William J. Emrhein

William J. Emrhein has over thirty-five years of health care experience. Prior to joining EMRHEIN & ASSOCIATES, he was the Director of Reimbursement at a large teaching hospital in Ohio.

Mr. Emrhein has extensive experience in all aspects of third-party reimbursement including Medicare and Medicaid cost reporting, appeals, Medicare medical education issues, Medicare disproportionate share issues, Medicare bad debt issues, Medicare capital issues, Critical Access Hospital issues, Provider based department issues, long term care facility issues, skilled nursing facility issues, home health agency issues and home office reporting issues. In addition, he has extensive experience in planning issues, budgeting contractual allowances, financial projections/feasibility studies and physician payment issues. He also has extensive experience in all aspects of HMO, PPO and Blue Cross contracting.

Mr. Emrhein is a graduate of Ohio Northern University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, while majoring in Accounting. He obtained his Master of Business Administration from Cleveland State University. He is an active member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and has served as a past President for the Northeast Ohio Chapter. He is also active in local professional and civic organizations.