Executive Change: Pyramid Healthcare Solutions Names New Chairman and CEO

Salient Business Solutions, the revenue cycle management and business outsourcing consulting arm of the India-based Avantha Group, has announced leadership changes for its fully owned subsidiary Pyramid Healthcare Solutions, a leading provider of revenue cycle management services for the healthcare industry based in Clearwater, Fla.

Manoj Malhotra, CEO of Salient Business Solutions, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors at Pyramid Healthcare Solutions; Malhotra will continue to serve as its president. B Hariharan, Group Finance Director for Avantha Group, and S. Sanjay San, Group Human Resources Head for Avantha Group, were elected to the Pyramid board.

Alan Santos has been appointed new Pyramid CEO and will lead U.S. operations for the company, reporting to Malhotra.  Santos previously was Vice President for Pyramid’s Pharmaceutical Compliance & Related Services line of business, responsible for directing the company’s newly created offerings for drug manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers.

“While continuing in his role as CEO of Salient, Manoj, as Chairman of Pyramid’s Board, will focus on further positioning both companies toward greater strategic growth and financial success in our chosen segments of U.S. healthcare revenue cycle management and India retail CRM services,” said Gautam Thapar, Chairman of Avantha Group.

In making the announcement on Santos’ appointment as Pyramid CEO, Malhotra said, “As Pyramid continues to focus on providing value added consultative revenue cycle management services within the hospital information and patient financial space for U.S. healthcare providers, we are confident that Alan, with his proven leadership and organizational skills, will lead Pyramid on its path toward becoming both a ‘provider’ of choice for our clients and an ‘employer’ of choice for our people.”

Santos joined Pyramid this past February after more than 26 years with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, most recently in the Senior Executive Service level position of Associate Deputy Administrator for the Office of Diversion Control. In that position, Santos was one of the leading controlled substance regulators for the nation and served as liaison to the pharmaceutical industry, international and state governments, and federal, state and local agencies.

“I am honored to assume this new role and responsibility at Pyramid Healthcare Solutions, an organization with a rich history in providing optimum revenue cycle management solutions to its clients,” Santos said. “I look forward to working with the exceptional Pyramid team to expand our presence throughout the healthcare community and continue to focus on what we do best – partnering with our customers to provide outstanding service and value.”

For more information about cancer registry services, health information management and revenue cycle management from Pyramid Healthcare Solutions, visit its website at www.pyramidhs.com.

About Pyramid Healthcare Solutions

Founded in 1985, Pyramid Healthcare Solutions partners with healthcare providers to assess, validate and resolve gaps in their revenue cycle, leading to improved and sustainable financial results. Pyramid offers a complete best-practice suite of revenue cycle solutions, including coding services (on-site and remote), HIM services, cancer registry, revenue cycle, revenue discovery, charge capture, accounts receivable management, patient financial services, human resources, managed care services, and education and training. Headquartered in Clearwater, Fla., Pyramid employs more than 300 credentialed, knowledgeable healthcare professionals and best practices developed with more than 500 clients. For more information on Pyramid Healthcare Solutions, visit www.pyramidhs.com.

About Salient Business Solutions

Salient Business Solution is a niche business process solution provider having global clients in diverse vertical and horizontal streams such as Customer Relation Management, Health Care, Financial Services, Human Resource and Knowledge Process Outsourcing. SBS offers cost effective, technology-enabled solutions to streamline knowledge-intensive business processes for its clients. A combination of domain, technology and process expertise allows Salient to offer end-to-end processing  services  that  reduce  costs,  increase  productivity,  ensure compliance  and  augment  the  quality  of  employee  services. The company focuses on stringent service delivery standards, continuous value addition to   make   the   process   more  efficient,  and  a  robust  delivery  and implementation  strategy. Further, Salient is backed by sophisticated IT systems and a state-of-the-art telecommunications network, including independent IPLC and sound internal networking, which ensure uninterrupted communication. For more information on Salient Business Solutions, visit www.salientbpo.com.

About Avantha

The US$4 billion Avantha Group is one of India’s leading business conglomerates. Its successful entities, in addition to Pyramid Healthcare Solutions, include BILT, Crompton Greaves, Avantha Power & Infrastructure, The Global Green Company, Biltech Building Elements, JG Containers Sdn Bhd, Solaris ChemTech, and Salient Business Solutions. With an impressive global footprint, Avantha operates in more than 20 countries, employing over 22,000 people worldwide. The Group has business interests in diverse areas including power transmission and distribution equipment and services, paper and pulp, energy and infrastructure, insurance food processing, glassware, chemicals, farm forestry, IT and ITES. Led by Gautam Thapar, Avantha demonstrates strong leadership globally and emerges as a focused corporate, leveraging its knowledge, leadership and operations, adding lasting value for its stakeholders and investors. For more information on Avantha group, please visit www.avanthagroup.com.