KPMG acquiring Beacon Partners
KPMG has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the assets of healthcare consultancy Beacon Partners.
Beacon Partners has a national practice that serves clients across all healthcare provider sub-segments throughout the U.S., and is ranked 15th on Modern Healthcare's list of top healthcare consulting firms.
This marks KPMG's ninth acquisition over the last 17 months.
"We found the strategic rationale of this acquisition to be extremely compelling," said Liam Walsh, KOMG's U.S. advisory industry leader, healthcare & life sciences, in a release. "The Beacon Partners team has made significant inroads with hospital systems, academic medical centers, integrated delivery networks and physician groups around the country. When coupled with our recent transactions involving technology consulting firm Zanett Commercial Solutions and digital/mobile firm Cynergy Systems, this acquisition significantly enhances the end-to-end transformation platform that we are diligently building within the healthcare IT market. Additionally, we expect the resulting platform to drive additional strategic and pull-through opportunities for our performance improvement, compliance, cyber and data and analytics capabilities."
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