Apricity Healthcare Solutions, LLC

Apricity partners with hospitals and physician groups to complete appeals for clinically related denials. This includes inpatient vs observation denials, outpatient medical necessity denials, level of care or status denials, DRG downgrades, and payer recoupment audits. We bridge the gap in utilization management, revenue cycle, and payers, fighting to get the hospitals the payment they deserve for the care they give. Our Mission is to assist healthcare institutions in retaining and recouping the payments owed to them while using data and metrics to guide denials prevention activities within the institution.

Cardinal Health

Cardinal Health is a world-class distributor known for personalized service and a proven ability to identify cost savings and efficiencies while providing access to medications. We help ICAHN members with key focus areas: * Specialty support: From assessing a specialty opportunity, to opening a new facility, to providing leadership and day-to-day. * Expansion to new sites of care: helping to address patient care across the care continuum, as well as the operations and business results for these sites. * Enabling the pharmacy's reach: tailoring our services around ICAHN priorities - from clinical programs to staffing support to free up your on-site resources

The Compliance Team

Established in 1994, The Compliance Team is a CMS-approved, nationally recognized healthcare accreditation organization and the leader in Rural Health Clinic Accreditation for more than a decade. Our simplified accreditation process, easy-to-understand quality standards, one-on-one accreditation advisors, and educational support provide a pathway to operational efficiency and excellence for rural healthcare providers. Our industry leading accreditation, certification, and education programs have helped thousands of rural health clinics successfully meet or exceed industry standards of care that the CMS and payers require, and patients deserve.

Cost Report Strategies, LLC (formerly RSRH Consulting, LLC)

“Reimbursement Studies for Rural Hospitals” Cost Report Strategies, LLC is a consulting firm specializing in critical reviews of cost reports for CAHs with a goal of improving Medicare reimbursement. (We do not prepare cost reports but work with your existing cost report preparer to improve reimbursement.) 15720 Brixham Hill Avenue, Suite 300 Charlotte, NC 28277

DEMI Healthcare Partners

DEMI Healthcare Partners is a multi-specialty contract management group. We partner with healthcare organizations of all sizes to recruit, manage, and staff hospital-based services including Emergency Medicine, Hospitalist, Intensivist, and Urgent Care Medicine. We deploy top level, local talent to the organizations we serve. By partnering closely with hospital administration and operational leadership, we align our goals with the goals of each organization from cost control to patient satisfaction to KPIs.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Hinshaw provides practical legal solutions that help hospitals, rural health systems, and service providers stay compliant, resolve disputes, and sustain high-quality care in their communities. We partner with our clients to address pressing healthcare challenges, from regulatory scrutiny and reimbursement pressures to workforce and operational risks. With five offices located throughout Illinois, we are well-positioned to help those who serve Illinois’ most vulnerable communities.

Hospital Pricing Specialists, LLC

Hospital Pricing Specialists, LLC (HPS) is a trusted industry leader in chargemaster management, hospital pricing strategy, and CMS price transparency compliance. With over 100 years of combined experience and a portfolio of more than 1,200 completed pricing projects, we proudly support clients ranging from independent critical access hospitals to complex health systems with over 3,500 beds. Our mission is to empower hospitals - especially those in rural and underserved communities - with the tools, strategies, and support they need to ensure financial sustainability, compliance, and transparency. We provide fully managed, cloud-based solutions tailored to the unique needs of each hospital, improving revenue integrity through optimized charge capture, coding appropriateness, and streamlined billing processes. At HPS, we believe that accurate, transparent pricing and high-quality data are essential to protecting a hospital's financial health. Our goal is to make advanced pricing and chargemaster solutions accessible and actionable for all providers, regardless of size or location - supporting better decision-making, operational efficiency, and long-term viability.

Inzo Technologies

Inzo Technologies is a healthcare technology integrator, specializing in addressing patient care initiatives and improving workflows through nurse call, voice, data, wireless, emergency notification, and HIPAA secure messaging solutions. We have been in business since 1989, providing a unique blend of industry experience and personal attention to service. At Inzo Technologies, we make technology easy.

Kangaroo Health

Kangaroo Health’s comprehensive platform supports over 50 chronic conditions with customizable RPM, RTM, CCM, BHI, and GUIDE solutions. Trusted by hundreds of providers since 2015, we enhance patient outcomes, reduce readmissions, and boost revenue – without requiring additional clinical staff. From cellular-connected devices to tailored care pathways, everything you need for chronic care is in one place.

Magnet Solutions

Magnet Solutions is based in western Nebraska and serves the 501(r) compliant self-pay needs of critical access hospitals to medium-sized providers. Magnet Solutions’ rural roots give them a unique perspective when exceeding the customer service intensive requirements of providers in small communities. Its approach helps to transform the business relationship between providers and patients into one of mutual respect and understanding of the financial obligations of each.

Managed Care Partners, Inc.

At Managed Care Partners, Inc., we serve as the outsourced managed care department for ICAHN and its member hospitals—bringing expert support to rural healthcare providers like you. Our mission is simple: to help you strengthen your existing contracts, unlock new revenue opportunities, and continue delivering high-quality care to your community. We specialize exclusively in the rural healthcare market, focusing on Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, and smaller Acute Care Health Systems. We understand the unique challenges rural providers face—and we know how to help you overcome them. From contract evaluation and management to strategic payer negotiations and data-driven insights, our team is here to maximize your reimbursement and fuel sustainable growth. Let’s work together to build a stronger future for rural healthcare. Contact us today to explore how we can support your success.

Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Services

For more than 150 years, Mayo Clinic has partnered with healthcare providers and organizations around the world to advance medical knowledge and support the local delivery of healthcare. To ensure success in a value-based payment environment, our physicians and scientists regularly interact with their clinical peers to ensure the right diagnostic tests are developed, validated, and implemented at the right time for the benefit of all patients. Patients everywhere deserve access to the highest standards of cardiac care. To serve their patients, rural and critical access hospitals face extraordinary challenges — from staffing shortages to patient bypass, to ever-growing financial pressure. Mayo Clinic’s Cardiac Monitoring was designed to address these obstacles and empower hospitals and clinicians anywhere with the information they need to make the best decisions for their patients. Our cardiac monitoring: • Delivers a better monitoring experience for patients. Our monitoring was designed for exceptional patient compliance and experience. • Relieves clinicians of logistical burdens and empowers them with targeted, near-real-time clinical data and insights, allowing them to act more quickly and confidently on therapeutic decisions. • Supports financial viability and sustainability for critical access hospitals by ensuring the right patient receives the right test at the right location.

Med-Metrix

Med-Metrix (formerly ARMCO Partners) provides high-quality medical billing, clinical abstracting, accounts receivable/denials management, and ICD-10 medical coding services for your hospital, physician network, and home health/hospice service. We enable over 250 United States healthcare providers at over 1000 physical locations resolve denials, improve cash flow, and obtain insights that enable them to better understand the financials of their organization. Each of our full-time production employees possesses industry standard certifications in their particular line of work, including CCS, CCS-R, and or CPC. These are employee – not contractors – high quality production standards are the expectation and accuracy is paramount. 

Multiview Financial Software

Multiview ERP delivers a single source of financial truth for healthcare organizations, giving finance teams the visibility they need across departments, facilities, and service lines. More than just an accounting system, in addition to core accounting, general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, Multiview provides integrated tools for budgeting, reporting, materials management, and integrations with leading EMR and payroll solutions —so your team can focus on financial stewardship, not spreadsheets. Trusted by 400+ healthcare organizations across North America, Multiview supports financial leaders with the insights and control they need to manage complexity and plan for the future with confidence. Our vision is to End Month-End.™ Our mission is to help our clients Stop Chasing Numbers and Start Using Them.™

Ni2 Health, Inc.

Ni2 Health is a full-service RCM company which specializes in helping critical access hospitals. Foundational services for critical access hospitals include Charge Capture Optimization, Strategic Pricing & CDM review/maintenance. Custom services include Billing & AR follow-up, Payment Validation, Prior Authorization services & Coding services. Ni2 was founded to identify & deliver impactful revenue lift for hospitals and healthcare organizations. Ni2’s mission is to make a real difference in the lives of patients across the country by improving the financial health of their community hospital.

Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting

As a nationally recognized healthcare consulting firm, Pinnacle partners with rural hospitals and health networks in the business of healthcare with one goal in mind: Keeping Care Local. We provide an array of customized solutions including strategic, financial, operational, compliance, and valuation services tailored to support the unique dynamics of rural healthcare. As a trusted advisor to hospitals, health systems, surgical centers, and medical practices, our proven strategies help rural organizations manage risk, improve performance, and develop sustainable solutions. Our Family of Companies bring the professional diversity, scalable services, and personalized support needed to deliver practical, real-world solutions to your most complex healthcare challenges.

Senex Services Corp.

Senex Services Corp., a woman-owned company based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is a leading partner to small and midsized hospitals providing centralized billing, extended business office, prescription assistance program, provider credentialing and payor enrollment services. Our mission is to provide transparent, compassionate, and professional services to hospitals and providers, regardless of size, that maximizes revenues, assists patients, and ensures compliance, all while preserving their community reputations. We are a proud ICAHN Blue Star Partner.

Strategic Reimbursement Group

Strategic Reimbursement Group (SRG) is a financial and third-party reimbursement consulting firm focused exclusively on ensuring compliance while maximizing reimbursement and cash flow for its nationwide healthcare clientele. Their client base consists of approximately 300 hospitals, home offices, skilled nursing facilities, hospice facilities, psychiatric facilities, rehabilitation facilities, home health agencies, proprietary and not-for-profit integrated chain organizations, and more. Client hospitals range in size from under 20 beds to over 900 beds, with many having their own in-house third-party staff and/or department.

Thompson Electronics Company DBA Scutum

Scutum, previously known as Thompson Electronics Company, has provided unified healthcare systems to hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities since 1980. These include nurse call stations, elopement management, wander guard, fall prevention, security cameras, access control, fire alarm, and audiovisual systems. Each solution is custom designed, professionally installed, and serviced by a team of tenured design engineers and certified technicians. We are proud to say we are Illinois' trusted integrator, serving every county in the state.

Wipfli

With over 2,000 associates and 49 offices throughout the United States, Wipfli ranks among the top 20 accounting and business consulting firms in the nation. Its national healthcare practice has nearly 200 associates dedicated to serving more than 2,100 clients across the country, including critical access and rural hospitals, integrated delivery systems, large community hospitals, physician practices and long-term care organizations. Wipfli's integrated team of professionals provides a range of services including financial, clinical and operations management; HIM; reimbursement and revenue cycle management; strategic planning; audit and tax; and innovative technology solutions. For more information, visit www.wipfli.com/healthcare.

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