As a principal of Somerset’s Health Care Team, Steve’s areas of responsibility and expertise include development of financial studies for physician joint ventures and ancillary services; development of physician income distribution methodologies; physician buy/sell and employment agreements; practice management and financial recruiting and facilitation for placement of recruited parties; physician practice ownership structure and related governance; valuations of physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers and other ancillary businesses; individual, corporate and partnership tax planning and return review; practice focuses of orthopaedics, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology and anesthesia and health care regulatory issues related to Fraud and Abuse, Stark and Anti-kickback. He deals directly with physicians and administrators and responds to issues and concerns of managing our clients’ practices on an ongoing basis. Before joining the firm in 1995, Steve started his career in the health care group of a regional CPA firm. He was named to the Indianapolis Business Journal's Who’s Who Behind the Scenes in Health Care list in 2003.