Brad Benton CPA, FHFMA,

Managing Partner, DHG Healthcare

Brad is the national partner-in-charge of DHG Healthcare, the healthcare industry practice of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP. He joined the firm in December 2012, and is currently located in the Firm’s Atlanta office. Brad was admitted to the partnership of a Big 4 firm in June 1993, and his professional career spans over 30 years. He has served (among other roles) as the partner-in-charge for his former firm’s Southeast healthcare practice and as the regional audit partner-in-charge for that firm’s overall audit practice in the MidSouth. In his current leadership role he is responsible for practice operations across all of DHG Healthcare’s audit, tax, and consulting businesses. DHG Healthcare comprises the largest industry segment within DHG.



For over 20 years, Brad has worked solely within the healthcare ecosystem, and over the years he has provided leadership of professional services for a broad range of healthcare industry stakeholders throughout the United States. Brad has served as the account partner for a number of notable healthcare organizations, including Duke University Health System, Emory Healthcare, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Methodist (Memphis) Health System, and the Medical University of South Carolina. He served on the national steering committee for his former firm’s 2006 national strategy effort, including leadership of the human capital strategy workstream. Most recently, Brad has served as the overall project leadership sponsor for his former firm’s multi-phased healthcare transformation campaign, as well as that national healthcare practice’s ICD-10 and accountable care service development workstreams. He is actively engaged in leadership of similar work with DHG Healthcare.



Brad is active on several levels in the professional and business environment, including serving as a frequent speaker and commenter on the healthcare industry, corporate governance, and other matters unique to healthcare organizations.


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