http://www.dixon-hughes.com Welcome to Dixon Hughes News Release en-us http://www.dixon-hughes.com/index.asp?intReleaseID=284&month=10&year=2008 Dixon Hughes Healthcare Group Expands Birmingham, AL,October 3, 2008 - Curt Miller, CPA, has joined Dixon Hughes PLLC as an audit member in the firm’s Birmingham, AL office. Miller has more than 25 years of accounting and healthcare audit experience. Miller began his career in public accounting in 1983 with a Big Four firm, and for the last 25 years has served their Alabama practice. Miller has considerable experience with acute care facilities, outpatient clinics, post-acute care organizations, due diligence, and mergers and acquisitions. Miller began serving the healthcare industry as a reimbursement professional and has conducted both internal and external healthcare training. “Our healthcare practice continues to grow at a rapid pace, and is the largest industry niche in the firm.” said Larry Hughes, Industry Leader for the Healthcare Services Group. “Adding Curt to our team will enable Dixon Hughes to deliver our healthcare services to Alabama and the surrounding states. We are thrilled to add a professional of Curt’s caliber to our team, and we anticipate Curt's leadership in Alabama to be invaluable to our team."Miller is a past president and past board member of the Alabama chapter of the Healthcare Financial Managers Associationand in 2006 he received the HFMA Founders’ Medal of Honor.He has been a member of the Alabama Hospital Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants and the University of Alabama National Alumni Society.About Dixon Hughes: With a staff of over 1200 located in seven states, Dixon Hughes ranks among the nation’s top 20 CPA firms and provides a wide array of assurance, tax and consulting services to clients of all sizes. For more information, visit www.dixon-hughes.com. http://www.dixon-hughes.com/index.asp?intReleaseID=283&month=10&year=2008 Dixon Hughes Healthcare Group Expands Birmingham, AL,October 3, 2008 - Curt Miller, CPA, has joined Dixon Hughes PLLC as an audit member in the firm’s Birmingham, AL office. Miller has more than 25 years of accounting and healthcare audit experience. Miller began his career in public accounting in 1983 with a Big Four firm, and for the last 25 years has served their Alabama practice. Miller has considerable experience with acute care facilities, outpatient clinics, post-acute care organizations, due diligence, and mergers and acquisitions. Miller began serving the healthcare industry as a reimbursement professional and has conducted both internal and external healthcare training. “Our healthcare practice continues to grow at a rapid pace, and is the largest industry niche in the firm.” said Larry Hughes, Industry Leader for the Healthcare Services Group. “Adding Curt to our team will enable Dixon Hughes to deliver our healthcare services to Alabama and the surrounding states. We are thrilled to add a professional of Curt’s caliber to our team, and we anticipate Curt's leadership in Alabama to be invaluable to our team."Miller is a past president and past board member of the Alabama chapter of the Healthcare Financial Managers Associationand in 2006 he received the HFMA Founders’ Medal of Honor.He has been a member of the Alabama Hospital Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants and the University of Alabama National Alumni Society.About Dixon Hughes: With a staff of over 1200 located in seven states, Dixon Hughes ranks among the nation’s top 20 CPA firms and provides a wide array of assurance, tax and consulting services to clients of all sizes. For more information, visit www.dixon-hughes.com. http://www.dixon-hughes.com/index.asp?intReleaseID=282&month=6&year=2008 Healthcare Group Continues to Expand with New Audit Member Charlotte, NC,June 17, 2008 - David Motsinger will be joining Dixon Hughes’ Charlotte, NC office as an Audit Member for the Healthcare Group. Collectively serving 16 years as a Senior Audit Manager and managing Assurance and Advisory Services for the healthcare industry, David has extensive experience in managing and developing all aspects of professional client relationships. During his 15 years with a Big Four accounting firm, David provided services for public and private healthcare clients with annual revenues of $1.5 billion. This included multi-hospital systems, medium to large stand-alone hospitals, community hospitals, and other organizations in the healthcare industry. Most recently, David was a senior audit manager for a multi-billion dollar organization, where he coordinated an annual internal control testing program and quarterly management certifications. In addition, he developed and executed their annual audit plan based on an organization-wide risk assessment. David is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as the South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants and Healthcare Financial Management Association. About Dixon Hughes Healthcare Group: Dixon Hughes is deeply committed to the Healthcare Industry as demonstrated with the extensive resources and knowledge that make up the Dixon Hughes Healthcare Group. This group serves a large and diverse number of healthcare clients across all service sectors, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, physicians / physicians groups, continuing care retirement communities and home health agencies. The solutions the group offers clients cover a broad spectrum of professional services, from traditional audit and tax services to comprehensive and strategic consulting services. A hands-on approach allows our Dixon Hughes Healthcare Group to understand the dynamics and challenges of the healthcare industry, while being dedicated to providing superior quality and customized service to our healthcare clients. With a staff of over 1200 located in seven states, Dixon Hughes ranks among the nation’s top 20 CPA firms and provides a wide array of assurance, tax and consulting services to clients of all sizes. For more information, visit www.dixon-hughes.com. http://www.dixon-hughes.com/index.asp?intReleaseID=281&month=10&year=2008 Raleigh, NC,October 1, 2008 - Ron Wainwright will be joining Dixon Hughes’ Raleigh, N.C. office as a tax member. With over 25 years of experience in the area of taxation, Wainwright has spent his career in public accounting serving multi-national public and closely held companies in a number of industries including manufacturing, wholesale, distribution, high-technology, construction/real estate, private equity and service companies.“We are very pleased to welcome Ron into the Dixon Hughes family,” said Cid Hickman, Managing Member of the Raleigh Office. “We are extremely excited about the contribution Ron will make as we continue to grow our Triangle practice.”Prior to joining Dixon Hughes, Wainwright was a tax partner for more than 10 years with an international accounting firm serving in a number of leadership roles and assisting clients with international and domestic tax consulting and compliance, tax provisions, tax controversy, and complex transactional matters. During his career Wainwright also spent seven years in Washington, DC in a select National Tax role where he focused on domestic and international issues, mergers and acquisitions, and IRS tax controversy matters.Wainwright is a member of several civic and professional organizations including the American Institute of CPAs as well as the North Carolina Association of CPAs and is the past Chairman of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Research Triangle Regional Partnership, the North Carolina Chamber and the Wake County United Way. He is on the Board of Advisors for the College of Management at North Carolina State University, and was recently appointed a Wake Tech Community College Trustee and was selected as a Steering Committee member for Staying on Top 2 for the Research Triangle. Wainwright earned his Master of Taxation degree from Georgetown University with highest honor and his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Auburn University. About Dixon Hughes: With a staff of over 1200 located in seven states, Dixon Hughes ranks among the nation’s top 20 CPA firms and provides a wide array of assurance, tax and consulting services to clients of all sizes. For more information, visit www.dixon-hughes.com. http://www.dixon-hughes.com/index.asp?intReleaseID=280&month=6&year=2008 Healthcare Group Strengthens Clinical and Operational Improvement OfferingsCharlotte, NC,June 17, 2008 - Don McCall will be joining Dixon Hughes PLLC as a Consulting Principal for the Healthcare Group. McCall will be a welcome asset to the group with over 30 years of healthcare experience focusing on clinical and operational improvement including patient throughput, workforce, supply chain and clinical quality. His vast experience includes working with a Big Four firm where he launched their lean principles application in the healthcare provider space and their clinical quality capabilities. Previously, the Group Senior VP of Operations at VHA, Inc., he also led clinical and operational service offerings to over 150 advisors generating over $200M in healthcare organization operating savings. As the former Senior VP of Premier, he was instrumental in developing advisory capabilities, a precursor to their current day clinical and operational informatics system, and a nationally recognized program that pioneered clinical and operational benchmarking.Don has significant experience leading organization-wide strategic and operational efforts for individual and multi-facility healthcare systems as well as specific departmentally focused engagements. His development and implementation efforts include methodologies in the transformation of the OR, ICU and ED. Don has a Bachelor of Science in Health Systems from The Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters of Health Care Administration from The University of Colorado. He is a member of The Healthcare Financial Management Association. About Dixon Hughes Healthcare Group: Dixon Hughes is deeply committed to the Healthcare Industry as demonstrated with the extensive resources and knowledge that make up the Dixon Hughes Healthcare Group. This group serves a large and diverse number of healthcare clients across all service sectors, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, physicians / physicians groups, continuing care retirement communities and home health agencies. The solutions the group offers clients cover a broad spectrum of professional services, from traditional audit and tax services to comprehensive and strategic consulting services. A hands-on approach allows our Dixon Hughes Healthcare Group to understand the dynamics and challenges of the healthcare industry, while being dedicated to providing superior quality and customized service to our healthcare clients. With a staff of over 1200 located in seven states, Dixon Hughes ranks among the nation’s top 20 CPA firms and provides a wide array of assurance, tax and consulting services to clients of all sizes. For more information, visit www.dixon-hughes.com.