RS&F and SHR Associates Launch Healthcare Joint Venture

Online, July 22, 2013 (Newswire.com) - RS&F, a business consulting and accounting firm based in Owings Mills, and SHR Associates, a healthcare consulting firm based in Annapolis, have joined forces to launch a joint venture called RS&F Healthcare Advisors, LLC (RSFHA). RSFHA is a boutique healthcare and business consulting services firm that caters to hospitals, physicians, and public healthcare organizations.

RSFHA offers a comprehensive suite of services to address the strategic, operational and accounting needs of healthcare organizations. Services offered include strategic planning such as merger and acquisition advisory, business planning, long-range forecasting, corporate structure analysis, and capital formation; specialized healthcare services such as compliance and coding plans, revenue cycle management, fee schedule and RVU analyses, patient satisfaction surveys, and PCMH recognition/support; practice organization that includes coaching, marketing, human capital evaluation, and IT; and accounting and tax services including audits, estate planning, tax strategies, fraud investigation, and shareholder disputes.

"This is an exciting time for RSFHA," states RS&F's President, Howard J. Rosen. "The healthcare industry is growing in complexity, which raises new challenges every day for all stakeholders in the medical ecosystem. Our new venture with SHR Associates will provide our clients with a wider and deeper range of services and opportunities in the healthcare space."

"This new venture is a true collaboration of expertise and provides our clients prospects for greater engagement with our team. RSFHA will offer a more comprehensive suite of services than currently available in the marketplace as well as proactive planning to achieve short- and long-term goals," adds Nancy R. Smit, President of SHR Associates.

RS&F and SHR each bring more than 30 years of experience to this new venture. For more information about RSFHA, visit http://www.rsfchart.com/Industry-Experience/Healthcare.aspx.