D & CO - Key Persons
Brandon has over 30 years of accounting and consulting experience, primarily in healthcare. The consulting services have included non-reimbursement areas such as physician contracting and joint venture structures, physician group formation, hospital development, acquisitions and sales of hospitals, foundation structures, and many other services for community hospitals, investor-owned facilities, and health systems.
Brandon leads our consulting practice, which includes development and strategic projects, joint ventures, reimbursement projects and Medicaid disproportionate share and supplemental payment programs. Brandon has consulted with the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), served as a technical advisor for the Rural Hospitals Issues Group, a Federal Advisory Committee member for HRSA, a technical advisor to the Flex Program and to the University of North Carolina Health Policy Research Center. He has also served as an expert witness and provided court-admitted evidence in several trials and court proceedings. Additionally, he is involved with various health advocacy organizations as a speaker, board member and committee member.
Brent has in excess of 20 years of experience in the Medicare reimbursement for acute care hospitals, cancer hospitals, academic medical centers, and many other specialty healthcare providers. Prior to joining our firm, Brent was the Regional Director of Audit Field Offices for Trailblazer Health Enterprises. This included all offices in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. While with Trailblazer, Brent also was assigned to the Office of Inspector General for various healthcare audits. Brent led many audits dealing with highly complex and technical issues, including issues of graduate medical education, organ transplants and disproportionate share. He also worked closely on several occasions in his position at Trailblazer in assisting the Office of Inspector General with investigative manners related to Organ Transplant Cost, Diagnosis Related Group Payment Analysis, and various other reimbursement issues.
Brent manages most of our larger hospitals cost reports, cost report strategies, major reopenings and appeals, as well as special reimbursement projects and projections. In addition to this, Brent is a member of several accounting and healthcare financial advocacy groups, including HFMA, TAHFA and TORCH, and has also participated in many speaking engagements.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
Job Titles:
- Principal, Organ Transplant Specialist
Job Titles:
- Principal, Organ Transplant Specialist
Tommy has over 20 years of accounting and consulting experience, primarily in healthcare. Tommy has been involved in public accounting and has been involved with hundreds of financial statement audits for proprietary, not for profit and public hospitals. He was a shareholder and Audit Director for Parrish Moody & Fikes, PC, based in Waco, Texas.
Tommy's experience allows him to provide various financial accounting and consulting services. Tommy is a member of HFMA. and a graduate of New Mexico State University with a BBA in Accounting.