“If we embrace change, and if we continue to learn, we are going to be successful.”
— Kevin Londeen, CPA
Member, Executive Committee
In the Beginning…
The Myers and Stauffer story began in Topeka, Kansas in 1973. Bruce Myers and Darrell Stauffer, two accounting professors at Washburn University, were approached by the state of Kansas to help with pharmacy rate setting analysis for the state’s Medicaid program.
Medicare and Medicaid, government programs providing health care services to our nation’s most vulnerable citizens, had been introduced in 1965. By 1973, these programs were growing so large, so fast, the massive amount of complicated work in maintaining them had become overwhelming.
Our two founders saw an opportunity.
In 1977, Myers and Stauffer, a CPA firm devoted entirely to government health care, was proudly and officially established. The first office was a converted house. The conference room featured a brick fireplace, and as more people were added to the team, space was created by turning the unattached garage into an “annex.”
But from this simple beginning, a great company emerged. Bruce Myers and Darrell Stauffer were Midwest teachers who believed in treating people honestly and fairly, and devoted themselves to doing ‘a job well done’ in everything they did. These are the values the company was founded on, and the values we still hold dear today.
Navigating a Complicated Industry
There is a direct correlation between the number of people enrolled in Medicaid, the amount of funding flowing into the program, and the growth of Myers and Stauffer. The simple truth is with an ever-increasing and aging population, skyrocketing costs in the medical industry, and new technology advances, the need for the specialized skills of Myers and Stauffer soon became more and more apparent.
We began providing rate setting services for the state of Indiana and opened an office there in 1982. In 1984, we opened an office in Denver, Colorado to perform the state’s cost report audits. Boise, ID, Harrisburg, PA, and Kansas City, MO all followed. More and more health care experts were added to the team. The type of work we were doing for our clients was expanding, as well. Rate setting. Cost report audits. Program integrity. Myers and Stauffer’s growth, in office locations, employees and services offered was steady, consistent, and expected.
One of the main reasons for this rapid expansion was a decision made early on at the founding of the company. Myers and Stauffer would only accept state and federal government clients. There would be no conflicts of interest with private or public health care organizations.
When a state contracted with Myers and Stauffer, they knew that their interests, concerns, and needs were going to be the first and only priority.
As the years went by, Myers and Stauffer continued to grow and evolve. We merged with Mayer Hoffman McCann LC in 1995. In 1998 we became an independent subsidiary of CBIZ. Our main competitor, PHBV Partners, was acquired in 2013. These moves offered many new opportunities for us and set the stage for the current success we enjoy.
Myers and Stauffer Today
We have come a long way from the early days in Topeka, Kansas. We now have offices in 20 different locations across the country and have grown from just a handful of professionals to hundreds of dedicated team members from multi-disciplinary practice areas.
We are experts on everything from managed care and disproportionate share hospital examinations, to program integrity and health information technology, and every government health care program in between. There is simply no other company in the industry with our combination of focus, expertise, and history of results.
Some things have not changed since our firm began. Millions of people still depend on Medicaid and Medicare, budgets are still too small, costs are very high, and some still try to take advantage of the system. Most importantly, our commitment to always providing our clients with the very best we have to offer has never wavered. From our first day, we have never compromised our integrity or our quality of work, and we never will.
We are proud of our history. For more than 40 years, we have helped strengthen and protect the health care services that the most vulnerable of our fellow citizens depend on. Our government clients know when they need something done right, Myers and Stauffer is who they call.