Healthcare | Cherry, Bekaert & Holland

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

GLOBAL ENTERPRISES

GOVERNMENTAL

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS

HEALTHCARE

Healthcare Organizations

Physician Practices

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

MANUFACTURING

NOT-FOR-PROFIT

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION

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ealthcare providers face a myriad of non-medical issues that can determine the success or failure of their enterprises. Regulatory, operational and financial challenges abound in the healthcare and medical industry. To ensure business success, clients must wrestle with complex and bureaucratic healthcare payment systems, Medicare and Medicaid issues, advancing medical technology and stringent compliance requirements resulting from a heightened regulatory environment.

Teaming with an experienced professional service firm can be critical to effectively dealing with the evolving nature of the healthcare arena. Cherry, Bekaert & Holland has specialized teams of accounting and consulting professionals that focus on healthcare and medical clients on a daily basis. We know the healthcare industry and can bring valuable insight and experience to our clients. We can provide practical solutions for your business problems, as well.

Audit and accounting services

Operational controls

Corporate compliance support

Internal audit outsourcing

Tax planning & structuring

Mergers & acquisitions

Benefits plan design

Financial and business analysis

Revenue cycle improvement

Reimbursement services

Accounting software consulting

Business valuation services

Cost segregation studies

Strategic planning

Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) consulting

ealthcare services are a major component of our national economy and an important focus of the CB&H network. To best serve this sector, our professionals that specialize in serving healthcare and medical clients have formed the CB&H Healthcare & Medical Sciences industry group. In addition to a core group of experienced accountants and consultants that cater directly to this industry, CB&H employs a team of experienced professionals with practical knowledge working with specialized healthcare entities.

Healthcare and medical organizations served by the CB&H Healthcare & Medical Sciences industry group include:

Health systems

Academic medical centers

Hospitals

Third party administrators

Managed care organizations

Integrated service networks

Skilled nursing facilities

Home healthcare providers

Independent care facilities

Physician practices

Continuing care retirement communities

With experience serving over 250 healthcare providers, CB&H is a leading professional service firm providing value-added financial, operational and strategic advice to healthcare clients.

Given this position in the market, CB&H has created enduring relationships with our clients steeped in trust, continuity and value. Our service orientation focuses on the changing and vital needs of our clients; therefore, we have developed a spectrum of specialty services for the healthcare industry across our regional footprint.

ur healthcare professionals have the proper educational background, professional credentials, ongoing training and practical experience to effectively counsel our clients in this dynamic operating environment.

Recognized in published articles and on the lecture circuit, our professionals stay at the pulse of the healthcare sector. We monitor legislative and administrative changes on Capitol Hill and at the State Houses to enhance our clients’ decision-making process. Members of our firm have testified before congress and served on federal and state regulatory and advisory committees. We actively support a number of healthcare and medical trade and business organizations throughout the Southeast, including the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and numerous statewide hospital and nursing home associations.

Kip Plowman, CPA