Bruce is a partner on the Managed Care engagement team in the Austin, Texas office. With more than 17 years of experience, he serves as the leader of the Austin office’s Managed Care team and focuses on auditing and analyzing managed care organizations. This includes conducting attestation and performance audits of financial and statistical information, risk assessments, and analyzing contract requirements. Bruce has extensive experience working with state governments performing monitoring activities of contracted vendors.
Bruce has led a variety of engagements for multiple states auditing Medicaid expenditures and consulting on associated program financial risks. These engagements include assessments of behavioral health organizations, managed care organizations and contracted Medicaid program vendors. Much of his work involves working with state governments to define agreed upon procedures to monitor specific program risks and examining specific expenditures reported to state government. Additionally, his responsibilities include work related to preforming medical loss ratio examinations.
Prior to joining Myers and Stauffer, Bruce held senior management positions with Grant Thornton, LLP, and the Texas State Auditor’s Office. In these roles he performed audits of various state government entities and programs.
Bruce is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Internal Auditors. Bruce is a veteran with 20 years of service in the United States Air Force.
Education
B.B.A., Accounting and Business Administration
Eastern New Mexico University
Specialties
- Performance and compliance audits.
- Government auditing standards and AICPA standards.
- Risk assessment and management.
“I’m proud to be part of an organization dedicated to government-sponsored health care programs with a reputation for customer service. Our ability to provide superior service is due to the variety of experienced associates in the firm, with accountants, auditors, pharmacists, registered nurses and data analyst. We work very hard to put the right experience on each of our client’s engagements to exceed their expectations.”
— Bruce Dempsey