Services Firms Booming (and Delivering). (KLASresearch.com)

Published 2 days ago

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

9 Things Healthcare Organizations Should Do Now to Prepare for ICD-10 (Becker's Hospital Review)

Published 4 weeks ago

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

Management Team, Private-Equity Firm Buy Out IT Consultancy (Modern Healthcare)

Published last month

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

Managers, Tailwind Capital Acquire Cumberland Consulting (The Tennessean)

Published last month

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 Management and Tailwind Capital Complete Acquisition of Cumberland Consulting Group

Published last month

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

Cumberland Consulting Group Receives IT Planning, Assessment Award (The Tennessean)

Published last month

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 Named Best in KLAS

Published last month

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

Cumberland Consulting Group Promotes Lindsay Lopez to Executive Consultant

Published October 2011

Cumberland Consulting Group announces the promotion of Lindsay Lopez to executive consultant. Lopez joined Cumberland in 2005 as the company’s 20th employee. The Nashville-based healthcare IT consulting firm now employs a staff of more than 150. Lopez manages Enterprise Electronic Medical Records implementation projects for a broad range of healthcare provider organizations nationwide... Read more

Jessa Sprenkle Named Executive Consultant at Cumberland Consulting Group

Published October 2011

Cumberland Consulting Group announces the promotion of Jessa Sprenkle to executive consultant. Sprenkle joined the firm in 2007 and has focused on requirement analysis, design of custom software solutions and Healthcare Information Technology implementations for health systems nationwide. Ms. Sprenkle holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from West Chester University of Pennsylvania... Read more

Tom Howard Named Principal at Cumberland Consulting Group

Published September 2011

Cumberland Consulting Group announces the promotion of Tom Howard to principal. He joined the firm in October 2010 with nearly a decade of health information technology and systems implementation experience. Prior to joining Cumberland, Howard led implementation projects for health care companies across the country in various roles for Accenture and CapGemini Ernst & Young. Howard holds a... Read more