Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of business
consulting services, today announced that Rick
Roycroft has joined the Company as a managing director in its Huron
Healthcare practice focused on performance improvements in non-labor
expenses and supply chain management.
“Today’s budget constraints require that hospitals adopt a different
approach to managing non-labor expense. The breadth and depth of
supplies, drugs and purchased services available at organizations can
account for up to 40% of operating expenses,” said Gordon
Mountford, executive vice president, Huron
Healthcare. “Hospitals and health systems must reexamine the entire
thought process behind the use of supplies and purchased services and
seek opportunities for enhanced efficiency and value. Rick’s experience
in both cost management and non-labor expense will be a great resource
for our clients and a welcome addition to our existing team.”
Roycroft
has more than 25 years of experience working with various hospitals and
health systems on clinical and operational improvements. At Huron
Healthcare, Roycroft will join the Non-Labor performance solutions
team helping clients find opportunities for cost savings and
efficiencies. In addition, he will assist clients in developing their
future supply chain strategies and in reducing non-labor expenses
including supplies, pharmaceuticals and purchased services.
Roycroft
joins Huron Healthcare from MedAssets Inc., where he served as regional
vice president, Clinical Resource and Spend Management, focused on
developing new business for group purchasing, supply chain services,
physician preference cost reduction, pharmacy cost reduction, 340B
optimization, lean transformation services and transitions of care.
About Huron Healthcare
Huron
Healthcare is the premier provider of performance improvement and
clinical transformation solutions for hospitals and health systems. By
partnering with clients, Huron delivers strategy and solutions that
improve quality, increase revenue, reduce expenses, and enhance
physician, patient, and employee satisfaction across the healthcare
enterprise. Clients include leading national and regional integrated
healthcare systems, academic medical centers, community hospitals and
physician practices. Modern Healthcare ranked Huron Healthcare
third on its 2013 list of the largest healthcare management consulting
firms. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com/healthcare
or follow us on Twitter: @Huron.
About Huron Consulting Group
Huron Consulting Group helps clients in diverse industries improve
performance, reduce costs, leverage technology, process and review large
amounts of complex data, address regulatory changes, recover from
distress and stimulate growth. Our professionals employ their expertise
in administration, management, finance, operations, strategy and
technology to provide our clients with specialized analyses and
customized advice and solutions that are tailored to address each
client's particular challenges and opportunities to deliver sustainable
and measurable results. The Company provides consulting services to a
wide variety of both financially sound and distressed organizations,
including healthcare organizations, leading academic institutions,
Fortune 500 companies, governmental entities and law firms. Huron has
worked with more than 90 of the top 100 research universities, more than
400 corporate general counsel, and more than 385 hospitals and academic
medical centers. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.
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