Healthcare

Crowe provides a wide range of services to healthcare clients in Ireland and internationally, including:

• Operational/performance improvement
• Policy review and service planning
• Information systems/technology consulting
• Clinical effectiveness and quality reviews
• Organisational and governance review and analysis
• Financial statement audit
• Taxation services
• Internal audit / risk consulting
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Financial advisory and capital planning

The sectors within healthcare served by Crowe include the following:

• Provider organisations involved in delivering healthcare services, including hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and primary care providers (family doctors, therapists, and other healthcare professionals)
• Payers and insurers, typically healthcare insurance firms and state-sponsored schemes to provide healthcare cover for relevant client populations
• Government authorities and service commissioners involved in the policy, planning, regulation, commissioning and reimbursement of healthcare services
• Manufacturers / suppliers of healthcare products, medical technology and devices, and information technology products supporting the healthcare sector

Our clients in Ireland include the Health Service Executive, the Department of Health, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, the National Ambulance Service, the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, the Central Remedial Clinic, Mental Health Ireland, the Private Hospitals Association, and many more. We also work internationally for some of the largest names in healthcare, including Ascension Health, Stanford University Medical Center, Catholic Health Initiatives, and a wide range of hospital operators and care providers.

At Crowe, we recognise that the needs of healthcare clients are often very specific and transcend the traditional skillsets of professional services firms. We have therefore invested globally in a team of healthcare experts who offer deep sectoral expertise, including doctors, nurses, consulting professionals, accountants, taxation specialists, planners, lawyers, information scientists, technology experts, policy evaluators and others – providing us with the capacity to address the precise needs of our clients in a highly targeted manner.

Shane McQuillan, Consulting Partner with Crowe Ireland, leads our Global Healthcare Group which includes member firms from over 40 countries, and was established to:

• Share knowledge and professional expertise specifically relevant to the health sector
• Establish an international evidence base in respect of best practice
• Share resources between international firms in order to deliver precise expertise in line with client requirements
• Integrate the planning and development of Crowe’s services to health care clients on an international basis