Katz Brunner Healthcare: Consulting, Analysis, Data, Negotiation

• Corporate History
• Principals
• Technical Advisors
• Map of Experience
• Disclaimer

• “The survival of community hospitals is at a critical stage.
  KBH is committed to the effectiveness of rural and small urban hospitals that promote community-driven objectives.”
  —Alan S. Katz
  KBH President

• “Small community hospitals have many advantages over large metropolitan hospitals.. KBH emphasizes those positives when addressing managed care issues.”
  —Alan S. Katz
  KBH President

• “Practical answers for small community hospitals are often different than those for larger hospitals. KBH experience in rural and small urban hospitals is unique and vital to success.”
  —Alan S. Katz
  KBH President

• “Managed care follows macro-level blueprints written by bureaucrats, policy wonks & academia. KBH emphasizes practicality, results meeting community-driven objectives.”
  —Alan S. Katz
  KBH President

• “Future success in US healthcare will require application of community values to advances in technology and needs for cost-effectiveness. KBH advice strikes a delicate balance.”
  —Alan S. Katz
  KBH President

• “Managed care presents constantly changing scenarios and challenges. KBH effectively focuses attention on the most critical issues, managing the inherent ambiguity.”
  —Alan S. Katz
  KBH President

• “Claims denial management has become a critical, but costly function. KBH professionals' expertise results in greater effectiveness of appeals, and more timely, accurate payments. ”
  —Melinda Brunner
  KBH VP of Operations

• “MCOs often follow logic patterns that appear contrary to normal ways of thinking, then invent their own vocabulary to rationalize their actions. KBH effectively 'translates' between the hospital and the MCOs. ”
  —Melinda Brunner
  KBH VP of Operations

• “MCOs force hospitals to devote inordinate amounts of time on administrative tasks unrelated to quality patient care. KBH can effectively relieve hospital staff of costly tasks.”
  —Melinda Brunner
  KBH VP of Operations

• “Negotiation of managed care contracts requires a combination of astute skills and specialized knowledge. KBH has expertise in both negotiating and managed care.”
  —Melinda Brunner
  KBH VP of Operations

• “Data analysis is both a science and an art. KBH's unique skill set with both multiple large databases and managed care allows robust interpretation of available data.”
  —Melinda Brunner
  KBH VP of Operations

• “Small hospital executives need both a wide spectrum of expertise, and the time necessary to apply it. KBH can be the outsourced managed care department.”
  —Melinda Brunner
  KBH VP of Operations

Corporate History of KBH

Katz Brunner Healthcare (KBH) is a managed care consulting and data analysis firm specializing in the unique managed care issues confronted by healthcare providers located in small urban or rural areas throughout the country.

KBH utilizes the extensive experience of its principals in over thirty states, representing hundreds of hospitals and affiliated physician groups, and having worked with almost every major payor in the country.

The Katz Brunner principals have a national recognition and professional reputation of providing effective strategies, particularly those practical in a small community hospital setting.

The KBH staff’s abilities in comprehensive and detailed analysis of managed care issues, contract wording and implementation, data base management, and data mining, support both the establishment of new managed care contracts as well as the restructuring of existing contracts that have proven to be problematic to the healthcare providers.

Founded in 1995 by Alan S. Katz and Melinda T. Brunner, KBH is dedicated to meeting the needs of managed care providers in an effective, practical, and cost-conscious manner.

Over the first thirteen years of operation under the original name of the consulting firm, Katz Healthcare Services, it has built a solid reputation synonymous with creative, ethical, and flexible solutions.

The firm’s name was changed to Katz Brunner Healthcare in 2008 to reflect the broader array of services to be provided in the coming years, and the more significant participation of Melinda Brunner in senior level consulting, marketing and executive management of the firm.

Descriptions of specific services provided currently by KBH can be seen by clicking on one of the four basic service areas appearing on the home page, or by clicking on "Services" in the menu bar above.