Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of business
consulting services, today announced that Erin Bartley, David
Felsenthal, Shane Goss, Paul Klinkhamer, Steve Lothrop, Gerrit
Ostermick, Peter Ostrega, Robert Parris, Tim Patterson, Nicholas
Richardson, Chris Smedley and Allen Zimmerman have been promoted to the
role of managing director.
“This is a significant accomplishment for our new managing directors,
and I am thrilled that we are able to add such a talented group of
individuals to our leadership team at Huron,” said James
H. Roth, chief executive officer and president, Huron
Consulting Group. “These individuals are being recognized for their
ability to help our clients become more successful, their focus on
values-based leadership, and a dedication to growing the Company. We
look forward to their leadership and continued commitment to Huron.”
Bartley
was promoted to managing director in Huron
Healthcare. She assists hospitals and health systems in many areas
across the revenue cycle, including patient access, case management,
health information management, billing, collections, and vendor
management.
Felsenthal
was promoted to managing director in Huron’s
Enterprise Performance Management and Analytics solutions. He helps
clients develop and implement enterprise performance management and
business intelligence solutions across a variety of industries including
a specialization in Higher Education.
Goss
was promoted to managing director in Huron
Business Advisory. He performs valuations for mergers and
acquisitions, corporate compliance and financial reporting, and serves
as a financial consultant to healthcare companies.
Klinkhamer
was promoted to managing director in Huron’s Global
Consulting practice. He leads Huron’s Middle East practice and is based
in the United Arab Emirates. His experience includes strategy,
turnaround, risk management, and mergers and acquisitions in the Middle
East, Europe and Asia.
Lothrop
was promoted to managing director in Huron
Healthcare. He helps provider
healthcare organizations maximize productivity and margins. His primary
focus within the Labor solution is helping clients address the balance
of service, cost and quality, as well as operations, physician
relationship management, organizational structure and corporate overhead
analysis.
Ostermick
was promoted to managing director in Huron
Healthcare. He specializes in hospital and physician revenue cycle
consulting and has experience leading engagements in a variety of
healthcare settings, including academic medical centers, multi-facility
health systems and physician practice groups.
Ostrega
was promoted to managing director in Huron
Legal. He focuses on helping large corporations and large law
firms solve complex electronic discovery challenges through the delivery
of comprehensive integrated electronic discovery and document review
services.
Parris
was promoted to managing director in Huron
Healthcare. He helps hospitals and health systems with revenue
cycle, operational process improvement, financial management,
reorganization, revenue optimization, and centralization models.
Patterson
was promoted to managing director in Huron
Education. He specializes in working with large research
universities and academic medical centers on issues related to federal
grant and contract administration, including operational assessments,
strategic planning, financial management and audit/investigation
resolution and other compliance related matters.
Richardson
was promoted to managing director in Huron
Healthcare. He works as a healthcare consultant in the areas of
information technology and hospital management helping provide
operational improvement for rural community hospitals, large health
systems and academic institutions throughout the country.
Smedley
was promoted to managing director in Huron
Healthcare. He focuses on helping physician organizations become
high performing medical groups with an emphasis on improving
organizational effectiveness, practice efficiency, provider alignment,
financial sustainability, and clinical integration through strategic,
operational, financial, and technological initiatives.
Zimmerman
was promoted to managing director in Huron
Healthcare. He focuses on the development and implementation of
strategic plans to improve operations and supply chain efficiencies,
redesign workflows, implement automation technologies, perform
regulatory and accreditation reviews, and reduce costs for healthcare
providers.
About Huron Consulting Group
Huron Consulting Group helps clients in diverse industries improve
performance, transform the enterprise, 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 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 425 health systems, hospitals, and academic
medical centers; more than 400 corporate general counsel; and more than
350 universities and research institutions. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.
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