Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of business consulting services, today announced that its Huron Healthcare practice has been named one of Modern Healthcare’s 2014 Largest Healthcare Management Consulting Firms. Huron Healthcare has ranked in the top five of Modern Healthcare’s Largest Healthcare Management Consulting Firms for the past seven years.

“Our ranking on this list for the past seven years reflects our effectiveness in helping providers prioritize opportunities, optimize performance and prepare for the continuing evolution of the healthcare marketplace. Huron Healthcare has helped more than 425 health systems, hospitals and academic medical centers transform their operations by adapting their business models to address the evolving demands of today’s healthcare arena,” said Gordon Mountford, executive vice president, Huron Healthcare. “As a result, our clients are more responsive, productive and viable providers, and they are better prepared for future challenges.”

Modern Healthcare’s 2014 list included the largest healthcare management consulting firms, which were ranked according to 2013 provider revenue. In 2013, Huron had total provider revenue of $398.1 million. Huron Healthcare partners with clients including leading national and regional integrated healthcare systems, academic medical centers, community hospitals and physician practices to improve quality, increase revenue, reduce expenses and enhance physician, patient and employee engagement.

“Hospitals and health systems are currently operating in two worlds. Managing the transition from fee-for-service models to new value-based care requires rethinking and reworking of clinical work flows, care protocols, roles and responsibilities,” said Dr. Andrew Ziskind, managing director and Clinical solutions leader, Huron Healthcare. “Huron Healthcare is dedicated to using analytics, insight and collaboration to help transition our clients to more coordinated, standardized care—across the continuum.”

“Given the current and expected velocity of change in healthcare, creating or sustaining a thriving value-based health system necessitates 20 to 40 percent performance improvement over a multi-year period. Over the past five years, Huron Healthcare has helped clients achieve these targets, which equates to total client savings of more than $1 billion,” said Jim Gallas, managing director and Performance solutions leader, Huron Healthcare. “Working side by side with our clients, we have successfully identified and implemented major opportunities and operational changes that produced significant results and operating efficiency.”

Earlier in the year, Huron Healthcare released its CEO Forum report, which provides insights from a wide array of leaders representing more than 100 health systems, hospitals, academic medical centers and physician group practices from around the country on significant issues in healthcare, including taking a strategic, calculated approach to the evolution from volume-based to value-based systems. Achieving Healthcare Transformation: Insights from the Huron Healthcare CEO Forum is available for download at www.HealthcareCEOForum.com.

About Huron Healthcare

Huron Healthcare is the premier provider of performance improvement and clinical transformation solutions for hospitals and health systems. By partnering with clients, Huron delivers solutions that improve quality, increase revenue, reduce expenses, and enhance physician, patient, and employee satisfaction across the healthcare enterprise. Clients include leading national and regional integrated healthcare systems, academic medical centers, community hospitals and physician practices. Modern Healthcare ranked Huron Healthcare third on its 2014 list of the 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, transform the enterprise, reduce costs, leverage technology, process and review large amounts of complex data, address regulatory changes, recover from distress and stimulate growth. Our professionals employ their expertise in finance, operations, strategy and technology to provide our clients with specialized analyses and customized advice and solutions that are tailored to address each client's particular challenges and opportunities to deliver sustainable and measurable results. The Company provides consulting services to a wide variety of both financially sound and distressed organizations, including healthcare organizations, leading academic institutions, Fortune 500 companies, governmental entities and law firms. Huron has worked with more than 425 health systems, hospitals, and academic medical centers; more than 400 corporate general counsel; and more than 350 universities and research institutions. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.