Scott Spohn Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Plans, organizes, and controls the day-to-day operations of the firm in collaboration with the Managing Partner while fulfilling the firm’s mission of serving its clients and its people. The COO provides leadership, vision, & direction for strategic planning processes, evaluate the financial impact of business opportunities, and communicates strategic vision to our shareholders and other leaders.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Responsible for driving critical matters to the performance and growth of the FORVIS Healthcare Consulting practice. From practice performance and execution discipline to innovation and differentiation, Scott's primary focus is advancing the FORVIS Healthcare Consulting practice. His responsibilities for the Healthcare Consulting practice include: - Strategic Planning- Finance and Operations- Quality Control- Reputation Development In addition to these responsibilities, Scott has continued accountability for the growth and development of our Clari3ty change analytics platform. This groundbreaking work, in collaboration with our Professor-in-Residence, is a critical element of our solution portfolio as we assist leaders by using Clari3ty to take the guesswork out of change.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Scott is responsible for the development and leadership of the People & Change practice within DHG Healthcare. Ranging from the deployment of management innovation methodologies and change capability approaches to resource and execution planning - this practice is focused on supporting our clients drive the change that transforms. The Orange Frog Workshop is a central element of the practice's portfolio of solutions. The OFW is an experiential learning exercise that builds on the principles of positive psychology described within Shawn Achor's best selling book - The Happiness Advantage. Scott leads this part of the practice and its impact on our approach to driving positive change.

Greater Atlanta Area

Scott is responsible for the marketing activities of the healthcare industry practice of Dixon Hughes Goodman - DHG Healthcare. At more than $80 million, healthcare is the Firm's largest industry practice and serves clients across the United States in the audit, tax, and consulting domains. From strategic planning to tactical definition, Scott and the marketing team work with a partners across the healthcare audit, tax and consulting group to build the DHG Healthcare brand. In addition to the core brand, the DHG Healthcare brand encompasses multiple micro solution brands, each representing our unique responses to a dynamic market.

Greater Atlanta Area

Scott serves as the Partner-in-Charge of the National Strategy Practice of DHG Healthcare. In this role he is a committed to assisting clients in developing the strategies, principles and courage that success in the value-based environment requires.This success is predicated on the purposeful design and deployment of the boundless collaboration across the traditional silos that transformation agility enables. The architect of DHG’s Innovation Acceleration Experience (IAE), Scott has assisted numerous organizations in their journey from creativity and innovation to competitive advantage and growth. His understanding of adult learning, facilitation, and execution principles has made the IAE the strategic accelerator of choice for health systems, community hospitals, and children’s hospitals across the country.In addition to his client service work, Scott leads the growth and development of the National Strategy Practice of DHG Healthcare. With offerings ranging from enterprise strategic planning and payment innovation to excellence in execution, the National Strategy Practice is a foundational element of DHG Healthcare.

Greater Atlanta Area

Scott served as the Chief of Staff for DHG Healthcare, the National Healthcare Practice of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP. In this role he was responsible for leading the healthcare practice’s marketing function (brand development/awareness, content management framework, and event strategic planning), and supporting the Healthcare Industry Managing Partner in the formation and execution of the industry's strategic plan. Additionally, Scott led the development of the practice's proprietary Innovation Accelerations Experience (IAE) and Blue Sky Visioning approaches. Used internally and externally to clarify vision, message, direction and change leadership requirements across key strategic initiatives. Scott is a Partner within Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP and a member of the DHG Healthcare's Steering Committee. In addition to his practice level responsibilities, Scott was a key liaison with the firm’s information technology, human capital and finance functions.

Greater Atlanta Area

Scott served as the operations leader for the National Healthcare Practice of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP. In this role, he was responsible for leading and driving process excellence across the healthcare practice’s corporate functions (marketing, financial oversight and capacity management) in support of the industry's strategic objectives. Scott was a Director within Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP and a member of the DHG Healthcare Leadership Team. In addition to his practice level responsibilities, Scott was the healthcare practice’s primary liaison with the firm’s information technology, human resources, and finance functions.

Greater Atlanta Area

Accountable for the performance of the client services group at Surgical Information Systems (SIS). While his targeted focus was on refining the SIS client experience and driving the overall group performance, Scott's particular focus had been in the areas of organizational development and sustainabiliy with specific examples such as: - Development of a client centric common purpose tuned to the needs of the perioperative space - Leading initiatives aimed at creating consistent operations processes (forecast, staffing, etc.)- Driving multifaceted pre-sales client engagement initiatives to refine services messaging - Refining organizational structure to support a client centric focus.In addition to these, Scott worked with Senior Operations leadership to continue to foster and refine a group culture focused on service quality and accountability.

Greater Atlanta Area

Responsible for the continued development of the information Technology practice of a specialty advisory firm focused in the healthcare market. As a Partner within the Firm, Scott was responsible for delivering client service activities including: - Information System Selections, - Strategic Governance Design and Implementation,- ICD-10 Readiness and Road Mapping, - IT Support Organization Development, as well as - Leadership and Service Quality Enhancement Initiatives. In addition to these IT related client service activities, Scott specializes in the design and implementation of a change management programs within the healthcare domain. Whether embedded within larger engagements, or as stand alone specialty services, these programs are design to enable management teams to better prepare their organization to realize the change opportunities of rapidly evolving healthcare industry.

Greater Atlanta Area

Senior executive management of the on-going operations of a $90M professional services organization ($55M Services & $35M Software) that delivered strategic advisory services to clients in the healthcare industry. In addition to general management duties, lead initiatives aimed at addressing eroding customer loyalty, redefining organizational service needs, and establishing a principled leadership approach to guide our decisions and actions both internally and externally. To bolster eroding customer loyalty, developed industry first CPOE change readiness program in partnership with the Disney Institute. These actions yielded improvements in market perception (8% improvement) and financial results (30% revenue growth) for the portfolio of services within our group.

Greater Atlanta Area

Executive management of the on-going operations of a $29M ($17M Services / $12M Software) professional services group that assisted customers in the implementation and use of clinical software ranging from general pharmacy information systems to strategic computerize provider order entry (CPOE). In addition general management duties, lead organization change (general management and six sigma) initiatives to redefine our current services methodology, restore a productive organizational culture, and grow the size of the specialty services business. These actions yielded the elimination of unwanted staff turnover for a 3-year period and the development of a specialty services business equal to 1% of the total services business.

Greater Atlanta Area

Participated as a leader within the Southeast Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) team. During this time assisted in the Healthcare IT business development activities in the Southeast. In addition to these development actions, led or co-led the following client service activities. Served as the facilitator/coordinator of an IT planning engagement between two hospital systems involved in an operational transition of a functioning facility. The focus of this engagement was to facilitate the communication between the entities, raise planning concerns, offer subject matter expertise, and provide impartial project management guidance/support. Lead a detailed review of the program/project management function of a large healthcare system engaged in the implementation of a full suite of advanced clinical applications (PACS, Clinical Documentation, Medication Administration, and Physician Order Entry).

Greater Atlanta Area

Directed the delivery of a $30+ million technology enabled change program that was comprised of clinical, resource management, supply chain, and business intelligence solutions. During this time, served as the senior on-site executive for 20+-member team that achieved specific business objectives in the areas pharmacy automation and surgical optimization while implementing multiple components of an Electronic Health Record. In addition to this duties, supported several troubled programs in order to improve customer satisfaction.

Greater Atlanta Area

Revenue cycle technology specialist that managed the implementation/testing effort of a 5-person team during a Cerner Revenue Cycle implementation for 1500+ bed integrated delivery system in Indianapolis, Indiana.In addition to this work, managed the implementation/testing effort of a 4-person team during a Cerner ProFit Patient Accounting implementation for 200+ bed children’s hospital in Orange County, California.

Greater Atlanta Area

Assurance specialist in the healthcare domain that supported the information technology component of multiple financial statement assurance engagements for both acute care health systems and home health organizations in the Southeastern United States. In addition to this, participated in multiple sales efforts for both assurance and advisory engagements to define the breadth and scope of the service offerings that would assist a prospective client in meeting their business objectives.

Greater Chicago Area

Consulting generalist that managed the effort of a 6-member managed care implementation team during a Pathways Contract Management implementation for a $1 Billion health system in San Antonio, Texas. Also coordinated the effort of a 5-member patient accounting installation team during a HBOC Star implementation for a $1 Billion health system in San Antonio, Texas. Finally, participated in a significant add-on sales opportunity that resulted in a $1 Million revenue cycle engagement.