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Steven Jones, CPA
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Steve Jones is a Shareholder at Moore Stephens Lovelace, P.A. and is the Director of the Firm’s Skilled Nursing Facility Practice Group. Steve has over 27 years of experience in public accounting, primarily serving clients in the Long Term Care industry. He focuses his practice on skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospice organizations, providing reimbursement consulting services and serving as an advocate for his clients to various healthcare regulators and 3rd party payers.

Professional Experience

Steve has had extensive involvement in the Long-Term Care industry both as a professional and as a member of industry policy committees. His experience includes:

• Financial audits, reviews and compilations

• Operation reviews

• Reimbursement consulting and modeling

• Cost reporting

• Client representation in 3rd party payment audits

• Financial feasibility forecasts and projections

• Certificate of Need applications

• Licensure applications

• Pre-purchase due diligence

Since 1986, Steve has served as the Firm’s primary representative to the Florida Health Care Association (FHCA), the state’s largest nursing home industry group. He serves as both an advisor to FHCA’s Board of Directors and its reimbursement policy committees. He authors a monthly article on reimbursement accounting and compliance issues for the association’s newsletter as well as Long Term Care Updates for the Firm’s clients and contacts. In addition to presenting statewide seminars for industry groups, he often speaks at district meetings on Medicare, Medicaid and Managed Care. Steve has also presented training on negotiating contracts with managed care organizations. He is also responsible for developing Florida benchmarking data for skilled nursing facilities.

Featured Successes

Steve provides expert testimony for state hearings, specifically on Certificate of Need issues or issues arising from Medicaid audits. By testifying on behalf of his clients, he is able to help them optimize revenues and minimize the negative effects of an audit. He is frequently quoted in industry publications, including Eli Publication’s Long-Term Care Report and Rehab Report.

Recently, Steve assisted a client during the purchase of a large group of nursing homes in which the seller had previously submitted poorly prepared budgeted cost reports. He leveraged his contacts within the state regulatory offices to allow the reports to be resubmitted. Under Steve’s direction, MSL was able to expedite the second submission and the client’s cash flow was improved by almost $5.5 million in the first year of operations alone.

Education, Certifications and Licenses

• B.S.B.A. Degree in Accounting, University of Florida

• C.P.A., Certified Public Accountant - Florida

Affiliations, Awards and Community Involvement

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

• Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants

• FHCA, Advisor to Board of Directors and Reimbursement Policy Committees

• Alzheimer’s Resource Center of Tallahassee, Emeritus and Founding Board Member

• Home Care Association of Florida, Associate Member

• Recipient of FHCA Willis J. Gregson Award in 2003 as Associate Member of the Year

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