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Avery Press Release

Jan 29, 2025

Impact Advisors Hires Avery Ashby for Data & AI Practice

Written by Impact Advisors

Category: Healthcare News

Strategic Healthcare Analytics Leader Joins Senior Leadership Team

Impact Advisors, a leading healthcare management consulting firm, announced that Avery Ashby has joined its Data & AI practice as managing director. He will focus on expanding service offerings, driving revenue growth, and enhancing product solutions.

Ashby brings over two decades of healthcare industry experience spanning payer and provider domains, with deep expertise in data-driven transformation and analytics strategy, including advanced analytics and statistical modeling of claims, authorizations, medical records, eligibility, revenue cycle, and other data. Most recently, Avery served as a managing director with Accenture, leading a diverse team focused on Data & AI strategy while driving multi-million-dollar transformational projects and building key client relationships.

“We are excited to have Avery on board and look forward to his innovative approach to solving client challenges,” said Andy Smith, managing partner and co-founder of Impact Advisors. “We expect him to significantly contribute to our continued success and client satisfaction within our growing Data & AI practice.”

Throughout his career, Ashby has established a reputation for driving practice innovation through developing and productizing proven healthcare solutions, building and mentoring high-performing teams that consistently exceed performance targets, and creating sustainable client value through data-driven operational transformation.