Mr. Ryan O'Meara
Healthcare finance and controls expert; former VA health system chief financial officer. Ryan O'Meara spent 17 years in VA healthcare finance (2008 to 2025), working up from student intern to CFO, with about eight years at CFO level over health systems with total annual funding authority to approximately $750 million. Counsel retain him on the financial side of hospital corporate negligence, False Claims Act and qui tam, and healthcare billing and reimbursement cases: budgets and staffing, financial controls and governance, incentive compensation, cost reports, and the hospital's own financial data. Consulting and testifying, for plaintiff or defense counsel.
- Compensation
- Corporate Governance
- Finance
- Forensic Accounting
- Health Care Administration
- Health Care Litigation
- Hospital Administration
- Medical Fraud
- Medical Staffing
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: B.S., Business Administration (Accounting), Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas; graduate-level coursework in federal financial management, Graduate School USA; FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP), FinOps Foundation, 2026; VA Certified Mentor, 2019.
- Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: Former member, Board of Directors, NW Arkansas Federal Credit Union (2012 to 2017); also served on its Supervisory Committee and Marketing Committee.
- Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: Regional budget training preceptor, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; VA Certified Mentor (2019).
- 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: 2
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Healthcare finance.
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Consulting and testifying expert services: review of financial records and data, financial analysis, expert reports, and deposition and trial testimony.
- Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
- A: Fee schedule on request.
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