Gallas to Lead Huron Healthcare’s Performance Solutions Focusing on
Sustainable Revenue and Expense Improvements for Hospital and Health
Systems
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2012--
Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of business
consulting services, today announced that Jim
Gallas has joined the Company as a managing director in its Huron
Healthcare practice. Gallas will lead Huron Healthcare’s newly
created Performance
solutions service line, which encompasses Revenue,
Non-Labor
and Workforce
solutions.
“As hospitals and academic medical centers face continuing reductions in
reimbursement and changes to their business model, there will be
increasing pressure to identify and implement fundamental changes to
make healthcare delivery more efficient,” said Gordon
Mountford, executive vice president, Huron
Healthcare. “Jim will provide leadership to help our clients align
revenue and expenses by streamlining processes and enhancing their
operations.”
Gallas
has more than 25 years of healthcare operations experience assisting
organizations achieve peak financial performance. Gallas joins Huron
Healthcare from Apria Healthcare where he served as executive vice
president and chief administrative officer for the home health services
provider. Prior to that position, he served in healthcare leadership
roles for both KPMG and BearingPoint. At Huron Healthcare, Gallas will
lead the Performance solutions service line focused on providing
sustainable revenue and expense improvements for healthcare providers.
“Increasing revenues and margins while controlling expenses will be
paramount as hospitals and health systems continue to address economic
pressures and healthcare reform initiatives,” said Jim
Gallas. “This is a challenging time for many healthcare
organizations, and I’m excited to join the Huron Healthcare team to help
clients tackle these issues and develop innovative solutions.”
About Huron Healthcare
Huron
Healthcare partners with clients to provide comprehensive
performance improvement solutions that improve quality, increase
revenue, reduce expenses, and increase physician, patient, and employee
satisfaction across the healthcare enterprise. Clients include national
and regional integrated healthcare systems, leading academic medical
centers, community hospitals and physician practices. Modern
Healthcare ranked Huron Healthcare third on its 2011 list of the top
20 largest healthcare management consulting firms. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com/healthcare
or follow us on Twitter: @Huron.
About Huron Consulting Group
Huron Consulting Group helps clients in diverse industries improve
performance, comply with complex regulations, reduce costs, recover from
distress, leverage technology, and stimulate growth. The Company teams
with its clients to deliver sustainable and measurable results. Huron
provides services to a wide variety of both financially sound and
distressed organizations, including healthcare organizations, Fortune
500 companies, leading academic institutions, medium-sized businesses,
and the law firms that represent these various organizations. Learn more
at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.
Source: Huron Consulting Group
Huron Consulting Group
Jennifer Frost Hennagir
312-880-3260
jfrost-hennagir@huronconsultinggroup.com
