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Maureen West McCarthy, CPA - Partner and Director of the Health Care Consulting Division
"Healthcare providers have to do more than just
practice medicine. My job is to help them manage and protect
the business side of their practice."
Practice Areas/Expertise
- Health Care Consulting
- Financial management
- Accounts receivable analysis
- Office reviews
- Internal controls
- Profit center analysis
- Cash flow projections
- Managed Care contract review and negotiations
- Budgeting
- Consultation in recruiting, hiring and training
personnel
- Buying, selling, merging practices
- Startup Practice
- Setup Practice
- Employment contract review and
negotiations
Industries Served
- Private practice physicians
- Hospitals
- Medical billing companies
- Other Health Care related entities
Special Interests/Projects
Maureen speaks extensively to groups on all types of
practice management and health care financial management
issues, and holds seminars teaching physicians and their
staff practice management issues. She plans and hosts
monthly office manager meetings on a variety of topics for
health care administrators. She is editor and writer for a
quarterly medical newsletter which is distributed throughout
the country.
Maureen has also taught as part of the Georgetown
University's Health Care Management Certificate Program
for the past six years.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Business Management with an emphasis
in Accounting, University of Maryland, College of Business
and Management, 1987
Merits
- Certified Public Accountant, November 1987
- Who's Who in Healthcare Finance & Industry;
1999,2000,2001,2002
- Academic Appointments
- Georgetown University, School of Continuing Education (Fall 1992 to June 1998)
Health Care Management Certificate Program -
Developed and taught course to health care managers in
financial accounting, managed care contracting and financial
analysis. Students included physicians, high-level managers
from insurance companies, hospitals, and practices.
Nine-month program resulting in a Georgetown University
certificate equivalent to mini-MBA program for health care
administrators.
- Georgetown University, School of Continuing Education (Fall 1998)
Physicians Leading Change - Health Care
Management Certificate Program for Physicians interested in
understanding the business side of health care.
Board Seats
- Treasurer, Board Member - Primary Care Coalition
2000-Present
- Chair, Advisory Committee - Project Access
2001-Present
- Member of Medical Society of DC Council on Health Care
planning, 2003-
- Member, MSDC Strategic Planning and Marketing Council,
2003-
Memberships
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Maryland Association of Certified Public
Accountants
- Medical Group Management Association
- National Association of IPAs
- National Association for Female Executives
Author - Publications/Speeches
- Accounts Receivable Management, NOVA
Physicians Management Association Meeting
- Communication Skills in the Medical Office,
Dr. Travers et al In-Service Day
- Collecting Your Accounts Receivable, NOVA
Physicians Mgmt. Association Spring Newsletter
- Understanding Your Financial Statements - NOVA
Physicians Management. Meeting
- Analyzing Your Accounts Receivable and Calculating
Your Payer Mix, NOVA Physicians Management Association
Meeting
- How to Analyze Your Fees, Montgomery County
Practice Management Group Meeting
- Understanding Capitated Contracts for Physicians
- DC Medical Society - Spring 1997
- Healthcare Trends in the D.C. Marketplace - DC
Institute of CPAs - Winter 1996
- Specialization in a World of Generalists-
American Academy of Allergy and Immun. National Conference
- 1998
- Are Your Accounts Receivable as Sick as your
Patients? - Medical Society of DC & Providence
Hospital - Spring 1999
- Why Physician Organizations Fail? - New York
UniversityPhysician MBA Program - April 1999
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