Brad is the national partner-in-charge of DHG Healthcare, the healthcare industry practice of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP. He joined the firm in December 2012, and is currently located in the Firm's Atlanta office. Brad was admitted to the partnership of a Big 4 firm in June 1993, and his professional career spans over 30 years. He has served (among other roles) as the partner-in-charge for his former firm's Southeast healthcare practice and as the regional audit partner-in-charge for that firm's overall audit practice in the MidSouth. In his current leadership role he is responsible for practice operations across all of DHG Healthcare's audit, tax, and consulting businesses. DHG Healthcare comprises the largest industry segment within DHG. For over 20 years, Brad has worked solely within the healthcare ecosystem, and over the years he has provided leadership of professional services for a broad range of healthcare industry stakeholders throughout the United States. Brad has served as the account partner for a number of notable healthcare organizations, including Duke University Health System, Emory Healthcare, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Methodist (Memphis) Health System, and the Medical University of South Carolina. He served on the national steering committee for his former firm's 2006 national strategy effort, including leadership of the human capital strategy workstream. Most recently, Brad has served as the overall project leadership sponsor for his former firm's multi-phased healthcare transformation campaign, as well as that national healthcare practice's ICD-10 and accountable care service development workstreams. He is actively engaged in leadership of similar work with DHG Healthcare. -------------------------------------- 7/22/2012 by EM BRAD R. BENTON is a partner with the national Health Care practice of KPMG LLP, and the revenue leader for KPMG Health Care's market activities in the Southeastern U. S. He is also chairman of the Practice's Emerging Intermediaries Strategic Leadership Group, which identifies and develops business solutions for technology-savvy health care companies and enterprises seeking a more consumer-driven marketplace for health care services. Brad's financial consulting skills help health care providers and managed care organizations measure their performance, identify and analyze business processes and risks, and determine how these factors impact financial reporting. Brad also leads the Practice's thought leadership initiatives regarding the transformation of the industry, including current projects involving defined contribution approaches to the financing of health benefits and the 1997-1998 "Consumerism in Health Care" joint research with Northwestern University's Institute for Health Services Research and Policy Studies. Relevant Experience: Brad has 20 years of experience serving health care clients throughout Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina and western Tennessee. He has directed audits and financial advisory services for a variety of health care providers, including: * HEALTHSOUTH Corporation * Health Link HMO * North Mississippi Health Services * Response Oncology, Inc. * St. Jude Children's Research Hospital * St. Dominic Health Services * WellStar Health System In addition to financial statement auditing, Brad's career has included: * Assistance with Medicare and Medicaid cost reporting * A variety of financial consulting projects for integrated delivery systems * Participation on the KPMG national task force that designed the Business Measurement Process for health care audits * National project leader for KPMG Health Care's 18-month Consumerism in Health Care research study * Frequent speaker on topics related to a more consumer-driven health care system Background: Brad has a bachelor's of business administration degree in accountancy from Millsaps College. He is a member of the AICPA, the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants, and has served on United Way allocation committees, the finance committee of the Friends of the Jackson Zoo, and the finance committee of Broadmeadow United Methodist Church. He is certified as a Fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association.