Print this page

Health Care Assurance and Advisory Services

With an approach that is strongly focused on early planning, HORNE provides health care assurance and advisory services to identify areas of risk and tailor our procedures specifically to your organization's needs.  HORNE's experienced health care assurance professionals analyze the transactions behind the numbers to provide insight into your organization and make meaningful recommendations for improvements. 

HORNE provides customized assurance and advisory services for a multitude of health care entities and providers including:

• Not-for-profit hospitals
• For-profit hospitals
• Critical access hospitals
• Governmental hospitals
• Nursing homes
• Clinics
• Health care systems

We also provide services tailored to assist health care attorneys in providing more robust services to their own clients.

From small clinics to SEC registrants, HORNE offers comprehensive health care assurance and advisory services, including:

Assurance and Advisory Services

HORNE places substantial emphasis on the need to thoroughly understand your operations and your fundamental business strategies.  While our primary objective is to render an opinion on the financial statements, we are also interested in your growth, profitability and overall success. 

HORNE is registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and a member in good standing with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.  HORNE is experienced in:

• Financial statement audits
• Financial statement reviews and compilations
• Examination, attest and agreed upon procedures
• Circular No. A-133 audits
• HUD audits

Internal Audit Services

HORNE has developed a business advisory approach to our internal audit services. We engage and involve your management teams in order to best understand and make recommendations about your internal controls, operating and accounting procedures, and other important matters.  With health care-specific audit programs that are tailored for each engagement, we are able to address critical risks unique to your organization.  Our internal audit services include:

• Internal control audits
• Enterprise risk management
• Corporate governance
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Forecast and projections
• Due diligence

IT Compliance and Risk Management Services

HORNE offers IT audit, compliance and consulting services to health care and non-health care clients throughout the U.S. Our services include:

• HIPAA Privacy and Security Gap Analyses
• HIPAA security risk assessments
• Sarbanes-Oxley IT consulting
• Disaster recovery consulting
• Network/server and data center design
• Network penetration and systems vulnerability testing

Our assurance team members hold specialized credentials including Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (FHFMA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP).

For more information on HORNE's health care assurance services and health care advisory services, contact Partner Charla Rowley at 601.326.1298 or by e-mail at charla.rowley@horne-llp.com.