With 25 years as a niche provider of healthcare revenue cycle best practices, we are one of the nation’s top tier consultancies for revenue cycle management. Unlike most of our competitors, we focus solely on the revenue cycle and the lean installation of best practices. As our clients’ needs and challenges have grown more sophisticated and complex, so have our solutions.

Consulting is a broad term and many companies can be classified as consulting firms.  However, Zimmerman & Associates’ model is different from traditional consulting because the largest gains come from implementing best practices through lean installation.

A Lean Based Installation Delivery Model

Six Sigma and Lean are two powerful performance improvement methodologies that have changed the face of modern healthcare delivery. From the emergency room to the boardroom, Six Sigma and Lean can reduce variability and waste, which translates to fewer errors, better processes, improved patient care, greater patient satisfaction rates and happier, more productive employees. However, applying Six Sigma to the revenue cycle requires an understanding of how its tools and methodologies translate to the complex processes of revenue management. 

Zimmerman & Associates has adopted Lean Six Sigma methodology to every aspect of our business – beginning with the way we conduct our research to working with hospitals to diagnose and improve revenue cycle operations.

Our implementation model provides a balanced approach of the on-site Zimmerman professionals and larger, Milwaukee-based Zimmerman staff. Our on-site staff members act as coaches and facilitators for the client hospital.