Gil Bernhard
CPA, Partner
New York, NY
With more than 30 years of public accounting experience, Gil Bernhard is Co-Managing Director of CohnReznick’s Healthcare Industry practice. He has broad capabilities in Government Auditing Standards, Federal Single Audit Under the Uniform Guidance (formerly OMB Circular A-133), and also concentrates on healthcare financial management and reimbursement issues. Gil’s clients include Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), behavioral healthcare organizations, AIDS/HIV agencies, prepaid health service plans, healthcare trade associations, and other not-for-profit healthcare corporations. He also consults on internal controls and accounting systems for health centers and other not-for-profit corporations.
Gil has given testimony at Medicaid administrative hearings and has served as an expert witness in federal court in a case involving Medicaid reimbursement. As part of his financial management services for healthcare clients, Gil supervises and reviews the preparation of specialized cost reports specific to ambulatory care facilities reimbursement and client financial reports required for filing with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (i.e., UDS, FSR) and other government agencies.
Gil frequently lectures before the National Association of Community Health Centers and state primary care associations on healthcare finance and reporting requirements for community health centers. He was published in the “Adapting the Chart of Accounts to Community Health Centers,” chapter in Chart of Accounts for Health Care Organizations, Center for Research in Ambulatory Healthcare Administration.
EDUCATION
BA, Business Administration/Accounting, University of Maine
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Terra Firma, Advisory Board Member and Finance Committee Chair