Next Wave (NWI) is a health policy research, management consulting, and evaluation firm founded in 1984. We provide technical expertise to all sectors of the healthcare industry, promoting access to safe, high quality, and cost-efficient care. We utilize a common sense approach combined with valid information and experience across all settings and stakeholders. We assist our clients in balancing their competing demands within a rapidly changing healthcare marketplace, including recent projects at the:

• Practice level (at the point of care, documenting, coding, billing, reporting)
• Policy level (national/state policy, provider/payor management strategies, practices/procedures, and budget forecasts)

We also provide resources and tools to measure or estimate significant components of the issues we address.