Chartis, a leading healthcare advisory firm, today announced Neal Cotton and Rajan Patel have joined the partnership to spearhead technology and financial transformation efforts.
“Our clients look to Chartis to be a driving force in transforming healthcare clinically, digitally, financially, and strategically—and that need is greater today than ever before,” said Chartis president Greg Maddrey. “Neal and Rajan will leverage 40 years of combined healthcare leadership experience to partner with clients and co-develop solutions that accelerate transformation and make a demonstrable impact.”
Neal Cotton joins as a Digital & Technology Transformation Senior Partner with 17 years of experience in healthcare information technology. He focuses on helping healthcare organizations implement and optimize technology strategies to meet operational goals. Cotton has extensive large-scale implementation experience, overseeing application teams and developing near- and long-term roadmaps for electronic health record-supporting technology. Prior to Chartis, Cotton was a Managing Director at Huron Consulting Group and led revenue cycle engagements at Advent Health.
Rajan Patel joins as a Financial Transformation Senior Partner with 25 years of consulting experience, driving performance improvement for academic medical centers, large community-based health systems, children’s hospitals, and large multi-specialty medical groups. He specializes in organizational restructuring, shared services consolidation, strategic and financial planning, and labor productivity. Patel joins Chartis from EY, where he served as Managing Director for the firm’s Health Care practice. He also held director positions at Huron Consulting Group and Wellspring Partners and served as Senior Managing Director at FTI Healthcare.
About Chartis
The challenges facing US healthcare are longstanding and all too familiar. We are Chartis, and we believe in better. We work with more than 900 clients annually to develop and activate transformative strategies, operating models, and organizational enterprises that make US healthcare more affordable, accessible, safe, and human. With more than 1,350 professionals, we help providers, payers, technology innovators, retail companies, and investors create and embrace solutions that tangibly and materially reshape healthcare for the better. Our family of brands—Chartis, Jarrard, Greeley, and HealthScape Advisors—is 100% focused on healthcare and each has a longstanding commitment to helping transform healthcare in big and small ways. Learn more.
