Chartis

The Chartis Group
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Type	Private
Industry	Professional services
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Area Served	United States
Key People	Ken Graboys (CEO)
Employees	1,450 (2026)
Website	https://www.chartis.com

History

The Chartis Group, LLC, commonly known as Chartis, is a management consulting firm offering services to the healthcare industry.

Chartis was founded in July of 2001 in Chicago by Ken Graboys and Ethan Arnold, as a consulting firm focused on providing advisory services to hospitals and health systems. Today, the firm’s client base includes providers, payers, technology innovators, retail companies, and investors.

Acquisitions [subsection]

After operating for years as a traditional healthcare consultancy, in 2014 the firm refined its business model and expanded its service offerings by acquiring Aspen Advisors, IT strategy consulting firm. Several acquisitions followed.

Date	Company	Type	Value	Details / Notes
2014	Aspen Advisors	Buy-side	Undisclosed	Merger to build greater IT advisory capabilities.
2015	iVantage Health Analytics	Buy-side	Undisclosed	Expanded Chartis' data analytics and rural health capabilities.
2018	Oncology Solutions	Buy-side	Undisclosed	Deepened Chartis’ oncology and cancer-care advisory capabilities.
2019	The Greeley Company	Buy-side	Undisclosed	Added medical staff and credentialing advisory services to the Chartis portfolio.
2020	Jarrard Inc.	Buy-side	Undisclosed	Brought healthcare communications and change management expertise into the firm.
2022	crankfrog	Buy-side	Undisclosed	Expanded the firm’s ability to serve payer clients.
2022	Just Health Collective	Buy-side	Undisclosed	Brought expertise in health equity and health disparities into the firm.
2023	Chi-Matic	Buy-side	Undisclosed	Increased Chartis’ revenue cycle optimization capabilities.
2024	HealthScape Advisors	Buy-side	Undisclosed	Strengthened Chartis' health plan and payer-side consulting capabilities.
2025	Healthlink Advisors	Buy-side	Undisclosed	Enhanced healthcare technology advisory and implementation services.
2026	Leap AI	Buy-side	Undisclosed	Added artificial intelligence expertise to accelerate healthcare innovation.
2026	PayerAlly	Buy-side	Undisclosed	Added pharmacy benefit management and specialty pharmacy strategy capabilities.

Private equity ownership transitions

Date	Investor	Type	Value	Details / Notes
2012	Riordan, Lewis & Haden Equity Partners	Sell-side	Undisclosed	Chartis received a capital raise from RLH Equity, marking its first institutional private equity backing.
2019	Audax Private Equity	Sell-side	Undisclosed	RLH sold Chartis to Audax Private Equity, marking the firm's second private equity partnership.
2024	Blackstone, Inc.	Sell-side	Undisclosed	Audax sold a majority stake in Chartis to Blackstone, one of the world's largest alternative asset managers.

Organization and Services

As of 2026, the firm employed approximately 1,450 professionals working with roughly 1,900 client organizations across the United States.

Chartis provides advisory services to healthcare providers, health plans, and private equity investors. The firm organizes its consulting practice around several transformation domains.

For healthcare providers, Chartis offers services across four primary areas. Strategic transformation services include strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions advisory, academic medical center alignment, value-based care, and oncology advisory services. Performance transformation services encompass clinical and financial performance improvement, revenue cycle transformation, merger integration, care delivery, consumer access, physician enterprise advisory, and clinical quality and reliability. Digital and technology transformation services include health information technology strategy, clinical and business technology innovation, data analytics and architecture, and enterprise cybersecurity.

For health plans and payers, Chartis provides advisory services through its HealthScape Advisors subsidiary, which focuses on payer strategy and operations and pharmacy benefit management strategy, procurement, and optimization.

For private equity investors, the firm offers transaction diligence, platform growth strategy, value optimization, and exit planning services.

Chartis also provides strategic communications and change management services through its Jarrard subsidiary, and medical staff services optimization through its Greeley subsidiary.

Centers and Affiliated Organizations

Chartis has established several affiliated organizations and initiatives.

The Chartis Center for Rural Health was formed in 2015 following Chartis’ acquisition of iVantage Health Analytics, a healthcare analytics firm that developed the Hospital Strength INDEX®. In 2016, the center published its first annual list of Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals, based on the Hospital Strength INDEX methodology.

The center publishes research and performance analyses related to rural healthcare and collaborates with the National Rural Health Association on annual hospital rankings and performance metrics.

On May 16, 2024, Michael Topchik, executive director of the Chartis Center for Rural Health, testified before the United States Senate Committee on Finance regarding challenges facing rural healthcare providers in the United States.

The Chartis Center for Health Equity and Belonging was established in 2023. The organization focuses on healthcare equity, disparities in care, and related advisory services.

The Chartis Foundation is the firm’s charitable organization and a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit established in 2006. The foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations that deliver primary care and related services to underserved populations in the United States.

The foundation administers annual grant programs, including one-time grants and renewable Fellows Program grants.