La Plant Consulting

LaPlant Consulting is a Seattle-based healthcare consulting firm founded in 1991 with over 30 years of experience serving hospitals, health systems, and healthcare providers. The firm specializes in revenue cycle management, healthcare IT implementation, and operational improvement projects for organizations ranging from large academic medical centers to community hospitals and home health agencies.

The firm's core capabilities include revenue cycle optimization, Epic system implementation and support, zero balance reimbursement audits, process optimization, project leadership, and interim leadership roles. LaPlant consultants hold Epic certifications in Resolute Hospital Billing and have extensive experience with patient accounting systems including McKesson Star, Cerner Profit, Siemens Invision, and Meditech. The firm's proprietary approach to zero balance reimbursement audits operates on a 100% contingency basis.

With a client roster exceeding 35 healthcare organizations primarily in the Pacific Northwest, LaPlant has demonstrated success in reducing accounts receivable by over 30 days and improving cash flow for providers. Founder Tom LaPlant brings 44 years of healthcare consulting experience, including 10 years at Andersen Consulting/Arthur Andersen & Co.

Choose LaPlant Consulting when your organization needs operational-level expertise combined with strategic insight, particularly for revenue cycle challenges or Epic implementations. The firm's consultants work directly with staff to implement durable changes rather than delivering recommendations for others to execute.

Expect a pragmatic, hands-on approach focused on measurable outcomes such as reduced A/R days, improved cash flow, and optimized workflows. The firm's contingency-based reimbursement audit service offers a risk-free option for organizations uncertain about leaving money on the table with payers.

LaPlant Consulting serves exclusively healthcare provider organizations, with 100% of the firm's work focused on hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers, physician groups, and home health/hospice providers. The firm's consultants bring specialized knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payor reimbursement methodologies, as well as healthcare-specific IT systems including Epic, Cerner, Meditech, and McKesson platforms.

The firm demonstrates healthcare specialization through services tailored to provider-specific challenges such as zero balance reimbursement recovery, charge capture optimization, and patient access workflow improvement. Leadership team members have spent their entire careers in healthcare consulting.

The ideal client is a hospital, health system, or healthcare provider organization facing revenue cycle challenges, planning Epic implementations, or experiencing leadership transitions. Organizations in the Pacific Northwest seeking consultants who understand regional payor dynamics and can provide hands-on operational improvement alongside strategic guidance will find the strongest fit. Best suited for organizations with budgets supporting mid-to-large consulting engagements.