An Unmatched Team of In-House Experts

ARNOLD P. SILVER, CPA, FHFMA

Chairman

Mr. Silver has been active in hospital financial management since 1958.  In 1990, he formed R-C Healthcare Management Services to specialize in hospital revenue enhancement. 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's distinguished background includes 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), and was a charter member of its Principles and Practices Board.  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. In addition, he authors the quarterly hospital inflation data - a high demand tool that helps hospitals establish credible budgets and fiscal projections.

KENNETH M. WEBDALE, CPA, FHFMA

President and CEO

Mr. Webdale 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.

A Certified Public Accountant and a Fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), Mr. Webdale has held various leadership positions at the national and chapter levels of HFMA.

As a principal of R-C Healthcare Management, Mr. Webdale travels extensively around the country providing expertise to hospitals and healthcare associations.  Mr. Webdale performs 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

Senior Vice President

An experienced CPA, Mr. Webdale has worked in the healthcare industry since 1992.  Prior to joining R-C Healthcare Management, he was previously employed by a CPA firm in Buffalo, New York. 

Mr. Webdale’s organizational involvement includes active memberships in the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) 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

Since receiving his Master’s Degree in Health Services Administration from Arizona State University, Mr. Silver has more than 15 years of experience in the healthcare industry.  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 Vice President and specialized wage index expert consultant.

Mr. Silver is a certified Diplomate in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), a past president and current member of the Healthcare Administrators Forum of Arizona (HAF), and current member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA).

Mr. Silver has proven 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 facilitating 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 involving 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.

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