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If your hospital only needs to be CMS-compliant, an enterprise analytics engagement is the wrong tool. Here's why.
If your hospital only needs to be CMS-compliant, an enterprise analytics engagement is the wrong tool. Here's why.
KPMG, IBM Consulting, and similar firms sell health systems big data platforms and multi-year analytics programs. That is a real product with real value — for enterprise pricing analytics. But if the question is "is my machine-readable file compliant under 45 CFR 180.50," engaging a Big 4 firm means paying enterprise rates for a problem that has a mechanical answer.
| Engagement model | Flat fee per audit | Consulting engagement, often $50k-$250k+ |
| Time to first answer | 24 hours (free risk check) | Weeks — RFP, scoping, staffing |
| Output | Compliance risk report + fix list | Analytics platform + dashboards |
| Fix path | $15k remediation, or DIY with our guide | Additional project phases |
| Best fit | Compliance answer for one hospital | Multi-system data strategy |
The whitespace is deliberate: the top search results for MRF compliance are all enterprise data players. Nobody in that space targets hospital finance teams with a fast, flat-fee compliance answer. That's what we built.
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