Transform your organization with proven consulting services
For healthcare providers, rapid changes in the industry and rising costs make it challenging to maintain your organizational and financial well-being. But a range of healthcare-specific solutions can help your organization thrive — from strategic capital and facility planning to improving your revenue cycle strategy and Medicare reimbursement practices.
Why Wipfli?
Wipfli’s healthcare consulting services take a comprehensive approach to your organizational needs, looking not just at processes and procedures but also at how you can develop and support your people. With our tailored solutions, you can help ensure accurate reporting, maintain compliance and thrive financially while meeting the healthcare needs of your community.
How we help you
Reimbursement is the lifeline of your financial health. Wipfli can help you navigate Medicare and Medicaid reporting rules so that you can file for the appropriate rate and stay in compliance. Our experienced team supports a variety of healthcare entities with services, including:
- Annual Medicare/Medicaid cost report preparation
- Coding and compliance
- Disproportionate share reimbursement
- Licensing and Medicare/Medicaid certification/enrollment
- Medicare/Medicaid appeals
- Medicare/Medi-Cal preparation, review, appeals and rate-setting
- On-site reimbursement staffing
- Payment projections for regulatory changes
- Payor contract audits and compliance
- Provider-based applications
- Rural health clinic/FQHC rate-setting and change-in-scope rate change reports
Wipfli’s revenue cycle management services can help you understand your cash flow and improve your processes so that you achieve greater financial stability. Our team has experience serving a wide range of healthcare organizations, including rural healthcare providers, FQHCs, hospitals, health systems, home health and hospice providers and senior living providers. We can support your organization with:
- Revenue cycle process assessment
- Coding audits
- Outpatient coding
- Compliance
- Strategic pricing reviews
- Third-party payor contracting
- Denials management
Wipfli can help you be strategic in the way you analyze, optimize and implement capital and facility planning. We support your organization with:
- Feasibility studies
- Functional and space program design
- Market assessment and demand forecasting
- Physician demand planning
- Valuations and transactions
Wipfli brings a wide range of experience in helping FQHCs and other healthcare organizations meet regulatory requirements for strategic planning and stay future-ready.
Our strategy services are data-based, performing gap analysis to help you understand how you can get from your current state to your desired future state. They’re also actionable, providing you with clear next steps and support to help you navigate the risks and challenges you may face with implementation.
Our team
Tiffany Karlin
Tiffany Karlin has over 10 years of experience in the healthcare industry and brings a wealth of expertise in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement systems, operational needs and structures of post-acute providers, and healthcare reform client impact. She spends her time researching new laws impacting the healthcare industry and supporting policy affecting the industry and is an active leader in the healthcare associations she serves.
Larry P. Lester
Larry Lester is a partner in Wipfli LLP’s senior living consulting practice. He oversees the completion of Medicare and Medicaid cost reports and prepares financial feasibility studies related to new construction projects, renovation projects, and capital budget planning. Larry also prepares and reviews annual financial operating budgets for long-term care clients, assists providers in monitoring and evaluating financial performance, and consults with providers on Medicaid reimbursement issues.
Paul M. Traczek, CPA
Paul Traczek is a certified public accountant who provides high-quality service to health care organizations including hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, foundations, and other health-related, not-for-profit organizations. Paul’s primary focus is planning, conducting, and overseeing financial statement audits of health care organizations. In addition, he provides reimbursement and operational assistance, including preparation of Medicare and Medicaid cost reports and optimization of reimbursement, to health care clients of all sizes.
Eric Volk, CPA
Eric Volk is a partner in Wipfli LLP’s Spokane office. He specializes in critical access hospital (CAH) Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and audits. Eric provides cost reporting, audit, and consulting services to numerous providers in the region. This has enabled him to develop a solid understanding of the issues that concern the health care industry. Eric has significant experience in improving cost-based reimbursement for CAHs. He also is skilled in providing cost report audit and appeal support for CAHs.
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