Preparing for Your Nursing Home Audit in Florida
If you are a nursing home operator in Florida, you may be wondering how to get ready for the upcoming financial audit. Here are some essential steps…
Accounting Today ranked HORNE in top 30 accounting firms in the U.S. in 2024
HORNE has been named one of the top 30 accounting firms in the U.S. by industry publication Accounting Today.
Hayley Deer
Hayley Deer is an operations senior manager on HORNE’s healthcare team. In this role, she offers financial guidance to her team while ensuring administrative tasks run seamlessly by overseeing internal client servers. She also lends support to partners and managers and actively participates in strategic initiatives to drive continuous growth.
Leveraging Physician Compensation for Alignment and Profit Growth
Hospitals across the country are facing increasing labor costs, with physician compensation being a major contributor to the upward trend. According to the KaufmanHall Physician Flash Report, labor expense continued to outpace the increase in revenue for services provided in 2023.
America’s Rubik’s Cube of Health Insurance Coverage
As states have returned to normal Medicaid enrollment procedures in the past few months, imagine two headlines: “Medicaid Plummets!” “Marketplace Soars!” Which one is the most accurate summary? Both are, which underscores the importance of reading them together.
David Long
David Long is a senior manager on HORNE’s healthcare team, where he develops services inclusive of value-based care and accountable care transformation, especially for community and rural health partners.
HORNE’s Board of Directors announces new Director of People
HORNE’s Board of Directors announced Clay Kittrell as HORNE’s new Director of People, effective February 1, 2024.
Why bad culture is scarier than a hard conversation
We work with enough leaders like you to know that hard conversations are scary in their own way. You probably wouldn’t use the word “scary,” but there are real fears that get in the way.
How to make hard conversations easier
How do you feel when you know you’ve got to have a hard conversation with someone?
This one mistake can cause most of your turnover
Have you ever felt unappreciated? What was the situation? How did that impact you? Whether you’re aware of it or not, appreciation is a deep human need.
How strategic planning can help you hire and keep good people
We hear it all the time: it’s hard to hire and keep people. There is obviously truth to this.
Six ways to improve how you communicate change
What does it mean, practically, to “get people on board” with change? It often boils down to communication. Specifically, effective change communication is: early and often, clear and compelling and other-centered.
How to get skeptics on board with change
Getting skeptics on board with change is very, very hard. Not impossible, but hard. If someone’s skeptical, it’s probably for one of two reasons.
Get input from your people before starting change
Change is easier when people are actually excited about it. So, to change well, find out what people actually want—what would make them most excited if they saw it—and then incorporate as much of that as you can.
How to Lead Confidently Through Change
Change is everywhere. It can hurt us or make us stronger. It can divide us or bring us together. We believe one key thing can make the difference: how leaders prepare for, communicate during, and persist through change.
HORNE Seasons of Giving: $100,000 Donated to Local Charities
Five non-profits across the states of Mississippi, Hawaii, Louisiana and Florida will receive support for their community efforts thanks to HORNE’s Seasons of Giving initiative, powered by the HORNE Community Foundation.
HORNE Board of Directors admits Joe Green as director of assurance
HORNE’s Board of Directors recently appointed Public and Middle Market Partner, Joe Green, to serve as the next firmwide director of assurance. As he takes on this new role, he will also continue serving as the firm’s SEC director.
Are you considering cyber insurance to protect your business?
Cybersecurity and cyber insurance are a priority in today’s world, but in the past few years, these issues have become even more important for companies with employees working remotely. Working from home has multiplied the risks and occurrences of data breaches, and breach costs also have grown.
6 Criteria for Choosing a State’s Managed Care Compliance Provider
When it comes to providing oversight of managed care expenditures and performance at the state level, your choice of an outside auditing firm is crucial. With numerous options available, identifying the right finalists can be a bit overwhelming. While firms may vary in size, capabilities and specific strengths, there are six key criteria you should consider when selecting a provider.
The Secret to Having Hard Conversations
Many leaders approach hard conversations the wrong way. The two most common mistakes we see are (1) allowing your emotions to set the tone and (2) making judgments about a person.
Want to keep employees? Have “stay conversations”
Recently we helped a family-owned general contractor re-engage two key employees. One was a supervisor whose future was in question as a large job was winding down. The other was a back office team member who’d become demotivated. Both were valuable to the business. The owners wanted to know: How can we help them stay?
IRS Places Moratorium on the Processing of New ERC Filings
If you’re looking to file an Employee Retention Credit claim with the IRS, please note that there is a hold on processing of all new ERC filings until at least January 1, 2024 – according to the IRS.
Stephanie Akin
Stephanie Akin is a senior manager servicing healthcare clients in reimbursement and advisory at HORNE. She specializes in Medicare and Medicaid cost report preparation for various facilities.
HORNE Board of Directors admits new director
Lori Crocker, who serves in HORNE’s Healthcare group, was recently promoted to director, effective September 1.
HORNE ranked in Top 100 by INSIDE Public Accounting
INSIDE Public Accounting has ranked HORNE number 25 on the Top 500 Firms list for 2023.
One question to immediately improve your hiring process
One of the simplest and most cost-effective ways to improve hiring is to ask better interview questions. But what is a “better” or “worse” question? Today we’ll explain the anatomy of a better interview question and give one example that applies to any position.
How to set and achieve better goals
Let’s focus on goal setting. Take a moment to think about your goals. How confident are you that you can achieve them? How clear are they?
Nelson Dixon
Nelson Dixon is an assurance senior manager within HORNE’s healthcare group where he leads business development initiatives and conducts comprehensive research to identify business opportunities
HORNE Earns C3PAO Designation
HORNE’s cyber team recently earned The Cyber AB Certified Third-Party Assessor Organization (C3PAO) designation which allows HORNE to perform specific cyber security assessments for Organizations Seeking Compliance (OSC) through contractual agreements.
Clark Hunter
Clark Hunter is a senior manager in healthcare services at HORNE. Clark focuses on working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to identify opportunities to serve clients and provide them with added value.
Healthcare leaders need to be ‘aggressively urgent’
The healthcare industry is in a state of emergency today. In an industry where change notoriously happens gradually at best, leaders should change to a posture of aggressive urgency if they want their facilities to survive. The negative after-effects of the COVID pandemic are felt by no industry greater than healthcare. The virus has left in its wake a system that is not only tired but wounded – physically and fiscally.
How companies combat software insecurities
In most companies, developers are focused on meeting project deadlines, and that often leads to applications that are insecurely coded. Custom development can multiply vulnerabilities. Some 48 percent of developers think they leave vulnerabilities in their code, according to the State of Developer-Driven Security Survey 2022 from Secure Code Warrior.
HORNE Makes Moves to Meet Client Needs in Changing Business Climate
In order to better serve clients in today’s challenging business environment, HORNE has named Bryan McDonald managing partner of the firm’s Healthcare division, and Kathy Watts as partner of accounting, advisory and tax services.
Essentials for growth: Culture, leadership development, planning
When it comes to sustaining or growing a business today, the status quo isn’t good enough anymore. We are in exponential times where the change around us is no longer incremental and we must anticipate the opportunities and challenges facing us in the future.
Fueling business growth through strategic planning
Exponential times have raised the bar for us to sustain business growth today. We are experiencing fast-moving change in so many facets of our businesses. Incremental thinking will only put us further behind so an effective strategic plan must be a priority.
Challenges to growth: Leadership Development
A critical challenge facing businesses today is leadership development. Opportunities for exponential growth and succession of various leadership roles require companies to plan and be intentional to develop the leaders to secure a bright and growing future.
Want growth for your business? Create a culture of belonging.
Large and small businesses have gone through massive changes in the past few years. Many saw their profits fall; they lost employees and suffered from supply chain issues.
Hire, Develop & Retain – Prioritize people and achieve growth.
The global pandemic reshaped the way we work. Not only did it expedite the shift to remote teams, it also highlighted the importance of work-life balance and allowed many workers to re-think their personal and career goals.
Cybersecurity: Protecting your Growth
Cybersecurity risks challenge your business development. You need to address the bad risks so you can take the good risks that let you grow and maneuver to stay ahead of your competition. You also need expert insights into cyber risk and how you must defend your organization and protect your growth.
Using technology to process and fuel growth
Technology’s power to disrupt is undeniable. One of the clearest examples rests in our pockets and purses. Decades ago, one would need a camcorder, gaming system, computer, stereo and encyclopedia – as well as a telephone – to replace just one of our mobile devices.
Unlocking the Power of Your Data
Since the early 1700s, when the first insurance companies were formed, organizations have sought to leverage data. What’s unique about now is the sheer amount of data available, thanks to how fast it’s generated.
Strategic Planning: Grow your company by planning ahead
If you don’t know your organization’s strategy, there’s a good chance company progress can be derailed. Change that equation with a dynamic and effective strategic plan.
Strategic Planning: Implementation and Accountability
Good preparation is crucial to good strategic planning – but you can’t finish without a robust strategic implementation program
Inflation Reduction Act gives funds to IRS, taxes some corporations
The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate each have passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a $430 billion package that includes several changes to tax laws. President Biden signed the bill into law on August 16
Six popular initiatives hospitals are supporting with ARPA funds
Funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) are available to hospitals, whether they need to recoup the costs of prior pandemic-related expenditures or invest in their organization’s future.
Your Practice May Qualify for Employee Retention Tax Credits
Did you know that medical, dental and hospital-related practices owned through private equity can qualify for the ERC? Even if you received PPP loans, you could still qualify for the ERC.
Harness Federal Programs to Drive Growth
The federal government has incentivized the use of data to drive improvement in COVID tracking, measuring COVID impacts, improving population and mental health and addressing health inequities. Analytics
is critical for assessing data, discovering gaps and delivering quick-win recommendations leading to outsize gains.
S-10 Solutions
S-10 reporting now impacts the majority of your organization’s uncompensated care reimbursement. Not only to ensure the health of your hospital but also the health of your community. With $8 billion in uncompensated care DSH funds available, the time to act is now.
2022 Industry Growth Forecast
The pandemic presented unprecedented challenges for American businesses and local governments. As our nation heads toward a post-Covid environment, equally unique opportunities are taking shape. What does this mean for you?
COVID Compliance: Creating and Maintaining a Safe Workplace
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has changed many aspects of our lives during the past two years. While it has created a number of new challenges, it has been especially challenging for businesses looking to reopen and consistently maintain safe workplaces, as well as comply with varying guidelines.
How Much Is Your Dental Practice Worth?
Buying or selling a dental practice is a major decision with lasting impacts. Dentists rarely turn over the keys and walk away from operations – the process is much more of a transition
rather than a transaction.
Stephanie Fowler
Stephanie Fowler is a senior manager in the healthcare practice at HORNE where she specializes in helping clients improve their financial performance by providing customized accounting solutions that include financial statements and forecast, accounts payable, accounts receivable and billing, income allocation and key metrics.
Structuring FMV Physician Compensation Podcast
Christy Street, Horne, speaks to Anna Grizzle, Bass Berry & Sims, about structuring provider compensation models from a regulatory perspective. The podcast looks at compensation issues in light of the newly issued Stark Law final rules. Sponsored by Horne LLP.
The Power of a CFO and COO in One
As a dentist do you ever find yourself struggling with the business side of running your practice and/or multiple practice locations? Would you like to be able to visually see both your financial and clinical data in one place?
How Much is Your Dental Practice Worth
Buying or selling a dental practice is a major decision with lasting impacts. Dentists rarely turn over the keys and walk away from operations – the process is much more of a transition rather than a transaction.
Decision Point – Episode One
Episode 1 of Decision Point: America’s long-term care community wants to keep stimulus payments to stay afloat yet facility owners find themselves searching for reimbursable ways to spend. With so many strings attached, learn how you can spend the money and maintain compliance with federal rules and regulations.
Decision Point – Episode Two: Pass or Fail: Provider Relief Fund Single Audits
The acceptance of federal assistance comes with the responsibility to justify how you spend those funds. In this episode, HORNE’s Audit Manager Hayley Deer describes what you need to do to pass a single audit.
Decision Point – Episode Four: The Scoop on Reimbursable Physical Therapy Programs for COVID Recovery Patients
Chris Hannibal, Doctorate of Physical Therapy for Progressive Health, explains how a physical therapy program is a win-win for patients and LTC facility owners. Patients are recovering with no rebounds and facilities can reimburse expenses associated with the program. In this episode, you will learn about a program that has identified symptoms physical therapy directors should look for to establish recovery goals and patient therapy schedules and how to get reimbursed for those allotted therapies.
Decision Point – Episode Five: Secure Your Network
Increased use of telemedicine puts many long-term care facilities at risk, and cyber-criminals are already targeting healthcare organizations which can adversely impact health information technology, medical communications, and patient and resident safety. Ryan Wallace from HORNE Cyber joins us on this episode to share 5 best practices to help keep your network secure.
Decision Point – Episode Six: Do You Have a False Sense of Security
In this episode, Brad Pierce of HORNE Cyber talks about how the majority of business owners who have invested in their cybersecurity posture still have a false sense of security. Listen to learn about how you can best protect your organization.
Decision Point – Episode Seven: COVID-19 Vaccine: Myths vs Facts
Courtney Bishnoi, Vice President of Quality and Programs at the American Health Care Association and National Center of Assisted Living joins this episode to promote the adoption of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines. AHCA/NCAL launched the #GetVaccinated campaign as a way to share strategies to improve staff vaccination rates, debunk myths, and share important facts about the vaccine. They have made available important resources you can access at getvaccinated.us.
Let’s Talk Transitions: Determining the Value of Your Dental Practice
Dental practice transitions rarely involve the selling dentist “turning over the keys and walking away” from operations. With this in mind, a
dental practice valuation includes the difficult tasks of projecting future operations and discounting those projections to a single and subjective present value.
Reimbursement & Advisory for Long-Term Care
HORNE’s healthcare team provides clinical and financial insights to help optimize reimbursements, protect margins and identify solutions to capitalize on opportunities to increase efficiency and profitability.
Long-Awaited Stark and Anti-Kickback Regulations Published
On Friday, November 20, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published the long-awaited final rules revising regulations related to the Physician Self-Referral Law (known commonly as the Stark Law), the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), and the Civil Monetary Penalty Law (CMP).
What Can HORNE Do for Your Dental Practice?
HORNE can help you bridge the gap between treating your patients and running a practice. We give you access to the clinical and financial data to make quick and informed decisions.
Conversations with HORNE: Lost Revenue Calculations
Not sure how to calculate lost revenue for your facility? Join Greg Anderson and Laura Gillenwater in this helpful video for hospitals and health systems.
Conversations with HORNE: Stark & Anti-Kickback for Hospitals
What actions are most important for hospital administrators to take around Stark and Anti-kickback legislation? Find out in this conversation with HORNE and Friday Firm.
Conversations with HORNE – Mandatory Vaccines?
Startup
Propel your dental practice forward by maximizing your earnings from the beginning.
Christina Street
Christina Street is a partner at HORNE where she works collaboratively to serve healthcare organizations across the US. She specializes in physician contracting arrangements for large multi-facility health systems to single-physician medical practices, which includes the development and implementation of physician compensation modeling and fair market value contractual agreements.
Lisa Nothstine
Lisa Nothstine is a senior manager in healthcare services at HORNE. She is a part of the firm’s physician services division where she provides consulting services to medical groups and hospitals related to compensation valuation for physician employment, medical director services, call coverage services, stipends, management services and other hospital/physician contractual relationships.
Allison Little
Allison Little is an outsourced CFO that works with medical practices to achieve goals and advance growth. She provides financial strategies, based on trend analysis and projections, to give insights and opportunities for success. She is recognized for improving financial performance by providing customized accounting solutions that include accounts payable, accounts receivable and billing, payroll, income allocation, key metrics and measurements, financial statements and forecasts.
Clint King
Clint King is a partner in healthcare services at HORNE. He oversees audits primarily for healthcare and nonprofit organizations. He specializes in providing insights through data analytics in audit and revenue cycle consulting projects. He also has in-depth experience with complex healthcare revenue recognition issues, patient receivable functions and related cash flow improvement opportunities.
Tony R. Jones
Tony R. Jones is a tax services senior manager in healthcare services for HORNE LLP. He provides tax services, specializing in employee benefits. Tony joined HORNE in 2004 and has more than 15 years of experience.
Mickey Hannon
Mickey is a director for HORNE specializing in business accounting and consulting for healthcare clients. He serves for-profit and nonprofit clients by providing real-time financial information, reducing costs associated with business operations, and streamlining their accounting processes. He provides business advisory services in the areas of startups, mergers and dissolutions, outsourced accounting, compensation modeling, industry benchmarking, contract CFO, and business restructuring.
Amie W. Dean
Amie is a tax senior manager in HORNE’s healthcare services practice. She primarily provides tax and consulting services to nonprofit and healthcare entities, including hospitals, doctor groups and physicians.
Lori Crocker
Lori Crocker is a director in healthcare services at HORNE LLP. Her work includes preparation of Medicare/Medicaid cost reports for hospitals and other healthcare facilities. She provides support for Medicare and Medicaid audits and is experienced in the preparation of Medicaid eligibility studies for hospitals.
Florence Bauer
Florence Bauer is a healthcare senior manager at HORNE and specializes in providing assurance and advisory services to clients in the healthcare industry.
Jarrod Barraza
Jarrod Barraza serves as a senior manager in the healthcare valuation service line at HORNE where his practice focuses on business valuation and transaction consulting services in the healthcare industry. Jarrod joined the firm in 2019. Prior to joining HORNE, Jarrod served as a manager in a national healthcare valuation and consulting firm and as an intern at a boutique business valuation and litigation support firm.
Succession
DENTAL PRACTICES Succession Get the optimum price for your practice when it’s time to sell. Secure optimum value for your practice. After patient care, a main goal of a practice owner should be to maximize the economic benefits achieved from the eventual change in...Growth & Maintenance
Get the optimum price for your dental practice when it’s time to sell.
HIPAA Privacy & Security
HEALTHCARE HIPAA Privacy & Security Create an effective compliance program to identify your organization’s level of compliance and prioritize areas of improvement. Your privacy and security matter. Today, it’s not a matter of if your IT will be compromised, but...Revenue Cycle & Recovery
Use analytics to uncover opportunities to control costs, optimize reimbursements and improve cash flow.
Healthcare Analytics
HORNE has invested in a best-in-class healthcare analytics platform that gives providers access to transformative technology, without transformative costs.
Cybersecurity
HEALTHCARE Cybersecurity Our cyber assurance specialists help you protect vital patient information and lower the risks of potentially costly cyber attacks. Cybersecurity is today’s number one business risk. With cybercrime on the rise, the patients and...Client Advisory Services
In today’s environment, you face an array of challenges. Patient satisfaction. Shifting regulations. Burnout. Dealing with payers. Employee turnover. How you manage these challenges impacts your practice’s growth and success.
Fraud, Forensic & Litigation
We help protect you from internal and external exposure that can impact your revenues — and your reputation.
Financial Integrity & Compliance
We offer specialized insight with the most up-to-date valuation guidance and industry trends needed for sound business decisions.
Reimbursement & Advisory for Hospitals
Our HORNE team offers timely and relevant insights to help optimize reimbursements, protect margins and identify the best opportunities for growth. We evaluate your unique environment and look at the competitive forces to provide financial impact analyses and reveal the best strategies going forward.
Valuation
We offer specialized insight with the most up-to-date valuation guidance and industry trends needed for sound business decisions.
Tax
Tax rules get more complex every year. Every decision you make impacts your tax situation. HORNE knows the vital impact of proactive tax planning.
Risk Management
Risk management involves every facet of your organization, regardless of your industry. We help transform risk into opportunity to give you peace of mind.
Katherine G. Watts
As partner for accounting, advisory and tax services, Kathy’s focus is on managed accounting and tax services designed to help various industries achieve their financial goals. She has collaborated with hundreds of business owners and leaders, providing strategic counsel and assistance ranging from initial startup to succession plans.
Kade Moody
Kade Moody is a healthcare partner at HORNE and serves as the leader of HORNE’s healthcare assurance services. He is also the firmwide director of assurance and a member of HORNE’s Board of Directors. Kade was also a charter member of the Firm’s Belonging at HORNE Steering Committee, with the focus of creating a sense of belonging and inclusivity across the Firm. Kade leads his client relationships with the key traits of providing financial integrity and strategic vision.
Rud Blumentritt
Healthcare is going through tremendous transformation and clients need us now more than ever, particularly as it relates to physician/hospital integration. In helping our clients structure physician/hospital arrangements, Rud Bluementritt is in a unique position to point out areas of concern and suggest workable solutions that are sound and compliant with healthcare regulatory rules, so clients can avoid potential severe, far-reaching penalties.
Client Advisory Services
The amount of time it takes to oversee routine accounting and financial operation functions is increasing. Let HORNE provide your managed accounting services.
Data & Technology
Competitive advantage goes to the business that leverages data, automates its workplace & has a solid infrastructure. Transform your data & technology today.
Cybersecurity
Reduce exposure to cybersecurity threats. Stay ahead of the ever-changing regulatory requirements and strengthen your cybersecurity posture.
Audit & Compliance
HORNE’s audit and compliance services provide a strategy to institute controls and manage risk and compliance to keep you prepared for opportunity.
SBA 7(a) Paycheck Protection Program Forgiveness Assistance
Many companies and individuals have applied for funds from the Small Business Administration (SBA) 7(a) Relief Loans Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Our previous communication addresses the recent suspension of the PPP due to inadequate funding. For our clients that did not receive funds or approval prior to the suspension, we will continue to work on completing applications and submitting to lenders in anticipation of additional funds being made available under the PPP.
Funding & Forgiveness: Exploring the CARES Act & Mississippi State Tax Incentives
Businesses today have to make tough decisions and search for funds to keep doors open and employees paid. Many applied for the SBA’s PPP loan to offset losses during the COVID-19 shutdown. The loan offers short-term relief, but there may be another opportunity for businesses to find additional monies in the form of unclaimed Mississippi state tax incentives.
Beware: Phishing Emails Target COVID-19 Small Business Loans
It has come to our attention that a new email phishing or “spoofing” scheme is being sent to businesses seeking financial assistance due to COVID-19. The emails are an attempt to scam business owners that have applied, or are considering applying, for Paycheck Protection Program loans backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration. These emails may look legitimate and appear to come from your bank.