Thrivence helped a large medical center establish a more reliable wireless infrastructure across 600,000+ square feet, configuring 443 access points and reducing network complexity while maintaining service through a high-stakes TSA transition.
HEALTHCARE
Transforming Healthcare Operations. Protecting Continuity of Care.
Thrivence helps healthcare organizations navigate change, improve performance, and modernize operations without compromising patient care.
A DEFINING HEALTHCARE TRANSITION
How Thrivence Led One of the Nation's Largest Rural Healthcare Transitions in 2025
Thrivence led a complex rural healthcare transition spanning 26 hospitals, nine buyers, 650 employees, and more than 300 vendor contracts, serving as the central program leadership team across IT, revenue cycle, operations, HR, legal, buyers, and vendors. The mandate was clear: maintain continuity of care, stabilize operations, and help each organization exit its Transition Services Agreements with minimal disruption and unnecessary cost.
Building a Scalable Healthcare MSO to Serve Rural Hospitals
Learn how Thrivence helped build a scalable healthcare services company from the ground up, taking it to market in approximately 10 months and positioning it to pursue its first $30M+ client.
Achieving Operational Readiness & Seamless Service Continuation for a Statewide Healthcare System’s First-Ever Acquisition
Thrivence helped a statewide health system execute its first-ever acquisition by integrating clinical, IT, financial, and workforce operations with no impact to patient care and just 15 support tickets during implementation.
OUR SERVICES
Built for Healthcare’s Most Complex Transitions
From Day-One readiness through integration and separation, Thrivence helps healthcare leaders protect continuity, reduce risk, and keep people, systems, and operations moving forward.
Program Management
Create the governance, workstreams, decision rights, and integrated roadmap needed to keep complex transitions aligned, accountable, and on schedule.
Change Management
Build alignment across leaders, employees, vendors, and partners with a structured change plan that reduces uncertainty and keeps the transition moving forward.
IT Assessment & Data Integration
Assess infrastructure, applications, data, and EHR dependencies—and execute migrations that protect clinical, operational, and financial continuity.
Vendor Management
Assess contracts, clarify obligations, and manage vendor separation or transition requirements to reduce cost, avoid delays, and protect continuity.
TSA Adherence &
Separation
Define what must remain connected after close, establish clear TSA requirements and exit milestones, and manage separation without disrupting critical services.
Operational Due Diligence
Evaluate critical operational, clinical, financial, technology, and workforce risks before close so leaders can make better-informed decisions and plan for integration.
Human Capital &
Workforce Integration
Align leaders, roles, HR systems, benefits, and onboarding to retain critical talent and give employees clarity and confidence through change.
Clinical & Revenue Cycle Optimization
Redesign clinical, financial, and operational workflows around the future-state model to improve efficiency, strengthen coordination, and minimize disruption to patient care.
Meet a Few of Our Healthcare Leaders
Paul Kleine-Kracht
CEO
- 30+ years of consulting and executive leadership
- Former CEO of InfoWorks
- Former Vice President at North Highland
- Former Director at HealthTrust Purchasing Group
- Founding Partner of c3/consulting
- Deep experience in healthcare, technology, and organizational transformation
Jason Shelton
Managing Director, Data & AI Strategy
- Managing Director of Data & AI Strategy at Thrivence
- Deep experience with Nashville healthcare organizations
- Expertise in AI strategy, information governance, information security, and IT strategy
- Founded and grew an information governance consulting firm acquired by PwC
- Helps leaders create secure, governed foundations for AI and technology transformation
Don Murray
Managing Director, M&A & Revenue Cycle Management
- Leads healthcare M&A integration, transition services, and revenue cycle transformation
- Directed a major healthcare transition involving 25+ hospitals, nine buyers, and 600+ employees
- Former healthcare executive at CoreCivic
- Previous consulting leadership experience with North Highland, Deloitte, and The Chartis Group
- MHA from Trinity University and MBA from Lipscomb University
Alecia Wynn
Managing Director, Leadership Empowerment
- 25+ years of consulting and operational experience
- Healthcare experience with Vanderbilt University Medical Center Health IT and HCA Physician Services
- Expertise in change management, transformation adoption, and organizational readiness
- Deep experience in leadership development, strategic alignment, and organizational design
- Helps organizations translate complex transformation into clear roles, aligned teams, and executable plans
Amy Ware, MHA, MEd, FACHE
Head of Healthcare Strategy & Transformation
- 15+ years of healthcare leadership and operational experience
- Former leadership roles at HCA Healthcare and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
- Expertise in healthcare strategy, operational transformation, and clinical performance improvement
- Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE)
Brett Berneburg
Managing Director, Execution Excellence
- 25+ years advising Fortune 500 companies and public-sector organizations
- Managing Director of Operational Excellence at Thrivence
- Expertise in strategy execution, operational improvement, and organizational transformation
- Deep experience in AI, digital, and technology transformation
- Extensive workforce development and talent acquisition experience
- Partners with C-suite leaders to translate strategic priorities into measurable business outcomes