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Chad is a director in the Healthcare Consulting practice at Forvis Mazars and host of the "Achieving Health" podcast. Chad has experience providing hospital and health system executives with insight into federal regulatory and legislative changes. He focuses on how changes in public policy impact revenue cycle and reimbursement, as well as how value-based care models will affect health system strategies, finances, and operations.

He has led development of federal finance regulatory policy for both national and state health associations. Chad has also helped clients prepare cost reports, participate in voluntary Medicare bundled payment programs, and create Medicare ACOs.

Chad is a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and has won multiple awards for his articles and podcasts.

Chad holds an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a B.S. in health care management from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

Shawn is a director in the Healthcare Consulting practice at Forvis Mazars and host of the "Achieving Health" podcast. Before joining Forvis Mazars, he most recently served as director of perspectives & analysis at the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Based in Columbus, Ohio, and Phoenix, Arizona, he brings deep experience across the hospital and broader healthcare industry.

His areas of focus include Medicare, Medicaid, workers’ compensation, private managed care payors, budgeting, strategic planning, business process improvement, healthcare price transparency, team development, and public speaking. His professional background includes senior consulting roles with a health policy consulting firm, serving as vice president at a medical billing company, and acting as director of health care policy and economics for The Ohio Hospital Association.

Earlier in his career, Shawn held leadership roles in access and revenue cycle management at a major academic medical center and designated cancer hospital.

He is a graduate of Kent State University, Ohio; holds an EPIC Resolute certification; and is currently on staff at Boise State University and Carnegie Mellon University.