510

Morrison Informatics, Inc.

1150 Lancaster Boulevard, Suite 101

Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

717/795-8410, Fax: 717/795-8420

MPA Consulting

383 Park Avenue

Long Beach, CA 90814

210/494-2067, Fax: 210/579-9498

MRC Consulting Group

3N 590 E. Laura Ingalls Wilder Road

St. Charles, IL 60175

630/584-0304

Nancy Hazlewood, Independent Consultant

2626 17th Avenue

San Francisco, CA 94116

415/753-6857

Navigant Consulting

615 N. Wabash

Chicago, IL 60611

800/621-8390

www.navigantconsulting.com/healthcare

Navigant Consulting has a proven reputation in achieving long-term results for hospitals and other healthcare providers. Our experienced healthcare team can help your organization with performance improvement, strategic advisory, supply chain, technology advisory, risk mitigation and compliance, and interim management.

NJPR

129 Littleton Road

Parsippany, NJ 07054

973/334-3443, Fax: 973/334-2823

NJPR provides our clients with healthcare consulting/outsourcing services including coding and data quality monitoring of inpatient, outpatient, emergency room, and evaluation and management cases, documentation reviews, medical transcription, and hospital department physician office billing.

NOMISe SYSTEMS

3 Rochester Court

Algonquin, IL 60102

847/854-0477, Fax: 847/854-0478

www.nomise.com

Founded in 1991, NOMISe SYSTEMS is a healthcare decision support consulting and software development company. Our consultants are experts in decision support implementations, including RVU development and ongoing maintenance of the cost accounting process.

Also see our listing on page 126.

Norris FSG, Inc.

3500 Lake Powell Drive

Arlington, TX 76016

817/483-8877, Fax: 817/483-4433

www.norrisfsg.com

One/Net, Inc.

9828 Taylor Street

Omaha, NE 68134

402/572-6900, Fax: 402/572-7500

Outlook Associates, Inc.

249 E Ocean Boulevard, Suite 900

Long Beach, CA 90802

562/432-5253, Fax: 562/432-2313

www.outlook-associates.com

Outlook Associates, a national healthcare consulting firm, improves financial, operational, and clinical performance for clients through streamlined processes and optimized use of existing and new application systems and technology. All our consultants are senior-level healthcare leaders who bring hands-on, real-world experience to each client assignment.

PARA Healthcare Financial Services

4801 E. Copa De Oro Drive

Anaheim Hills, CA 92807

800/999-3332, Fax: 714/279-9373

www.para-hcfs.com

PARA Healthcare Financial Services assists hospitals to improve their bottom line through sophisticated price modeling, improved chargemaster coding, and claim analysis. PARA's proprietary revenue stream methodology allows hospitals to make the most informed pricing decisions. PARA's CDM update services streamline the CDM maintenance process for a hospital without a software capital purchase or additional stall training.

Also see our listings on pages 140 and 180.

Park Dansan

113 W. Third Avenue

Gastonia, NC 28053

800/766-1551, Fax: 704/671-1015

Parrish, Moody & Fikes, PC

7901 Woodway Drive, Suite 100

Waco, TX 76712

254/776-8244, Fax: 254/776-8277

Partners Healthcare Group

7101 Executive Center Drive, Suite 201

Brentwood, TN 37027

615/370-5014, Fax: 615/370-5036

Performance Logic, Inc.

307 W. 38th Street, Suite 1401

New York, NY 10018

888/407-1705, Fax: 646/473-0438

Perimeter Perspectives, Inc.

7966 Entrada De Luz W.

San Diego, CA 92127

858/756-6223, Fax: 858/756-6223

Perimeter Solutions Group

2657 Dunhaven Court

Snellville, GA 30078

678/580-3134

Perot Systems

101 Cumberland Avenue

Madison, TN 37115

866/467-3768, Fax: 615/234-1323

www.perotsystems.com/improveprofitability

Also see our listings on pages 95, 151, 162, 169, and 174.

* See our advertisement on page BC.

Peterschmidt & Associates

301 Gold Avenue S.W., Suite 201

Albuquerque, NM 87102

505/858-0708, Fax: 505/858-0714

PH Enterprises, Inc.

407 South Street

Signal Mountain, TN 37377

423/886-1231, Fax: 423/886-4373

Phase 2 Consulting

2120 S. 1300 E., Suite 301

Salt Lake City, UT 84106

800/995-0097, Fax: 801/596-2127

Phoenix Services Managed Care Consulting, Ltd.

2233 Sherman Avenue

Evanston, IL 60202

847/864-4444, Fax: 847/864-4459

Physician Advocates

4400 Hamilton Drive

Eagan, MN 55123

651/688-3398, Fax: 651/683-1020

Pino Consulting Group, LLC

P.O. Box 19393

Portland, OR 97280-0393

503/452-6813, Fax: 503/452-6897

www.pinoconsultinggroup.com

Specializing in mediation services for professional service industries. Common sense, common ground, agreements.

Planning Resources

636 Greenleaf

Richardson, TX 75080-5629

972/231-2806, Fax: 972/231-2806

Plante & Moran, PLLC

27400 Northwestern Highway

Southfield, MI 48037-0307

800/430-0933 x7514, Fax: 248/233-8872

pmpm Consulting Group Inc.

1425 River Park Drive #230

Sacramento, CA 95815

916/565-6130, Fax: 916/565-0937

www.pmpm.com

PMSCO Healthcare Consulting

777 E. Park Drive

Harrisburg, PA 17111

888/294-4336, Fax: 717/561-9339

Precyse Solutions

1275 Drummers Lane, Suite 200

Wayne, PA 19087

866/PRECYSE, Fax: 610/688-1798

Also see our listing on page 162.

* See our advertisement on page 163.

Premier, Inc.

2320 Cascade Pointe Boulevard

Charlotte, NC 28208

877/777-1552

Also see our listings on pages 83, 144, 145, 152, 157, and 158.

PrimeStaff, LLC

3260 N. Hayden Road, Suite 107

Scottsdale, AZ 85251

800/813-4565, Fax: 480/551-1411

PrimeTech

One Pacific Plaza 7777 Center Avenue, Suite 220

Huntington Beach, CA 92647

714/894-1461, Fax: 714/894-1406

PRISM Healthcare Consulting

799 Roosevelt Road, Building 4, Suite 317

Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

630/790-1265, Fax: 630/790-2696

Professional Alliance For Managed Care

2778 Scenic Drive

Clarksville, TN 37043

931/358-3320, Fax: 931/358-3306

Professional Dynamic Network, Inc.

20280 Governors Highway, Suite 106

Olympia Fields, IL 60461

708/747-4361, Fax: 708/747-7057

Professional Management Consultants

3 Conchas Court

Santa Fe, NM 87508-8803

505/466-3785, Fax: 505/466-3785

Provider Consulting Solutions, Inc.

58 Clifton Country Road, Suite 200

Clifton Park, NY 12065

518/371-3036, Fax: 518/371-3466

PSC Group LLC

13200 Metcalf Avenue, Suite 100

Overland Park, KS 66213

913/402-4599, Fax: 913/402-4689

PTM Healthcare Marketing, Inc.

11 Scott Drive

Smithtown, NY 11787

631/979-3780

QHR

105 Continental Place

Brentwood, TN 37027

800/233-1470, Fax: 615/371-4650

www.qhr.com

QHR consultants bring an operational mindset to consulting and can help implement your plans for greater success. Our three decades of experience brings an integrated approach to turnaround management, clinical services, benchmarking/productivity, reimbursement issues, and revenue cycle improvement. We also conduct comprehensive reviews of HIM and PFS departments, chargemasters, cost reports, and managed care contracts.

Also see our listings on pages 133 and 170.

Quality IT Partners

2960 Lonesome Dove Road

Mount Airy, MD 21771

888/886-7774, Fax: 301/829-4106

R-C Healthcare Management Services, Inc.

11801 N. Tatum Boulevard #132

Phoenix, AZ 85028

800/862-5368, Fax: 602/995-9458

The RADGroup Healthcare Consultants

3656 W. Beechwood Avenue

Fresno, CA 93711

559/284-5199, Fax: 559/432-7735

Research & Planning Consultants, LP

7600 Chevy Chase Drive, Suite 400

Austin, TX 78752

512/371-8100, Fax: 512/371-0327

ResourceOne Health Management Services, LLC

810 Dutch Square Boulevard, Suite 300

Columbia, SC 29210

800/849-7272, Fax: 803/765-1732

Also see our listing on page 176.

River North Solutions

211 E. Ontario Street, Suite 1800

Chicago, IL 60611

312/283-5008, Fax: 312/283-5005

www.rivolutions.com

River North Solutions helps hospitals manage change. Our consultants successfully manage implementations in time and attendance, pay practice standardization and change management, staff scheduling, human resources and payroll, health information systems, PACS, work flow, and gap analysis.

RSM McGladrey, Inc.

1185 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

212/372-1000, Fax: 212/372-1080

www.rsmmcgladrey.com/tbs

The RSM McGladrey National Healthcare Practice provides traditional management, reimbursement, strategic, and technology consulting to hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory care providers, managed care organizations, physician practices, and other types of healthcare providers. Our specialized knowledge is hard at work for you and your business.

The Rybar Group, Inc.

1495 Dauner Road

Fenton, Ml 48430-1561

810/750-6822, Fax: 810/750-6733

www.therybargroup.com

Salem Solutions LLC

P.O. Box 498

Cross River, NY 10518

914/441-0274, Fax: 914/763-9475

Chuck Kachmarik, president of Salem Solutions, created a healthcare consulting firm focusing on tactical strategies for turnarounds, mergers/affiliations, and capital formation. Salem Solutions blends a combination of expertise in operations, finance, and capital formation to deliver powerful strategies and services with successful results.

Seroka Healthcare Marketing

N17 W24222 Riverwood Drive, Suite 170

Waukesha, W153188

262/523-3740, Fax: 262/523-3760

Seroka Healthcare Marketing is an integrated marketing communications firm providing full-service marketing, advertising, and public relations within the healthcare industry. We provide assistance in strategic, branding, research, public relations, marketing/advertising, direct response, collateral development, and eMarketing.

SG&A Consulting, Inc.

1950 N.E. Green Oaks Boulevard #190

Arlington, TX 76006

817/277-2558, Fax: 817/277-4118

Siemens Medical Solutions

51 Valley Stream Parkway

Malvern, PA 19355

888/826-9702, Fax: 610/448-4152

www.usa.siemens.com/medical

Also see our listings on pages 84, 104, 130, 132, 145, 147, 151, 164, 170, 174, and 176.

* See our advertisement on page 25.

Silver & Cherner, Ltd.

10221 N. 32nd Street, Suite D

Phoenix, AZ 85028-3849

602/996-2220, Fax: 602/996-2330

Smart & Associates, LLP

92 W. Lancaster Avenue

Devon, PA 19333

610/254-0700, Fax: 610/254-5292

Smart Cookies Consulting

P.O. Box 11334

Spokane, WA 99211-1334

509/710-8312

Smart Solutions for Health Care

65 Broadway, Suite 505

New York, NY 10006

212/509-0400, Fax: 212/509-0904

www.ssfhc.com

Mid-size healthcare consulting firm providing information technology consulting and outsourcing, and revenue cycle improvement services. Smart Solutions is big enough to have the highest quality personnel with a national perspective and yet small enough to provide individual attention to each client.

Also see our listings on pages 151, 164, and 170.

Smith Moore LLP

300 N. Greene Street

Greensboro, NC 27401

336/378-5200, Fax: 336/378-5400

www.smithmoorelaw.com

Smith Moore LLP provides comprehensive legal services tailored to hospitals and healthcare providers nationwide, including system development, mergers, acquisitions, antitrust, financing, joint ventures, regulatory compliance, HIPAA, risk management, health information management, facility planning, managed care negotiations, litigation, and labor and employment.

Solutions For Management, Inc.

8 E. Germantown Pike, Suite 100

Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462

610/832-5901, Fax: 610/832-5909

Specialty Health Services Management, Inc.

3891 Ranchero Drive, Suite 10

Ann Arbor, Ml 48108

734/213-1595, Fax: 734/213-1594

The SSI Group, Inc.

4721 Morrison Drive, Suite 100

Mobile, AL 36609

800/881-2739, Fax: 727/535-0007

Also see our listings on pages 94, 101, 120, 130, 132, 164, 170, 176, and 180.

* See our advertisement on page 53.

Sterling Solutions, Ltd.

1000 Kersey Road

Silver Spring, MD 20902

800/967-3028, Fax: 301/593-6039

Stockamp & Associates, Inc.

6000 S.W. Meadows Road, Suite 300

Lake Oswego, OR 97035

503/303-1200, Fax: 503/303-1224

Strategic Domain

307 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10001

212/812-1900, Fax: 212/924-4393

Strategies Unlimited, Inc.

208 N. Ridge Road, Suite 301

Columbia, SC 29223

803/920-9116

The Strategy House

1303 Hightower Trail, Suite 210

Atlanta, GA 30350

770/394-8465, Fax: 770/394-5470

TATUM Partners

303 Peachtree Street N.E., Suite 4400

Atlanta, GA 30308

770/226-0767

www.tatumpartners.com

TATUM provides clients with strategic, financial, and technology leadership. The firm's value is its ability to immediately integrate into its clients' operations, objectively pursue opportunities, and lead the achievement of results. TATUM's clients have on-demand access to the Firm's 500 executive-level professionals in more than 30 offices nationwide.

Also see our listings on pages 137, 140, and 176.

Terrell Thrasher, CPA

5318 69th Street

Lubbock, TX 79424, Fax: 806/798-7114

Thomas Group

5221 N. O'Connor, Suite 500

Irving, TX 75039

800/826-2057, Fax: 972/443-1742

www.thomasgroup.com

You don't need more staff--you need higher productivity. Thomas Group collaborates with hospitals, employers, and healthcare organizations, leveraging 30 years of cross-industry best practices to drive improvements in productivity, financial performance, and quality an average of 25%. We generate results, not reports.

Total Healthcare Solutions, LLP

22 Jefferson Street

New Hyde Park, NY 11040

516/437-6958

Townsend Associates, LLC

13345 Esat Summit Drive

Scottsdale, AZ 85259

480/229-5445, Fax: 480/699-9368

TRC Health Solutions

1430 Broadway, 10th Floor

New York, NY 10018

212/221-7822, Fax: 212/221-7840

TriMedx Healthcare Equipment Services

6325 Digital Way, Suite 400

Indianapolis, IN 46278

877/TriMedx

T. T. Mitchell Consulting

111 Woodspath Road

Liverpool, NY 13090

315/622-5922, Fax: 419/730-3638

USCS, a business unit of Thermo Electron Corporation

120 Bishop's Way, Suite 1000

Brookfield, W153008

800/558-6377, Fax: 262/784-5779

Ventrone, Ltd.

20278 N. Rand Road

Palatine, IL 60074

847/550-9814, Fax: 847/438-9931

VHA

220 E. Las Colinas Boulevard

Irving, TX 75039

800/842-5146, Fax: 877/472-4847

www.vha.com

VHA helps improve your organization's economic strength by delivering proven solutions in supply chain management and operational efficiency. We help achieve the lowest total cost across your entire supply chain, and integrate business and clinical processes to improve your work force, financial, and clinical performance.

Also see our listing on page 145.

Weiner Consulting Services, LLC

P.O. Box 261

Florence, OR 97439

541/902-2336, Fax: 541/902-2336

Wellspring Partners, Ltd.

123 N. Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

312/345-9050, Fax: 312/327-9266

www.wellspringpart nersltd.com

Wellspring Partners, Ltd., provides performance improvement solutions for hospitals. We consistently produce gains of up to 20% in financial performance for our clients, working closely with management to improve labor productivity, supply chain management, revenue cycle performance, physician practice management, strategic repositioning, information technology, and clinical utilization management.

Also see our listings on pages 97 and 172.

* See our advertisement on page 7.

Westerhoff & Associates, Inc.

P.O. Box 1358

Clayton, NC 27528

919/333-3784, Fax: 270/675-9180

William A. Kramer & Associates, Inc.

7000 Airport Drive, Suite 100

Sellersburg, IN 47172

812/246-5660, Fax: 812/246-6080

William J. Friel & Associates

4 Clifton Court

Voorhees, NJ 08043

856/768-3366, Fax: 856/768-5587

Wipfli LLP

P.O. Box 690

Eau Claire, WI 54702-0690

715/858-6631, Fax: 715/832-2345

Also see our listing on page 82.

Wolfskill & Associates, Inc.

13430 Bass Lake Road

Chardon, OH 44024

440/285-4094, Fax: 440/285-0831

Also see our listing on page 172.

Yanni Partners, Inc.

310 Grant Street, Suite 3000

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

412/232-1000, Fax: 412/232-1027