J. Brent Fuller

Brent has in excess of 20 years of experience in the Medicare reimbursement for acute care hospitals, cancer hospitals, academic medical centers, and many other specialty healthcare providers. Prior to joining our firm, Brent was the Regional Director of Audit Field Offices for Trailblazer Health Enterprises. This included all offices in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. While with Trailblazer, Brent also was assigned to the Office of Inspector General for various healthcare audits. Brent led many audits dealing with highly complex and technical issues, including issues of graduate medical education, organ transplants and disproportionate share. He also worked closely on several occasions in his position at Trailblazer in assisting the Office of Inspector General with investigative manners related to Organ Transplant Cost, Diagnosis Related Group Payment Analysis, and various other reimbursement issues.

Brent manages most of our larger hospitals cost reports, cost report strategies, major reopenings and appeals, as well as special reimbursement projects and projections. In addition to this, Brent is a member of several accounting and healthcare financial advocacy groups, including HFMA, TAHFA and TORCH, and has also participated in many speaking engagements.