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American Healthways
For more than 20 years, American Healthways (AMHC) has been working with hospitals, health plans and physicians to improve patients' health, enhance the fundamental care experience and reduce the cost of care. It is the nation's largest, most experienced disease management and care enhancement company, providing services to more than a million people and the physicians who care for them, in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the District of Columbia. They also provide comprehensive diabetes services to hospitals nationwide.
AMHC is a publicly traded company based in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Bard Group
The Bard Group is a unique consulting firm with more than 20 years of experience in demonstrating that performance excellence in any healthcare setting results from a committed partnership among executives and physicians. The company utilizes high performance, interactive programs and tools to promote organizational effectiveness, leadership effectiveness, and clinical effectiveness. Whether improving performance for a clinical service line, building a strategy to grow tomorrow’s clinical leaders, or identifying cultural barriers to change, The Bard Group is nationally recognized for its unique ability to engage physicians as a means to achieving performance goals.
Gordian Health Solutions, Inc.
Gordian’s founders originated from HealthTrust, formerly one of the nation’s largest healthcare companies (40,000 employees in 22 states). Today, Gordian has a comprehensive suite of products and services that provide clients with an integrated health management solution or stand-alone products to meet specific employee needs. Its product and service offerings include in-house medical claims analysis, custom and stock HRAs, health screening scheduling and coordination, lifestyle and disease management delivery, data analysis, workforce communications strategies and a full range of plan administration functions. These options afford clients the flexibility to initiate a program with targeted selections and then seamlessly expand employee offerings as needed.
HealthCare Concepts
HealthCare Concepts, established in 1977, provides a professional consulting service in strategic, facility, and operational planning. Services provided by HCC are designed to support the hospital's continuous process of planning and decision-making.
With more than 1000 clients nationally, its consultants have helped hospitals through unique assessments of their geography & market, service lines, and medical staff. We have also led Retreats for medical staff and Board. Facility experience includes complete feasibility analysis, master planning, site selection, facility space planning, and room detail consultation. Healthcare Concepts has special expertise in women's and children's health programs.
The Pace Group
The PACE Group was formed in 1993 to deliver customized solutions in economic development and management, with the vision of providing communities and companies with specialized services and innovative solutions to strengthen their competitiveness. The PACE Group offers clients services in many areas, including
executive search, strategic planning, and customer service.
The PACE Group has experience in 34 states, with a presence in over 300 cities and hundreds of companies.
