Matthew Bavolack is a principal in the Firm’s Long Wharf Drive office in New Haven, Connecticut and serves as Marcum LLP’s Healthcare Services leader. He has more than 30 years of healthcare financial consulting experience. Mr. Bavolack focuses on financial reimbursement, operations and compliance matters for various healthcare providers to include but not necessarily be limited to the long-term-care, home healthcare, residential care, hospice, hospital, and physician practice industries.

Bob, founder of Climb LLC, has over 20 years of experience leading business improvement initiatives, programs, and company-wide transformation efforts within multiple Fortune 100 companies.

He started his career at GE, where he received his Six Sigma certification and training. Over the past several years, he has merged this technical foundation with the practical application of Lean thinking, problem solving, and management practices. He has led over 50 successful improvement initiatives spanning operations, sales, finance, actuarial, clinical, and dozens more functional areas. He has also trained and coached thousands of people.

A hallmark of Bob’s approach is his ability to deeply understand the needs of his customers, tailor methods, and connect with people on a personal level to achieve sustainable outcomes. His positive attitude, passion for improvement, and sincere interest in helping people succeed has repeatedly delivered award-winning results.

Bob holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He has completed extensive coursework in Leadership, Change Acceleration, Innovation, and is a certified trainer of the Bridges Transition Model. He has been a featured speaker on the topics of Strategy, Problem Solving, and Change Leadership at multiple non-profit and senior care conferences.

He resides near Hartford, CT with his wife and three children, ages 9, 11, and 13. Bob serves on the Board for a local non-profit and has an absolute passion for coaching youth sports.

Maureen is the President and CEO of Celtic Consulting, LLC, nationally recognized as a luminary amongst long-term care operators and clinicians for Reimbursement and Regulatory matters, Audits, and Analysis, Enhancing Operational Efficiency, Education, and Litigation Support. Maureen combines clinical expertise with regulatory acuity to assist clients with developing sustainable remediation plans. She is a registered nurse with over thirty years of work experience, including direct patient care, MDS Coordinator, Director of Nursing, Rehab Director, and Medicare biller.

Recognized for thought-leadership, Maureen presents to many long-term care associations- the American Health Care Association (AHCA), American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN), and the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA).

Maureen has trained thousands of clinicians, financial professionals, and Administrators. Certified as a Master Teacher for Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement processes (QCP-MT), Master Teacher of the MDS (RAC-MT), Master Teacher in Advanced MDS (RAC-MTA), and Medicare Regulations, and Master Teacher for the Director of Nursing Course (DNS-MT).