Johanna is highly experienced in health care compliance auditing and consulting, including managing and performing audits of a variety of health care provider types. She has led a variety of compliance audit projects for state Medicaid programs, providing cost report and disproportionate share hospital (DSH) audit, consulting, and program integrity services to several state Medicaid agencies including Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington.
She is a member in the Richmond, Virginia office and serves on the leadership team of both the Cost Report Audit and DSH engagement team and the Benefits/Program Integrity (BPI) engagement team. She has performed and managed field audits and desk reviews of health care providers for state Medicaid agencies, including long-term care (LTC) facilities, hospitals, intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID), federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), and other provider types. Her experience also includes the performance and oversight of hospital compliance audits, the design and development of audit programs for certified public expenditures (CPE) of local government agencies, performance and oversight of DSH audits, audits of transportation services, electronic health records (EHR) audits, charity care audits, and other consulting and program integrity services.
Johanna is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Virginia Society of Public Accountants.
Education
B.S., Accounting
University of Richmond
B.A., Spanish
University of Richmond
Specialties
- Cost report auditing and reimbursement.
- Compliance auditing.
- DSH audit and consulting related to DSH payments and uncompensated care.
- EHR programs and audits.
- CPE program consulting and audits.
“We have to stay on top of change in the health care arena, the government arena, and the accounting field in order to be successful. These days, our clients look to us for much more than the traditional audit services – we must be able to provide advice and insight.”
— Johanna Linkenhoker
