Joanna Garnett (Kansas City) has more than 15 years of experience. She provides consulting and public accounting services to state Medicaid agencies addressing health care reimbursement issues. She has led various Medicare/Medicaid accounting, auditing, and consulting engagements.

Joanna directs the daily activities for several of the firm’s DSH examination and DSH payment contracts, Medicaid cost report audit contracts, and medical loss ratio (MLR) examination contracts. She has been involved in developing procedures and protocols for completing DSH audits and Medicaid cost report audits in accordance with federal and state regulations. Joanna worked closely with IT to develop the Myers and Stauffer web portal, and serves as one of the firm’s internal IT business liaisons. She has also collected cost report data, claims data, and uninsured data for use in the DSH payment calculation as well as reading and interpreting payment specifications within state plans. Joanna also provides consulting and public accounting services to state Medicaid agencies addressing health care reimbursement issues. She has led various Medicare/Medicaid accounting, auditing, rate-setting, and consulting engagements.

She is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.