West Monroe Named a Top Healthcare Management Consulting Firm for 2026 by Modern Healthcare

Recognized for the third consecutive year, West Monroe combines healthcare expertise with data, AI, and technology to improve performance and deliver better outcomes

CHICAGO, Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- West Monroe, an AI-native global consulting firm, is proud to be named to Modern Healthcare's 2026 Top Healthcare Management Consulting Firms list for the third consecutive year, ranking No. 13, moving up one spot from 2025. The annual survey ranks healthcare management consulting firms according to revenue from total healthcare consulting fees in the previous year.

The recognition comes as West Monroe continues to invest in its Healthcare & Life Sciences practice under the leadership of Johanna DeYoung, building on its deep industry expertise and expanding the connections between healthcare strategy, AI, and large-scale technology implementation. With a focus on making healthcare more human, the practice is helping organizations turn fragmented data into better decisions, simplify patient and member experiences, and apply AI to improve operations and deliver better outcomes.

"Healthcare is personal. We're patients, too, and we know that better technology alone doesn't improve someone's health or the performance of the industry," said DeYoung. "Our focus is on bringing together the best of West Monroe, from deep healthcare expertise to data, AI and technology, to solve the challenges that matter most to the healthcare industry. We're continuing to invest in our people, capabilities, partnerships, and solutions to help clients work smarter, improve patient and member experiences, and deliver measurable results. This recognition reflects the impact our teams and clients are creating together."

West Monroe's Healthcare & Life Sciences practice partners with payers, providers, life sciences, medtech organizations, and private equity-backed healthcare companies, with client relationships averaging more than six years and a Net Promoter Score of 9.2/10. Its team has supported thousands of engagements across healthcare: helping payers improve claims, utilization, and care management; helping providers strengthen revenue cycle operations and workforce effectiveness; and helping life sciences companies advance innovation, insights, patient services, and access. The team also supports data modernization and M&A across healthcare sectors. In 2025, it conducted more than 130 healthcare-specific due diligence engagements for M&A transactions.

West Monroe's work in healthcare has generated billions in client savings and new revenue streams. Recent examples include:

• Partnering with Community Health Choice, a managed care organization, to build an enterprise-wide data governance program, improving member address accuracy by 96% and establishing a stronger foundation for AI and advanced analytics.
• Helping a $2 billion home care provider stabilize an at-risk EMR implementation in eight weeks, onboarding 1,800+ caregivers in week one, and achieving 95% mobile app adoption.
• Supporting a multi-state healthcare payer in modernizing its data platform to support regulatory reporting using Databricks and West Monroe's proprietary Intellio® Hopper asset, reducing report development time by 75%, saving $2.2 million, and completing the migration eight months ahead of schedule.
• Helping a regional health plan modernize its contact center with AI-powered capabilities across 21 lines of business, reducing call abandonment by more than 50% and projecting over $15 million in cost savings by 2030.

"In the face of rising demand, healthcare organizations need to think differently to both expand capacity and improve performance," DeYoung added. "Data and AI can help them move beyond the limits of legacy, manual processes by equipping teams to meet more of that demand, make better decisions, and deliver stronger outcomes. We believe that's where the next wave of meaningful healthcare transformation will happen."

West Monroe's healthcare capabilities are supported by the firm's broader investment in its AI-native approach to consulting. In 2026, West Monroe was named Overall AI Consulting Firm of the Year by the AI Breakthrough Awards, and a finalist for two Quirk Market Research Awards, recognizing its work with a Fortune 50 global healthcare company and a leading U.S. health insurer.

Now in its 21st year, Modern Healthcare's annual list compiles and evaluates survey data from U.S. management consulting firms specializing in healthcare. Firms are ranked by self-reported 2025 revenue from total healthcare consulting fees, offering insight into the firms serving healthcare providers and the broader industry.

About West Monroe

West Monroe is an AI-native global consulting firm built for today's pace of change. We combine deep industry expertise with modern technology and business transformation capabilities to help organizations move faster and deliver measurable impact with speed to value and certainty of results through execution excellence. We don't just talk about what's possible—we apply AI and technology where it matters most, pairing strategic insights with hands-on execution to help clients move from strategy to results, faster.

Clients tell us we show up differently. Our employee ownership model fuels an all-in approach grounded in practical execution, measurable impact, and lasting partnership. That commitment has earned recognition from Forbes and Business Insider and made West Monroe one of only 22 companies recognized worldwide for building high-quality careers.

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