Brian is a director with Baker Tilly’s healthcare practice. He brings more than 14 years of experience in governmental reimbursement for three large integrated health systems to the firm.

Certified Healthcare Finance Professional (CHFP)

Brian is a director with Baker Tilly’s healthcare practice.

Master of Business Administration in quality management

Bachelor of Science in business management

Responsible for the leadership and strategic vision of corporate reimbursement, charge analysis and net revenue, including three direct management level reports and 20 indirect reports

System lead for more than $250 million of federal COVID-19 funding, including CARES Act Provider Relief Funds, FEMA and Ohio Coronavirus Funds

Subject matter expert on Medicare and Medicaid cost reporting and governmental reimbursement matters 

Responsible for providing oversight of the completion of eight year-end third party cost reports

Worked collaboratively with the Graduate Medical Education Office to optimize cap building scenarios, affiliation agreements and completing financial analysis of adding new residency programs

Interpreted and shared knowledge with hospital and system leadership on Medicare regulations for new teaching hospitals, critical access hospitals, sole community hospitals, urban hospitals and rural hospitals

Responsible for preparation or supervision of multiple exhibits of third party cost reports for nine hospitals

Created data warehouse to improve analyzing and reporting of data for the purposes of completing cost reports, audits, budgets and other third party governmental analysis

Redesigned Disproportionate Share (DSH) processes to improve efficiency and increase reimbursement

Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)

Examining the implications of the IPPS proposed rule  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) recently published the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) fiscal year 2025 proposed rule. Many hospitals and health systems are trying to identify how the proposed regulations and updates under the Medicare IPPS system will impact them and where to focus their energy from a reimbursement and compliance standpoint.   Join Baker Tilly for an informative discussion where our team of reimbursement specialists will discuss the proposed IPPS rule and what leaders need to know about its impact on cost reporting and various aspects of Medicare reimbursement. Our team will also discuss changes to DSH uncompensated care and the wage index as well as other implications that it will have on service line  Who should attend?  CFOs as well as finance, reimbursement and revenue cycle professionals at hospitals and health systems  Presenters  Keith Hutcheson, CPA, Partner  Brian Restivo, MBA, CHFP,  Director   Learning objectives  Interpret the key impacts that the CMS’ IPPS FFY 2025 proposed rule will have on Medicare reimbursement  Understand the implications the IPPS proposed rule will have on service lines and more. 

Brian Restivo

Location

Columbus, OH

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Brian's upcoming events

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Medicare reimbursement updates for fiscal year 2025