Rich Gordon is currently Carbis Walker LLP's Managing Partner. Throughout his twenty-one years with the Firm, Rich has developed internal policies and procedures to enhance the delivery of services to the Firm's health care clients. In particular, his experience relative to the health care industry includes financial, tax and consulting matters, Medicare, Medicaid and Blue Cross prospective payment consulting, including appeals, interim rate appeals, evaluation of cost centers, physicians fee schedule analysis, physician and hospital agreements, assistance with valuation of medical practices, mergers and acquisitions of medical practices and statistical analysis. As Managing Partner, Rich is responsible for the day to day management of the Firm's operations and development and implementation of the Firm's internal policies and procedures.

Rich is President of Total Practice Management the Firm's specialty division which was specifically created to provide medical billing and consulting services to meet the demands of physician, hospital and nursing home clients. He has been instrumental in the development and implementation of Carbis Walker's health care services programs and has provided consultation to numerous physician groups. Rich is also President of Walker Benefits, Inc., which provides retirement plan design services, along with third-party administration (TPA) to a variety of clients.

A graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Rich is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) where he has been appointed to the Long-range Objectives Committee, the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), the Pennsylvania Health Care Association (PHCA) and the Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging (PANPHA) and the Pennsylvania Health Care Association (PHCA). He is an instructor in Slippery Rock University's "Core of Knowledge for Nursing Home Administrators" course and the Pennsylvania Association Directors of Nursing Administration (PADONA)'s "Boot Camp for Directors of Nursing." Rich has been published as a contributing author, in Aspen Publishing's "Corporate Compliance Manual." Rich is also a member of the Operating Committee, Carbis Walker's policy-making body.