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Sutherland: Services Capabilities for HCP, 2026

The Sutherland: Services Capabilities for HCP, 2026 profile is for provider CFOs, revenue cycle leaders, and patient financial services executives evaluating AI-led RCM and BPaaS operating partners.

HFS Horizons placement grid plotting service providers across three horizons against two axes. The left vertical axis, innovation scope, runs from Functional at the bottom, through Enterprise in the middle, to Network at the top. The right vertical axis, value aspiration, runs from Cost plus Experience at the bottom, through Experience plus Health in the middle, to Health plus Equity at the top. The three horizon bands are stacked top to bottom. Horizon 3 Market Leaders sits at the top and represents providers delivering on the full quadruple aim of cost, experience, health outcomes, and equity. Horizon 2 Enterprise Innovators sits in the middle and represents enterprise transformation that delivers cost, experience, and health outcomes. Horizon 1 Disruptors sits at the bottom and represents providers addressing cost and experience. All providers within a horizon are listed alphabetically. Horizon 3 Market Leaders includes Accenture, Cognizant, Deloitte, Epic, Evernorth Health Services, EY, HCLTech, Hitachi Digital Services, KPMG, Kyndryl, Optum, Sagility, and Tata Consultancy Services. Horizon 2 Enterprise Innovators includes Atos, Capgemini, Carelon, CitiusTech, Ensemble Health Partners, EXL, Firstsource, Genpact, Guidehouse, IBM, Innova Solutions, Inovalon, MEDITECH, NTT DATA, Omega Healthcare, Oracle Cerner, Publicis Sapient, PwC, R1, SoftServe, Sutherland, UST, Virtusa, and Wipro. Horizon 1 Disruptors includes AKKODiS, Coforge, DXC Technology, Emids, EPAM, Hexaware, HTC Global Services, LTM, Persistent, Smarter Technologies, Sonata, and Tech Mahindra. Sutherland is placed in Horizon 2 Enterprise Innovator. The accompanying callout summarizes Sutherland as AI-led provider RCM operations through BPaaS and autonomous coding. The study assessed and rated the service capabilities of 50 healthcare providers at the intersection of the why, what, how, and so what, and the quadruple aim of care. Source: HFS Research, 2026.

Note: All service providers within a Horizon are listed alphabetically
Source: HFS Research, 2026

Key facts about Sutherland’s HCP services capabilities

Information panel divided into five blocks summarizing Sutherland's HCP services profile. The first block, relevant M&A and partnerships, lists recent M&A from 2022 to 2025: ATMECS in 2025, an advanced engineering and R&D firm acquired to expand digital engineering services; and Suneratech in 2023, a digital engineering firm covering cloud migration, app modernization, and data monetization. Its partnerships are Rapid Claims, CallBotics, Cognitive Health, EviCore, Athena, Truvo Health, ABCOR, Epic, Cerner, AWS, SAP, Microsoft, Adobe, SNOW, Appian, Celonis, and Qualtrics. The second block, key clients, states that both the client count and key clients are not disclosed. The third block, global operations and resources, states that headcount is not disclosed, with healthcare delivery centers in the US (4), India (3), and the Philippines (3), new Digital Acceleration Centers in Bangalore and Riyadh, and an expanded footprint to Pretoria, South Africa. The fourth block, flagship internal IP, lists seven entries: SmartMedCoding, AI-powered autonomous medical coding powered by RapidClaims; SmartPA, a prior authorization platform with E-Hub integration to eviCore; SmartRev, a medical billing platform with embedded analytics, AR follow-up, and integrated denials management; SmartHealthAnalytics, a health analytics platform delivering revenue cycle KPI dashboards and operational insights; SmartHealthConnect, an AI-powered clinical data migration platform with Digital Mapper for legacy EMR, PMS, and RIS to destination systems; E-Hub, an enterprise data bus for eligibility, claim status, payer connectivity, and pre-auth orchestration; and Agentic AI Orchestrator, coordinated AI agents for AR follow-up, denial, appeals, adjustments, and voice with human-in-the-loop oversight. The fifth block, sustainability meter, is a gauge dial reading from Low through Medium to High, with the needle pointing toward the Low end. Source: HFS Research, 2026.

Source: HFS Research, 2026

Sutherland’s performance in the study and HFS’ views of its strengths and development opportunities for HCP services capabilities

Two-part assessment slide accompanied by a horizon ribbon on the left that marks Sutherland's placement in Horizon 2 Enterprise Innovator, between Horizon 3 Market Leader above and Horizon 1 Disruptor below. The first part lists strengths across seven dimensions. Value proposition: aligning provider CFOs with an AI-led provider RCM partner and positioning the revenue cycle as a strategic enterprise capability through BPaaS, autonomous coding, and agentic AI. Capabilities: addresses key provider value chain segments with a focus on RCM and billing and patient services through SmartPA, SmartMedCoding, SmartRev, and E-Hub to standardize workflows, reduce manual effort, and improve revenue cycle performance at scale. Go-to-market: a segmented, outcome-led approach, with key strategic partnerships, AI-enabled capabilities, and flexible deployment modalities. Outcomes: reduced cost via BPaaS RCM while improving provider experience as a function of NPS and advancing patient experience, and RCM-driven financial stability supported clinical capacity at safety-net providers, ensuring continued access and impacting health outcomes. Innovation: the Foundry Innovation Infinity Loop framework anchored in an AI Center of Excellence, Digital Acceleration Centers in Bangalore and Riyadh, and a four-pillar FY25-FY27 AI roadmap. Customer: acknowledged for delivery accountability, commercial flexibility through outcomes-based contracts, deep RCM domain depth, and reliable execution at scale with committed management. Partner: credited for collaboration and responsiveness, openness to best-of-breed integration, and embedded delivery alongside partner technologies. The second part lists development opportunities across five dimensions. Value proposition: sharpen positioning to articulate provider value beyond RCM into clinical and post-acute coverage to expand enterprise share-of-wallet. Capabilities: aligning to the provider value chain and expanding into clinical and post-acute coverage will broaden enterprise relevance. Outcomes: quantifying health outcomes and addressing equity impacts alongside financial results will strengthen quad-aim positioning as buyers demand it. Customer: accelerate clinical capability buildout, broaden segment reach, and convert provider trust into named, public-domain reference cases. Partner: continue diversifying the partner ecosystem to include domain specialists, differentiated startups, and academic medical centers to augment the tech strength, accelerate AI deployments, improve consistency of performance, and increase internal associate training. Source: HFS Research, 2026.

Source: HFS Research, 2026

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