The deal will bring the number of professionals in Navigant’s healthcare team to 450, according to the release.
Suwanee, Ga.-based EthosPartners specializes in physician practice operations, practice revenue cycle management and hospital-physician alignment. Approximately 180 billable professionals from EthosPartners will join Navigant as part of the deal.
“Hospitals, health systems and physician practices need to prepare for lower reimbursements from Medicare, Medicaid and commercial payers, while constructing a delivery capability that can accept innovative payment techniques tied to better quality outcomes,” Dave Zito, managing director and Navigant’s healthcare practice leader, said in the release. “By joining forces with EthosPartners we are creating a one-of-a-kind consulting group that can help clients survive in today’s competitive healthcare market.”
Read the Navigant release its EthosPartners acquisition.