BearingPoint Names John C. Distefano as National Practice Leader for Healthcare Payer Services.MCLEAN, Va. -- BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BE), one of the world's largest management and technology consulting firms Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , today announced the appointment of John C. Distefano as vice president and executive director of healthcare payer services in the firm's global Healthcare practice. Distefano brings more than 26 years of experience to BearingPoint and will be responsible for overseeing the growth of BearingPoint's health payer practice, which focuses on assisting U.S. health plans with improving healthcare quality and affordability through improved business performance. Distefano was most recently a partner and member of Accenture's healthcare payer industry executive leadership team, where he was responsible for leading the company's information technology solutions for its healthcare payer business. Distefano's experience also includes more than 13 years of healthcare payer business transformation and technology services at Ernst & Young and CapGemini. Distefano has served as a columnist columnist, the writer of an essay appearing regularly in a newspaper or periodical, usually under a constant heading. Although originally humorous, the column in many cases has supplanted the editorial for authoritative opinions on world problems. and contributor for prominent industry publications. He co-authored the book, "Enterprise Wireless Application Architecture," and served as executive editor of the book, "Gaining Business Value from Mobile Technologies." "I've worked with John previously in my career and have always admired his unflagging commitment to client service," said Tuck Crocker, vice president and head of BearingPoint's commercial healthcare practice. "We are excited to add his extensive experience to our rapidly-growing team." "I'm very excited to join BearingPoint, and look forward to helping healthcare payer clients enhance core business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets and improve the execution of technology delivery," said Distefano. "BearingPoint is committed to assisting clients in solving business and technology challenges and I believe this uniquely positions us to deliver superior business performance to our clients." About BearingPoint, Inc. BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE:BE) is one of the world's largest providers of management and technology consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" to Global 2000 companies and government organizations in 60 countries worldwide. Based in McLean, Va., the firm has over 17,000 employees and major practice areas focusing on the Public Services Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing private provision of services. , Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and Commercial Services markets. 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