What The Chartis Group does

The Chartis Group is a US-based healthcare advisory firm founded in 2001 and headquartered in Chicago, providing consulting services exclusively to the healthcare industry. The firm serves three primary customer segments: healthcare providers (health systems, hospitals, academic medical centers, physician enterprises), healthcare payers (via the HealthScape Advisors division and the crankfrog-acquired payer practice), and healthcare investors (private equity firms requiring transaction diligence and value creation advisory). Named clients include Bronson Healthcare, Tampa General Hospital, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Beth Israel Lahey Health, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, with stated reach to 900+ clients and 1,900+ organizations annually across 1,800+ communities.

The firm's service portfolio spans Strategic Transformation (planning, M&A advisory, value-based care, oncology solutions), Digital & Technology Transformation (digital consumer experience, clinical technology innovation, analytics and architecture, enterprise resiliency and cybersecurity), Performance Transformation (financial performance improvement, revenue cycle transformation, care delivery, physician enterprise, burnout solutions), and the Chartis Centers for AI & Strategic Intelligence (encompassing the proprietary Chartis Synapse platform and Chartis Leap AI Studio). Acquired brands include HealthScape Advisors (payer consulting), Chi-Matic (revenue cycle technology), and crankfrog (payer consulting); divisions include Jarrard (strategic communications and change management) and Greeley (medical staff services optimization). In March 2026 Chartis acquired Leap AI to further extend proprietary AI capabilities.

Chartis operates a direct enterprise field sales model, with senior advisors engaging C-suite healthcare executives through project-based and multi-year retainer consulting engagements. The firm is privately held under The Chartis Group, LLC, with Blackstone having made a majority investment in August 2024 and Audax Private Equity maintaining continued involvement. Revenue is generated through professional services fees and is not publicly disclosed. The firm employs 1,450+ professionals and has received the KLAS Best Overall IT Services Firm award for two consecutive years, the Modern Healthcare Best Place to Work in Healthcare award ten times, and recognition among Vault's top consulting firms in North America.

Name

The Chartis Group

Legal name

The Chartis Group, LLC

Website

https://chartis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

The Chartis Group is a US-based healthcare advisory firm providing strategic, digital, AI, performance, and M&A consulting services to providers, payers, and private equity investors. The firm employs 1,450+ professionals and serves over 900 clients across 1,900+ organizations annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Advisory Consulting Services: Professional consulting fees generated through advisory engagements with healthcare providers, payers, and investors. Revenue is derived from strategic consulting, digital transformation, M&A advisory, and performance improvement engagements, typically structured as project-based or retainer arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Chartis Group provides healthcare-focused management consulting services to providers, payers, and investors across strategic transformation, digital and technology transformation, performance improvement, AI and strategic intelligence, strategic communications, and medical staff services optimization. Engagements are delivered through senior advisory teams and supported by proprietary AI platforms (Chartis Synapse and Leap AI Studio) and dedicated practices such as Jarrard, Greeley, and HealthScape Advisors.

Product overview

The Chartis Group is a healthcare advisory firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of consulting services rather than a unified software product. The portfolio includes strategic transformation (planning, M&A, value-based care), digital and technology transformation, Chartis Centers for AI & Strategic Intelligence, performance transformation, and specialized practices in payer transformation, health equity, and private equity advisory. The firm operates multiple acquired brands including HealthScape Advisors (payer consulting), crankfrog (payer consulting), and Chi-Matic (revenue cycle technology), as well as divisions such as Jarrard (strategic communications) and Greeley (medical staff services). The service model is based on expert advisory consulting engagements rather than software products or platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jarrard: Strategic Communications and Change Management division of Chartis, helping healthcare leaders navigate change through strategic positioning, issue navigation, mergers and acquisitions, and change management.
• Greeley
• HealthScape Advisors

Products and services

• Strategic Transformation

Quantifiable outcome

• 95.6 client satisfaction rating; ranked Best Overall IT Services Firm by KLAS
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• HealthScape AdvisorscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 February 2024Chartis acquired HealthScape Advisors, a healthcare payer consulting firm based in Chicago, to expand its capabilities in the healthcare payer segment and strengthen its position in the healthcare ecosystem. HealthScape provides payer transformation services.
• Chi-MaticmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 March 2023Chartis acquired Chi-Matic, a revenue cycle technology and consulting organization based in Verona, WI. The acquisition combined Chi-Matic's industry-leading revenue cycle solutions with Chartis's expertise to enhance revenue cycle effectiveness for healthcare organizations.
• crankfrogmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 March 2022Chartis acquired crankfrog, a payer consulting firm, to enhance capabilities in payer strategy, operations, digital, and IT. The acquisition supports Chartis's goal to better serve healthcare clients navigating the evolving healthcare ecosystem, with crankfrog founder Atul Pathiyal leading the payer practice.
• Jarrard Inc. (a division of Chartis)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, a division of Chartis, provides strategic communications and change management services to healthcare providers. The firm has guided more than 600 healthcare organizations through significant change, challenge, and opportunity.
• Greeley (a division of Chartis)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreeley provides medical staff services optimization for healthcare organizations, helping with credentialing, bylaws, and medical staff governance.
• Kirkland & EllisminorOthersKirkland & Ellis served as legal advisor to Blackstone on the majority investment in Chartis.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Bain & Company (Healthcare Practice): Global management consulting firm with strong healthcare practice and PE-adjacent expertise; competes with Chartis in healthcare M&A advisory and provider transformation work.
• The Boston Consulting Group (Healthcare Practice): Global management consulting giant with a substantial healthcare practice serving providers, payers, and biopharma; competes with Chartis on large strategic transformation and M&A engagements as a broad incumbent.
• McKinsey & Company (Healthcare Practice): Global strategy consulting leader with deep healthcare practice (McKinsey Health Institute); competes with Chartis on enterprise-level healthcare strategy, M&A, and performance transformation engagements.
• Deloitte Consulting (Healthcare): Big Four advisory giant with one of the largest healthcare consulting practices serving providers, payers, and life sciences; broad incumbent competing across Chartis's full service portfolio.
• Accenture (Health): Global professional services firm with a major healthcare practice delivering strategy, digital, and operational consulting; broad incumbent with overlapping healthcare transformation capabilities.

Direct peers

• Huron Consulting Group: Public consulting firm with a significant healthcare practice (acquired The Camden Group in 2016) providing strategy, performance improvement, and technology advisory to hospitals and health systems—a directly comparable healthcare-focused advisory firm.
• Nordic Consulting Partners: Large healthcare IT and EHR-focused consulting firm serving health systems; directly comparable as a healthcare-specialized advisory firm competing for similar provider transformation engagements.
• Health Management Associates (HMA): Healthcare-specialized consulting firm serving providers, payers, and public health agencies with policy, strategy, and operational advisory—directly comparable pure-play healthcare consulting competitor.
• Impact Advisors: Healthcare IT and strategic advisory firm serving large health systems; directly comparable as a healthcare-focused consultancy competing for similar transformation engagements.
• Pivot Point Consulting: Healthcare IT and management consulting firm serving hospitals and health systems; comparable mid-sized healthcare-specialized advisory competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A10 records

Investments

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