Boerner Consulting

What Boerner Consulting does

Boerner Consulting LLC is a privately held, single-principal healthcare compliance consulting firm founded in 1997 and headquartered in New Berlin, Wisconsin. The firm, led by Catherine M. Boerner (JD, CHC), provides advisory, assessment, and auditing services to healthcare organizations including hospitals, academic medical centers, nursing homes, large health plans, and healthcare business associates. Its core service portfolio comprises 13 distinct engagements covering compliance program effectiveness assessments, compliance risk assessments across 8-10 regulatory areas, HIPAA Privacy and Security services (including NIST SP 800-30-based security risk analysis), corporate integrity agreement support, government audit support, interim compliance officer staffing, employee compliance culture surveys, and ongoing compliance maintenance agreements with bi-weekly advisory calls.

The firm operationalizes these services through its proprietary COMPLYMARK™ audit methodology, which combines document review, interviews, and employee surveys to assess program structure, operational effectiveness, and outcome measures. Boerner Consulting does not develop or sell software products; COMPLYMARK™ is an unregistered common-law trademark applied to its consulting methodology rather than a licensed technology platform. Thought leadership is generated through Cathy Boerner's monthly "Exhale" column in HCCA's Compliance Today magazine (since June 2015), 18 years of prior bi-monthly articles in the Journal of Health Care Compliance (1999-2017), conference speaking, and an OIG What's New newsletter distribution channel.

Commercially, the firm operates a sales-led, direct-to-client B2B professional services model with project-based engagements and recurring maintenance agreements. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The firm is founder-owned with no disclosed institutional investment, no subsidiaries, no M&A activity, and no disclosed employees beyond the principal. The single named customer testimonial (Medical Center Health System, continuous engagement since 2011) and empty headcount array indicate a small-scale practice whose revenue and capacity are tightly bound to the founder's personal availability.

Name

Boerner Consulting

Legal name

Boerner Consulting LLC

Website

https://boernerconsultingllc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Compliance Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Risk, Compliance & Internal Controls Consulting (BPAHACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Security Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Advisory (BPAKADAG)

Keywords

• Healthcare compliance consulting
• HIPAA privacy security
• Compliance risk assessment
• Regulatory audit support
• Corporate integrity agreements

Headquarters

HQ city

New Berlin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Revenue generated through project-based consulting engagements including compliance program assessments, risk assessments, auditing services, HIPAA assessments, and corporate integrity agreement support. The firm also offers compliance maintenance agreements with bi-weekly advisory calls for ongoing support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Boerner Consulting LLC is a healthcare compliance consulting firm that provides advisory, assessment, and audit services to healthcare organizations. The firm conducts compliance program effectiveness reviews, compliance risk assessments, HIPAA Privacy and Security assessments, government audit support, Corporate Integrity Agreement tracking, and interim compliance officer staffing, primarily leveraging its proprietary COMPLYMARK™ audit tool.

Product overview

Boerner Consulting is a healthcare compliance consulting firm offering a portfolio of advisory and assessment services for healthcare organizations. The core offering consists of compliance program effectiveness assessments, risk assessments, auditing and monitoring, and HIPAA privacy and security services. The firm utilizes its proprietary COMPLYMARK™ audit tool as the primary methodology for compliance program reviews. Services range from one-time assessments (Compliance Program Effectiveness Assessment, HIPAA Security Risk Assessment) to ongoing advisory relationships (Compliance Maintenance Agreement, Interim Compliance Officer). The portfolio is unified by the firm's focus on healthcare regulatory compliance, with Cathy Boerner's expertise spanning over 25 years since 1997.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• COMPLYMARK™: Audit tool used by Boerner Consulting for comprehensive independent review of corporate compliance programs through document review, interviews and employee surveys.

Products and services

• Compliance Program Effectiveness Assessment

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• BDO USA Healthcare: BDO USA operates a healthcare practice providing compliance, coding, and HIPAA advisory services to hospitals, health plans, and providers. It competes with Boerner Consulting on mid-market healthcare compliance engagements as part of a wider professional services portfolio.
• Forvis (formerly DHG Healthcare): Forvis is a top accounting and advisory firm with a dedicated healthcare consulting practice covering compliance, revenue integrity, and CIA support. It is a broad incumbent competitor for hospital-system compliance work.
• Guidehouse (formerly Navigant): Guidehouse is a large advisory firm with a significant healthcare provider practice covering compliance, revenue integrity, and HIPAA services. It competes for large hospital-system mandates where Boerner Consulting would also be considered.
• KPMG US Healthcare: KPMG's U.S. healthcare advisory practice provides compliance, internal audit, and risk services to large health systems and payers. It is a broad incumbent offering overlapping services to Boerner Consulting's hospital clients.
• Ankura Consulting: Ankura is a global advisory firm with a healthcare compliance, investigations, and risk practice serving providers, payers, and life sciences. It competes for larger hospital compliance mandates where Boerner Consulting is also engaged, but at a larger scale.
• Moss Adams: Moss Adams is a top-15 U.S. accounting and consulting firm with a dedicated healthcare compliance practice covering HIPAA, coding/billing audits, and CIA work. It competes with Boerner Consulting on hospital-system compliance engagements but as part of a much broader portfolio.

Direct peers

• Strategic Management Services: Strategic Management Services is a healthcare compliance and management consulting firm specializing in compliance program effectiveness reviews, OIG audits, and CIA oversight for federal healthcare clients. Comparable to Boerner Consulting in niche healthcare compliance advisory.
• Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman: Hall Render is one of the largest U.S. healthcare law firms, with a substantial practice advising health systems on compliance program design, CIA compliance, HIPAA, and government investigations. It overlaps directly with Boerner Consulting's CIA and HIPAA services for hospitals.
• PYA (Pershing Yoakley & Associates): PYA is a national healthcare-focused advisory firm offering compliance, audit, and consulting services to hospitals and health systems. It directly competes with Boerner Consulting in healthcare compliance program assessments, HIPAA services, and CIA support.
• The Greeley Company: The Greeley Company is a healthcare consulting firm focused on medical staff services, credentialing, and healthcare compliance education and advisory. Its content-led approach and focus on hospital compliance leaders parallel Boerner Consulting's niche strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights2 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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