Cumberland Consulting Group

What Cumberland Consulting Group does

Cumberland Consulting Group, LLC is a privately held healthcare-focused consulting and services firm headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee (Greater Nashville area), founded in 2004 by Jim Lewis. The firm is organized into three vertical-aligned divisions — Payer, Provider, and Life Sciences — and delivers three core service categories: Strategic Advisory Consulting (IT strategy, operations advisory, business transformation), Technology Services (Epic, Cerner, athenahealth, MEDITECH implementations; core claims and benefits administration; FHIR-based interoperability solutions for ONC/CMS mandates), and Managed Services (outsourced operations, analytics, and cloud infrastructure including Office 365, Azure AD, Carbonite, and ShareFile under HITRUST CSF certification).

The firm generates revenue through project-based, quote-driven professional services engagements sold via direct enterprise sales and reputation-driven referrals. Go-to-market leverages industry conference sponsorship (MDRP Summit, Model N Rainmaker, CBI Medicaid Congress), thought leadership content, and preferred-vendor positioning with the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP), which provides access to Safety Net Health Plans collectively serving more than 20 million enrollees. The customer base spans health plans (Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, CHIP, exchange plans), hospitals and health systems, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and emerging telehealth entrants such as MonitorMe.

Cumberland has scaled through organic growth and three known acquisitions (Cipe Consulting Group in 2014, Oleen Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting in 2016, and LinkEHR in 2018), supplemented by technology and go-to-market partnerships with Model N (managed services cloud for pharma) and Chronicled (MediLedger blockchain supply chain). The firm has earned 11 consecutive years on the Inc. 5000 list, was named a Top 3 Payer IT Consulting firm by KLAS in 2019, appeared on Forbes' America's Best Management Consulting Firms list in 2019, and was recognized by Modern Healthcare as a Best Place to Work for six consecutive years. Ownership includes founder Jim Lewis as Chairman, with Brian Cahill as CEO, and a strategic capital relationship with Tailwind Capital.

Name

Cumberland Consulting Group

Legal name

Cumberland Consulting Group, LLC

Website

https://cumberlandcg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Cumberland Consulting Group is a privately held healthcare consulting firm providing strategic advisory, technology implementation, and managed services to payer, provider, and life sciences organizations across the United States from its Franklin, Tennessee headquarters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Organization Design & Operating Model Consulting (BPAHAGAB)

Keywords

• Healthcare consulting services
• EHR implementation services
• Managed services healthcare
• Payer provider advisory
• Healthcare IT consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Franklin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Strategic Advisory Consulting: Consulting engagements providing IT strategy, operations advisory, and business transformation services to healthcare payer, provider, and life sciences organizations
2. Technology Services: IT professional services including implementation, optimization, and system integration for healthcare technology platforms such as Epic, Cerner, athenahealth, and core claims/administration systems
3. Managed Services: Outsourced managed services providing ongoing operational support, analytics solutions, and cloud infrastructure management for healthcare clients

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cumberland Consulting Group is a healthcare-focused consulting firm that provides strategic advisory, technology implementation, and managed services to payer, provider, and life sciences organizations. The firm specializes in large-scale IT system implementations (EHR/EMR), operational performance improvement, and long-term managed services for healthcare technology platforms. It serves as a trusted partner for health plans, hospital systems, and life sciences companies navigating regulatory change, technology adoption, and operational transformation.

Product overview

Cumberland Consulting Group is a healthcare consulting and services firm that offers a portfolio of professional services rather than a unified software product. The company's offerings span three main service categories: Strategic Advisory Consulting Services (including IT strategy, operations, and business transformation), Technology Services (EHR implementations, claims platforms, interoperability), and Managed Services (outsourced operations). Industry-specific practices include Payer solutions (claims, care management, government services, interoperability), Provider solutions (Epic, Cerner, staffing), and Life Sciences consulting. A notable partnership enables blockchain supply chain services via the MediLedger Project. The portfolio is organized as consulting service lines rather than discrete software products with module architectures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategic Advisory Consulting Advisory consulting engagements focused on strategy, governance, and operational planning for healthcare payer, provider, and life sciences organizations.
• Technology Services End-to-end healthcare IT implementation services including system selection, design, build, integration, and go-live support for EHR, ERP, and core administrative platforms.
• Managed Services Ongoing operational support, application maintenance, and optimization services for healthcare technology platforms following implementation.
• Payer Solutions Specialized consulting services for health plans covering claims operations, care management, government programs, member engagement, and interoperability.
• Provider Solutions Consulting services for hospitals and health systems including EHR/ERP implementations (Epic, Cerner, MEDITECH, athenahealth), performance improvement, and project staffing.
• Life Sciences Consulting Strategic and operational consulting services for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device organizations addressing commercial effectiveness, compliance, and data strategy.
• Interoperability Solutions Consulting services focused on healthcare data interoperability, including work with industry initiatives such as the MediLedger Project for blockchain-enabled supply chain standards.

Quantifiable outcome

• 79% revenue increase over three years (2016-2019)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MonitorMecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 December 2019MonitorMe, a wellness concierge telehealth monitoring program, selected Cumberland to lead an optimization project for its athenahealth platform serving as core EHR with support for registration, clinical care documentation and billing workflows.
• Chronicled (MediLedger Project)coreTechnology or Integration · 9 October 2019Cumberland joined Chronicled as a preferred systems integration partner for the MediLedger Project, which builds blockchain-powered ecosystems and supply chain solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. Cumberland helps pharma manufacturers launch permissioned blockchain networks based on open standards and specifications.
• Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 17 June 2019ACAP selected Cumberland as a preferred vendor in Management Consulting, Operational Effectiveness and Technology Consulting, and Business Process and IT Services. ACAP represents not-for-profit Safety Net Health Plans collectively serving more than 20 million enrollees, nearly half of all individuals enrolled in Medicaid managed care plans.
• Model NcoreTechnology or Integration · 7 March 2019Cumberland partnered with Model N as a managed services provider for the Cumberland/Model N Managed Services Cloud model, enabling pharma manufacturers to lower compliance risk, minimize revenue leakage and increase operational efficiency.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Pivot Point Consulting: Pivot Point is a healthcare IT consulting firm specializing in EHR implementations (Epic, Cerner), advisory, and managed services — competing most directly with Cumberland's Provider practice at the mid-market end.
• Tegria: Tegria is a healthcare consulting and technology services firm backed by Providence, serving payers and providers with advisory, implementation, and managed services — a similar but younger competitor in the same mid-market segment.
• HIMSS (Health Catalyst) Advisory: Health Catalyst combines data-and-analytics technology with advisory services for health systems — overlapping with Cumberland's analytics, population health, and performance-improvement practices.

Direct peers

• Nordic Consulting: Nordic is a healthcare-focused IT consulting firm specializing in Epic implementations, advisory, and managed services for provider organizations — directly overlapping with Cumberland's Provider division and Epic Practice.
• WittKieffer: WittKieffer is a healthcare-exclusive executive search and advisory firm serving providers, payers, and life sciences — comparable in vertical specialization but focused more on leadership-adjacent advisory.
• Chartis Group: Chartis is a healthcare-focused advisory firm serving payers, providers, and life sciences with strategic consulting and technology transformation — closely aligned with Cumberland's three-vertical structure and buyer profile.

Broad incumbents

• Accenture Healthcare: Accenture's global Health practice delivers large-scale payer and provider consulting and technology transformation, overlapping with Cumberland's strategic advisory and managed services offerings but at vastly greater scale.
• KPMG Healthcare: KPMG's Healthcare practice serves payers, providers, and life sciences with strategy, technology, and risk consulting — a Big-4 incumbent with overlapping capability to Cumberland's three-vertical portfolio.
• Optum Insight (UnitedHealth Group): Optum is the largest healthcare services and consulting platform in the US, offering payer and provider advisory plus technology services at scale — a broad incumbent competing with Cumberland across multiple verticals.
• Deloitte Health Solutions: Deloitte serves payers, providers, and life sciences clients with strategy, technology, and operations consulting — overlapping with Cumberland's three-vertical model but as part of a much broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A2 records

Investments

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