Cumberland Consulting Group, LLC announces the promotion of Saman Pourkermani to executive consultant. Since joining Cumberland in 2007, he has led health information technology (HIT) implementation projects for a broad range of organizations throughout the U.S., including ambulatory and acute health systems, insurance corporations, community health networks and correctional medical... Read more

By Dave Vreeland. Cumberland brought together a select group of HIT executives from some of the nation’s leading health systems for a recent breakfast discussion.The topic: optimization. Now that many are on track for Stage 1 Meaningful Use and other compliance deadlines, the focus is beginning to shift beyond go-live toward getting the most out of HIT systems. The panel, made up of... Read more

Cumberland Consulting Group (Cumberland) announces the promotions of John Waters, Charles Flint and Leah Wilson. The three have been named executive consultants for the firm. John Waters manages technology systems implementation projects for a broad range of healthcare organizations, with a focus on project management, workflow analysis and optimization. He joined the firm in 2010. Prior... Read more

By Adam Gale. When was the last time you were wowed by your mechanic, or computer tech, or tax specialist? I personally can’t remember ever being blown away by the quality of a radiator flush (but if you have, please submit the contact information for your mechanic below!). I would guess that more often than not, our expectations of these services are generally met, but it is rare that they... Read more

By Bob Herman. Come Oct. 1, 2013, the healthcare landscape will be bidding adieu to a friend that has been around for more than 40 years: ICD-9. Replacing it is ICD-10, which will become the new procedural, diagnostic, coding and billing default of the healthcare landscape for the start of the 2014 fiscal year, much to the displeasure of several groups. The American Medical Association stated... Read more

By Ashok Selvam. Cumberland Consulting Group, Nashville, has been acquired by a group headed by members of the firm's management team and Tailwind Capital. Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Cumberland provides a variety of health information technology consulting services, including planning and assessment and work-flow management. Father-and-son healthcare investors R... Read more

By G.Chambers Williams III. Nashville-based Cumberland Consulting Group, a health-care information-technology firm, has been acquired by members of its management team and the private-equity firm Tailwind Capital, company officials said today. Among the investors in the transaction were R. Clayton McWhorter and Stuart McWhorter, longtime participants in a variety of health-care ventures. Jim... Read more

Cumberland Consulting Group, LLC, a high growth healthcare technology implementation and project management firm, announced it has been acquired by key members of Cumberland’s management team and Tailwind Capital, a private equity firm focused on investing in growth-oriented middle market companies. As part of the transaction, healthcare investors and entrepreneurs R. Clayton... Read more

By Randy McClain. Cumberland Consulting Group was named Best in KLAS for excellence in Information Technology Planning and Assessment in the 2011 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services report. The report, published by KLAS Enterprises (KLAS), presents rankings of the best-performing Healthcare Information Technology vendors, based on more than 17,000 interviews with health-care... Read more

Cumberland Consulting Group was named Best in KLAS for excellence in Information Technology Planning and Assessment in the 2011 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services report. The report, published by KLAS Enterprises (KLAS), presents rankings of the best-performing Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) vendors, based on more than 17,000 interviews conducted yearly with healthcare... Read more