The Experts at R-C Healthcare Management
ARNOLD P. SILVER, CPA, FHFMA
Chairman
Mr. Silver has been active in hospital financial management since 1958. In 1990 he formed the healthcare consulting firm of R-C Healthcare Management Services, Inc. (R-C Healthcare Management) which specializes in hospital revenue enhancement, and he presently serves as its Chairman. The company is an affiliate of Rate Controls Publications, Inc. which published the highly-successful healthcare industry newsletter, Rate Controls, for more than 20 years and which currently publishes quarterly hospital inflation data on the R-C Healthcare Management website.
Mr. Silver has held CFO positions at Samaritan Health Service in Phoenix (17 years), Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago (6 years), and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (5 years).
In 1974-75, Mr. Silver served as the National President of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). He was a charter member of its Principles and Practices Board and in 1978 he received the HFMA's highest honor, the Frederick C. Morgan Award.
Mr. Silver is a senior specialist in wage index consulting and has been handling all facets of the wage index review and improvement process since launching the firm. Mr. Silver is also the author of the quarterly hospital inflation data which is in such high demand by hospitals throughout the country because it is an invaluable tool in helping them to establish credible budgets and fiscal projections.
KENNETH M. WEBDALE, CPA, FHFMA
President
Mr. Webdale is the President and CEO of R-C Healthcare Management and has been in the accounting and healthcare finance industries since 1968. He served as the Assistant Administrator and CFO of Mount St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston, New York for 10 years. Prior to that, he served in senior accounting positions with several New York CPA firms and was a partner in a Buffalo, New York CPA firm for 13 years.
Mr. Webdale is a Certified Public Accountant and a Fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) and has held various leadership positions at the national and chapter levels of that organization.
As a principal of R-C Healthcare Management, Mr. Webdale travels extensively around the country providing his considerable healthcare financial expertise to hospitals and healthcare associations with educational lectures, training seminars, on-site Medicare wage index support, Medicare bad debt recovery and other specialized areas of revenue enhancement.
K. MICHAEL WEBDALE, CPA
Vice President
Mr. Webdale is an experienced CPA who has been working in the healthcare industry since 1992 and was previously employed by a CPA firm in Buffalo, New York prior to joining the experts at R-C Healthcare Management. He currently serves as a Vice President of the firm and a specialized wage index expert consultant.
Mr. Webdale’s organizational involvement includes active memberships in the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), the Healthcare Administrators Forum of Arizona (HAF) and the Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants (ASCPA).
In addition to providing exemplary client support regarding wage index issues, Mr. Webdale’s other industry specialties include calculating and projecting area wage indices from annual CMS updates, training wage index seminar participants and providing assistance to hospitals filing appeals with fiscal intermediaries and CMS.
DANIEL M. SILVER, MHSA, CHE
Vice President
Mr. Silver has more than 15 years of experience in the healthcare industry since receiving his Master’s Degree in Health Services Administration from Arizona State University in 1990. He began his career specializing in managed care contracting and compliance at two, large, integrated-delivery systems in Los Angeles and Chicago. Mr. Silver joined R-C Healthcare Management in 1993 and currently serves as its Vice President and specialized wage index expert consultant.
Organizations in which Mr. Silver is active include the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) where he is a certified Diplomate, the Healthcare Administrators Forum of Arizona (HAF) where he was a past president, and the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA).
Mr. Silver has established his expertise in hospital revenue cycle and reimbursement including Medicare wage index and bad debt issues, the analysis of specific hospital payment factors and validation of expected payments, regulatory updates, and database analysis and reporting.
ERIC F. WEBDALE, MHSA
Vice President
Mr. Webdale has advanced degrees in Health Services Administration and Accounting and has been working in the healthcare field since 1992. He specializes in all areas of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, including wage data submissions and revisions, wage data analysis, identification and submission of unclaimed bad debts and the implementation of procedural safeguards to prevent future unclaimed bad debt accumulation, Medicaid recoveries and cost avoidance, and the facilitation of appeals with the fiscal intermediaries and CMS.
Mr. Webdale is an experienced consultant in various areas of hospital accounting, including insurance and other third party liabilities, credit balance audits, the Medicaid Buy-in program, billing, casualty and estates recovery and accounts receivable. He has conducted extensive research in the healthcare field in the area of healthcare trends. Mr. Webdale has been an active member in good standing of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) and the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) since 1995.
