Rhonda W. Sides is the Principal for Healthcare Services and Business Valuation and Litigation Services for Crosslin & Associates, P.C. and for STAT Solutions. Rhonda has experience in all aspects of healthcare, taxation, and retirement plan administration. She lectures nationally for various healthcare and financial organizations regarding the issues of combining the practicality of accounting with the needs of healthcare practice management. Rhonda has been named as one of Middle Tennessee’s top healthcare executives three years in Nashville Business Journal’s Healthcare 100 for 2002, 2003, and 2006 and also recognized for BizWomen profile in 2005 and Healthcare Hero in 2007. Proficient in management issues of many types of healthcare entities, Rhonda specializes in physician practice management issues, HIPPA compliance, Stark compliance and physician compensation issues, entity contracts, practice valuations, cost accounting, operational assessments, accounts receivable, and financial feasibility issues related to group and integrated deliver system development.
A Certified Public Accountant, licensed in Georgia and Tennessee, Rhonda is a member of the Georgia and Tennessee Societies of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Financial Consulting Group, LC, an association of valuation and accounting firms across the county that specialize in business valuation and litigation support services. Rhonda holds the valuation credentials of Accredited Business Valuator (ABV) and Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) and is a member of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, and a member of the National, Tennessee, and Nashville Chapters of Medical Group Management Association. She is also a board member and past president of Middle Tennessee Healthcare Executives Association, an associate of the American Society of Appraisers, and a member of Healthcare Financial Membership Association. She served on the Healthcare Committee for the Tennessee society of CPAS and was an adjunct MBA professor for three years at The Massey School of Belmont University of Nashville. Rhonda graduated from Kennesaw State University in Atlanta with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accountancy.
Rhonda has written practice management related articles published in various sources including the Nashville Business Journal, Healthcare Financial Management, The Physician’s Advisory, Nashville Medical News, and the Southern Medical Association’s quarterly newsletter. She is also the co-author of two books, Valuation of a Medical Practice and Accounting Handbook for Medical Practices, both published by John Wiley & Sons of New York.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: CPA, CVA and ABV designation.
See CV/Bio.
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: See CV/Bio
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: Publications: (Books) Valuation of a Medical Practice and Accounting Handbook for Medical Practices
Others, see CV/Bio
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: no
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: 8
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: See CV/Bio
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: 100%
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: 0%
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: 1
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: 2004
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: 4
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: No, All cases so far have settled.
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 5 years
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Business Valuation and full Litigation Support
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: negotiable
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: negotiable
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: negotiable
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: negotiable
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Expect all out of pocket expenses to be reimbursed.
References
Darrell TownsendHowell & Fisher, PLLC
Court Square Building
300 James Robertson Pkwy
Nashville, TN 37201
615-244-3370
dtownsend@howell-fisher.com
Joseph Woodruff
Waller Landsden Dortch and Davis
511 Union Street
Suite 2700
Nashville, TN 37219
615-244-6380
joseph.woodruff@wallerlaw.com
