PwC US Earns 2014 Best in KLAS for Healthcare Revenue Cycle Transformation and Extended Business Office

NEW YORK, Feb. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- PwC US today announced that it has been ranked Best in KLAS for Revenue Cycle Transformation and Extended Business Office, two key healthcare business services areas, and named category leader for Financial ERP Implementation by KLAS Research, which ranks healthcare vendors and their solutions by healthcare providers.

In the "2014 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services" report, PwC achieved the top overall score of 88.1 in the category of Revenue Cycle Transformation, maintaining its top-ranked position for the second consecutive year. Additionally, PwC received the highest overall score of 94.5 for Extended Business Office Services through its work helping organizations remediate third-party aged accounts receivable, manage increases in claims volume, perform customer service duties, verify insurance and other business office functions. PwC was also ranked as category leader in the financial ERP implementation segment for assisting integration between key operational areas for healthcare organizations.

"We are greatly honored to be recognized by the clients we serve. It's a reflection of our team's commitment to delivering results and helping clients enhance their operational and clinical impact," said Jeff Gitlin, PwC principal and U.S. health services advisory practice leader. "Healthcare organizations need to continue to evolve in an effort to demonstrate value in the face of unique challenges. As a leading consultant in the industry, our focus extends from strategy to execution to help clients succeed in today's evolving New Health Economy."

KLAS (KLASresearch.com) independently monitors and reports vendor performance and helps healthcare organizations make informed decisions by providing them with impartial vendor performance information based on candid evaluations by their peers. The annual Best in KLAS report provides details of KLAS Performance Data on software and professional services in categories that provide the broadest operational and clinical impact to healthcare organizations.

About KLAS
KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare executives and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving supplier performance. KLAS was founded in 1996, and their staff and advisory board average 25 years of healthcare information technology experience. Follow KLAS on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KLASresearch.

About PwC's Health Industries Group
PwC's Health Industries Group (www.pwc.com/us/healthindustries) is a leading advisor to public and private organizations across the health industries, including healthcare providers, pharmaceuticals, health and life sciences, payers, employers, academic institutions and non-health organizations with significant presence in the health market. Follow PwC Health Industries at @PwCHealth.

About PwC US
PwC US helps organizations and individuals create the value they're looking for. We're a member of the PwC network of firms, which has firms in 157 countries with more than 195,000 people. We're committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. Find out more and tell us what matters to you by visiting us at www.pwc.com/US.

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