Overview
John is a principal with CLA, leading the national home and community-based services (HCBS) group and Tennessee health care group at CLA. John specializes in for-profit and non-profit healthcare clients, with a concentration in reimbursement, transactional services, and strategic positioning.
John began his career serving a wide range of healthcare clients with CLA, not only serving as a lead for assurance and due diligence engagements, but also as a preparer, reviewer, and consultant of cost reports. He has significant exposure to reimbursement filings for Medicare and Medicaid cost reporting. His experience with transactional services includes financial and regulatory due diligence, hospice CAP exposure, and strategic positioning in which CLA leverages data sets to gain insight and market intelligence to help drive operational and financial results.
John serves a variety of healthcare clients including home health, home care and hospice agencies, physician practices, clinics, life plan communities, skilled nursing facilities, hospital systems and staffing agencies.
Education
BS in Accounting, Isenberg School of Business at Univ. of Mass. - Amherst, Summa Cum Laude
MS in Accounting, Isenberg School of Business at Univ. of Mass. - Amherst
In the community
Associations
- Nashville Health Care Council, Leadership Health Care Member
- Tennessee Health Care Associaition (THCA), Member
- Leading Age Tennessee, Member
- North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association (NCHCFA), Member
- Leading Age North Carolina, Member
Voluteering
- Board Treasurer, Amputee Blade Runners
Speaking Engagements
- March 2026 - Home Health Care News Capital Strategy Conferece - Surviving Diligence: Clinical Risk, CMS Look-Backs and Negotiation Pressures in Post-Acute M&A
- August 2024 - THCA/TNCAL Convention & Trade Show - The Future of Data and Automation/AI in Senior Living and Care, Tennessee Health Care Association
- September 2021 - Leading Age Virginia, CFO Forum - Updates on PRF Funding & Reporting Requirements
- August 2021 - Tennessee Health Care Association - LTHCA/TNCAL Convention & Trade Show everaging Data to Drive Strategy and Operations