16 May 2018 - Tennessee, US-based healthcare consulting and services firm Cumberland Consulting Group has acquired Wisconsin, US-based HER-focussed managed services firm LinkEHR to expand managed services, the company said.
The transaction strengthens Cumberland's core EHR application support offering with the addition of a dedicated support call centre with Epic knowledge and expertise. The firm plans to further extend its core EHR application support services to include a number of other leading applications.
LinkEHR provides remote application support, including Epic help desk services, application break-fix and maintenance support for the full suite of Epic applications.
In addition, the firm offers physician concierge support, as well as optimisation services and outsourced build services.
This is the fourth acquisition for Cumberland in just under five years.
Cumberland is a portfolio company of Tailwind Capital, a private equity firm focussed on investing in growth-oriented middle market healthcare and business services companies. Cumberland provides strategic advisory, professional and managed services to clients in the payer, provider and life sciences markets.