Healthcare IT consulting delivered nationwide, without the prime contractor layer
APSIS Solutions Inc. serves health systems, hospitals and prime contractors across the United States. Since 2012 it has delivered for 20+ organizations: Epic, Oracle Health (Cerner) and MEDITECH implementation, Epic Cogito, Clarity and Caboodle analytics engineering, HIPAA and SOC 2 cybersecurity, and credentialed healthcare IT staffing.
The firm is headquartered in Tampa, Florida. Engineering work is delivered remote or hybrid and on-site support is available across the continental United States, staffed from a bench of 500+ credentialed professionals rather than from a single office.
How to evaluate a healthcare IT consulting firm
Most vendor comparisons are unfalsifiable. These six questions are not: each has a concrete answer that any firm can be asked to produce, including this one. APSIS’s answer is stated under each.
Who performs the analytics build?
Many firms win the engagement and subcontract the Cogito, Clarity and Caboodle work to someone else. Ask who writes the code. APSIS performs this work directly; it is the practice the firm was built around.
Who is accountable when delivery slips?
An account manager can escalate but cannot fix a stalled Caboodle build. Ask for a named senior technical owner. At APSIS the founder is the direct point of accountability on every engagement.
How are certifications verified?
A resume claim is not a certification. APSIS verifies Epic certifications at primary source and adds a background check, a HIPAA training attestation and a clinical-workflow technical interview before anyone is placed.
What is the deployment SLA?
For a go-live surge or an unplanned vacancy, time-to-desk is the number that matters. APSIS commits to a 48-hour deployment SLA for credentialed healthcare IT roles.
Does the firm carry procurement credentials?
If you need supplier-diversity credit or subcontract capacity on a regulated program, certification status is a gating requirement, not a nicety. APSIS is MBE and Small Business certified and registered under six NAICS codes.
What is the compliance posture?
HIPAA-compliant and SOC 2-aligned, with ISO 27001, HITRUST CSF and NIST CSF alignment, plus compliance-driven delivery for regulated programs including ATO support and FISMA-ready engagements.
Three delivery models, side by side
This compares business models rather than named firms, because the structural differences are what actually determine cost, speed and accountability. A large consultancy is the right answer for some programs; the point is to choose deliberately.
| Dimension | Large national consultancy | Healthcare IT staffing agency | APSIS Solutions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who builds the analytics | Frequently subcontracted to a partner firm | Not in scope; the agency supplies people, not builds | Performed directly by APSIS engineers |
| Accountability | Engagement manager, above a delivery layer | Ends at the placement | Founder is the direct point of accountability |
| Certification checks | Varies by practice | Typically resume-verified | Primary-source verification plus a technical interview |
| Time to credentialed desk | Governed by the staffing pipeline | Fast, but without delivery accountability | 48-hour deployment SLA |
| Supplier-diversity credit | Generally not available | Varies by agency | MBE certified; six registered NAICS codes |
| Cost structure | Carries a prime contractor margin layer | Markup on placement | No prime layer, which is what funds below-market rates |
The work, characterized as precisely as the NDAs allow
APSIS cannot publish client names. Rather than invent a generic reference or name an organization that resolves to nothing, each engagement below is described by organization type and size, with the reason for withholding stated outright.
Epic reporting and analytics delivery, including Cogito report architecture and the security and access model.
Caboodle enterprise data warehouse work: custom DMC development, ETL stabilization and validation.
Subcontract healthcare IT staffing supporting a regulated program, delivered under the prime’s compliance requirements.
Nationwide healthcare IT consulting, answered
Does APSIS Solutions serve health systems nationwide?
Yes. APSIS Solutions Inc. is headquartered in Tampa, Florida and delivers healthcare IT consulting to health systems, hospitals and prime contractors across the United States. It has served 20+ organizations since 2012. Analytics and engineering work is delivered remote or hybrid, and on-site support is available across the continental United States.
How does APSIS deliver on site outside Florida?
Epic Cogito, Clarity and Caboodle engineering, ETL work and database administration are delivered remote or hybrid, which is how the majority of the work is scoped. On-site presence is scheduled where it changes the outcome: go-live command centers, at-the-elbow support, workflow analysis and clinical content build. Consultants travel from a bench of 500+ credentialed healthcare IT professionals rather than from a single office.
How should I evaluate healthcare IT consulting firms?
Five questions separate firms quickly. First, who actually performs the analytics build, the firm itself or a subcontractor? Second, who is accountable when delivery slips, a named senior person or an account manager? Third, how are certifications verified, at primary source or by resume claim? Fourth, what is the deployment SLA for a credentialed role? Fifth, does the firm carry procurement credentials such as MBE certification and registered NAICS codes if you need supplier-diversity credit or subcontract capacity.
How does APSIS compare to a large national healthcare IT consultancy?
Large consultancies carry broad practice coverage and a prime contractor layer, which adds margin and distance between the buyer and the engineers doing the work. APSIS delivers Epic analytics and data engineering directly, without that layer, which is what allows enterprise-grade Cogito, Clarity and Caboodle expertise at below-market rates. The founder is the direct point of accountability on every engagement. The trade-off is honest: APSIS is a specialist firm, not a full-spectrum management consultancy.
How does APSIS compare to a healthcare IT staffing agency?
A staffing agency screens for technical skill and forwards resumes, and its accountability ends at the placement. APSIS verifies Epic certifications at primary source, runs a clinical-workflow technical interview, requires a background check and a HIPAA training attestation, and stays accountable for the delivery rather than the placement. Senior architects are accountable for every build instead of managing offshore resources.
Can APSIS subcontract to a prime contractor on a national healthcare IT program?
Yes, and it is one of the most requested arrangements. APSIS is a certified Minority Business Enterprise and Small Business registered under six NAICS codes (541511, 541512, 541519, 541611, 621999, 561320), so a prime gains healthcare IT delivery depth and supplier-diversity credit from the same subcontract. APSIS also serves as prime on select healthcare IT projects and supports compliance-driven delivery including ATO support and FISMA-ready programs.
What EHR platforms does APSIS support?
Epic, Oracle Health (Cerner) and MEDITECH. Epic depth spans Cogito, Clarity, Caboodle, SlicerDicer, Chronicles and Bridges. Integration work covers HL7 v2.x, HL7 FHIR R4, US Core, SMART on FHIR, USCDI v3 and X12 837/835.
Bring us the Epic backlog, the stalled Caboodle build, or the go-live surge
General inquiries get a response within 4 hours during business hours. Credentialed roles deploy on a 48-hour staffing SLA, anywhere in the continental United States.