Steve Jones, CPA
Shareholder
Director of the Firm’s Skilled Nursing Facility Practice Group
Clearwater Office 727.531.4477
Steve Jones is a Shareholder at Moore Stephens Lovelace, P.A. (MSL)
and is the Director of the Firm’s Skilled Nursing Facility Practice
Group. Steve has over 25 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.
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. In addition to presenting statewide
seminars with FHCA, he often speaks at FHCA district meetings on
Medicare, Medicaid and Managed Care. Steve has also given
presentations on Medicaid updates and how to negotiate a contract with
managed care organizations. He is responsible for developing Florida
benchmarking data for skilled nursing facilities.
Steve holds a B.A./B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of
Florida and is a member of the AICPA and FICPA. Steve is a former
Toastmaster and regularly speaks to LTC industry groups on
reimbursement and accounting issues.
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