What it does: Cumberland Consulting is a national technology implementation project management firm serving ambulatory, acute and post-acute healthcare providers.
How it grew to become one of healthcare's hottest: When Cumberland got its start in 2004, its four founding members—all formerly part of Ernst & Young's healthcare IT consulting practice—left behind the brand name recognition and resources that come with a big firm. Leaving an established practice might have seemed risky, but less than a decade later, it seems to have paid off.
