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Lucy R. Carter, CPA Partner Lucy has provided tax, litigation support, audit, compliance, management consulting, reimbursement, and compensation services to healthcare and professional service providers since 1977. She is the author of numerous articles appearing in The Journal of Accountancy, Healthcare Financial Management and Nashville Medical News and has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Health Care Leaders by the Nashville Business Journal.

Sara S. Lankford, CPA Partner Sara has provided a wide range of health care consulting services since 1982 with a special focus on health care financial management and operations. She is past president of the National CPA Healthcare Advisors Association and served as chair of the Management Consulting Services Committee of the Tennessee Society of CPAs. Her articles have appeared in The Practicing CPA, Professional Practice Advisor, and Healthcare Financial Managers Journal among other publications. She has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Health Care Leaders by the Nashville Business Journal.

Carolyn Avery, CPC, CMA-A Manager of Coding and Compliance Carolyn has more than 25 years of experience in assisting physicians and hospitals with medical record documentation audits, documentation and coding issues, administrative policies and procedures, and CPT and ICD-9 coding. She has been a practice management workshop coordinator for the Tennessee Medical Association since 1980. A well-known regional and national speaker on the topics of practice management and coding compliance, she is member of the Medical Group Managers Association, the Tennessee Society of Medical Assistants, the Tennessee Primary Care Association, and the American Academy of Professional Coders.

Nancy Ruffner, CPA Supervisor Nancy has more than five years of public accounting experience providing tax, assurance, employee benefits and practice management services to physicians and healthcare clients. In addition, she has 17 years of diversified management experience in operations and accounting with a Fortune 50 company. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants.