New partner adds depth to already-strong industry expertise

Madison, Wis - Wipfli LLP enhances its leadership in providing financial and organizational advisory services to the health care industry with the corporate integration of Hoffman & Associates, Ltd. Healthcare Consulting in Madison, Wisconsin. With the merger, David C. Hoffman, Ph.D., becomes a partner within Wipfli's health care group.

In his 25 years of service to hospitals, hospital systems, physician groups, Physician-Hospital Organizations, and Management Services Organizations, Hoffman has helped clients throughout the country achieve strategic direction and organizational effectiveness. Among his specialized services are joint venture development, including mergers and affiliations between hospitals and between hospital and physician groups.

"My goal is always to increase the competitiveness, and therefore the success of the organizations I work with," says Hoffman.

Bob Parrish, who leads Wipfli's health care group explains, "We've built our health care industry practice to provide our clients with the critical knowledge and resources they need to address both their operational and strategic challenges. This includes financial management as well as business planning, information technology, process improvement and people systems. David helps us deliver on this model."

Hoffman will work from Wipfli's Madison office.

Wipfli is the 17th largest consulting and CPA firm in the United States serving 24,000 clients throughout the Midwest and beyond with over 650 employees operating from 18 offices in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Wipfli dedicates its practice to a number of well-defined industry segments, focusing its services on the challenges faced by manufacturers, health care organizations, financial institutions, nonprofit entities, general businesses and individuals.