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Krista has more than 22 years of experience in the government health care arena. She is responsible for the supervision, management of daily workloads, and mentoring and training of staff and senior accountants, for the nursing facility and home and community-based services rate setting projects.
Her nursing facility work includes consulting projects for the state of Idaho, which included implementing a quality-based supplemental payment system and developing a modified nursing facility rate system. She also consulted with Alaska on implementing a case-mix reimbursement system for their nursing facilities and consulted with Wyoming on converting the case-mix reimbursement system from using Resource Utilization Group (RUG) data to using Patient-Driving Payment Model (PDPM) data.
More recently, Krista gained experience in designing cost surveys, compiling cost data, and calculating rates for home and community-based service in multiple states. She has additional project experience that includes setting rates for federally qualified health center providers, hospital and home health agency cost settlements, and various disproportionate share hospitals.
She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Idaho Society of Certified Public Accountants.
M.S., Accounting, Montana State University
B.S., Accounting, Montana State University
“Myers and Stauffer is committed to exceeding client expectations. The accumulated knowledge and collaborative environment of our team provides us with the ability to adapt to the changing needs of our clients”
— Krista Stephani
