Health Care Financing Expert Joins B&D; Consulting

Health Care Financing Expert Joins B&D; Consulting

WASHINGTON – Charles "Chuck" Birdsell, an expert on health care financing and analysis with more than 20 years of experience, has joined B&D Consulting as a vice president on the firm's health & life sciences practice team.

Birdsell most recently held senior contract management and financial analysis positions at MedStar Health, which operates a number of major nonprofit hospitals, including Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University Hospital and National Rehabilitation Hospital. Prior to MedStar Health, Birdsell held strategic planning and financial analysis positions at Inova Health System.

"We are very excited to have Chuck join our growing health & life sciences practice team, where his expertise in financial analysis and strategic planning will help advance the goals of current and future clients," said B&D Consulting Chief Executive Officer David R. Zook.

Ed Dougherty, head of B&D Consulting's reimbursement practice added: "Our clients, manufacturers of cutting-edge medical devices and pharmaceuticals, increasingly require strong financial and business planning expertise like Chuck's. His 20-plus years of experience in health care roles, including strategic planning, financial analysis and contract management, position him to help our clients take their products to the next level."

Birdsell will focus on data analysis, financial modeling, coverage policy and clinical trial reimbursement.

For more than a decade, B&D Consulting has led the way in interdisciplinary consulting by offering comprehensive government affairs and regulatory counsel, business and reimbursement planning, and strategic and public policy communications.

B&D Consulting, a national advisory and advocacy firm founded in 1985, is an affiliate of the law firm of Baker & Daniels.