Our Team

OMS Consulting Firm averages more than 20 years of healthcare industry experience, and our team is dedicated to helping each OMS practice succeed. OMS Consultants offer the expertise and hands-on support you need to improve your practice.

Our Team

Industry Experts

Scott E. Graham
MHA, FACMPE

Phone: (314) 413-6043
Email: scott@omsconsultingfirm.com

Areas of Expertise

  • Practice Management
  • Practice Development
  • Business Coaching
  • Practice Evaluation
  • Buyer's Representation

Experience

Scott E. Graham, MHA, FACMPE is the Founder and CEO of OMS Consulting Firm. After successfully starting and managing a large OMS practice with a nationally recognized fellowship program in St. Louis, MO, Scott offers 18 years of practical OMS practice management experience. He has a wealth of knowledge of practice transitions/mergers/acquisitions, recruitment, revenue cycle improvement, billing and coding, workflow optimization, and process improvement training.

Scott and his team understand your OMS practice and strive to deliver customized solutions that advance your practice, increase profitability, and improve referrals and patient outcomes.

He is the founder of the Jaws Society, a national not-for profit professional organization for OMS practice administrators. He has presented at several local and national conferences and written articles on the topics of OMS practice management, starting an OMS Fellowship Program, attracting top dental talent, and starting a national not-for-profit professional organization.

An active writer, Scott recently co-authored a book chapter about practice management in the 3rd edition of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Affiliations, Credentials, & Education

  • Founder and past president, Jaws Society
  • Past president, MGMA local chapter St. Louis, MO
  • Fellow, American College of Medical Practice Executives
  • Board Member, Oral Facial Surgery Institute Educational Fellowship Program
  • Member, MGMA
  • Member, ACHE
  • Member, AADOM
  • Member, Jaws Society
  • MHA in Health Service Management, Webster University
  • BA in Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University – Carbondale
  • AA in Applied Sciences, Meramec Community College

Fellow status (FACMPE) is the most prestigious designation you can earn in the medical practice management profession. It signifies superior standards of performance and professional competency, and encourages ongoing personal and professional development in the field.

Allan Finnegan
JD

Email: allan@omsconsultingfirm.com

Areas of Expertise

  • Entity Formation and Drafting of Entity Legal Documents Based on Liability and Tax Considerations
  • Employment Contract Draft and Review
  • Independent Contractor Agreement Draft and Review
  • Buy-In/Stock Purchase Agreement Draft and Review (Associates Buying into the Practice)
  • Purchase Agreement/Goodwill Contract Draft and Review
  • Transition Services Contract Draft and Review
  • Lease Agreement Draft and Review
  • Real Estate Purchase Agreement Draft and Review
  • Contract Negotiations

Experience

Allan Finnegan, JD, has over three years of corporate tax law experience at a large national firm. During his time at the firm, he helped clients through major transactions such as bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, and consolidations. While working with Fortune 500 companies, he was able to touch a broad range of industries, including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, financial services, energy, manufacturing, and consumer goods.

More recently, he has three years of experience working exclusively with both newly graduated and seasoned, experienced OMS surgeons from across the country, aiding them in all their legal needs.  For newly graduated doctors that want to work in a practice, he assists with their employment contracts. For new doctors wanting to own their own practice, he helps associates buy into the practice they are working at, purchase an existing practice, or build a practice from the ground up. For seasoned, experienced doctors, he facilitates the process of bringing associates into the practice, whether as independent contractors or full-time employees, and assists with potential associate buy-in opportunities. He also provides all the legal expertise necessary to help doctors wanting to sell their practice.

Affiliations, Credentials, & Education

  • Member, Missouri Bar Association
  • JD, University of Missouri
  • BS, University of Missouri
Alex Finnegan
CPA

Email: alex@omsconsultingfirm.com

Areas of Expertise:

  • Practice Valuations
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Tax Return Analysis
  • Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Pro Forma Financial Statements
  • Accounting
  • Auditing & Internal Controls
  • Risk Assessment

Experience

Alex Finnegan, CPA, has five years of public accounting experience at a Big 4 accounting firm. During this time, he led various audit engagements by performing comprehensive risk assessments, evaluating internal controls, enhancing financial system processes, and reviewing financial statements of both public and private companies in several different industries including pharmaceuticals, healthcare, life sciences, financial services, manufacturing, and aerospace & defense. He advised clients through complex accounting issues including implementation of new accounting standards, valuation of goodwill, and assessment of equity carve-out transactions.

More recently, he has business/financial analyst experience in the healthcare industry and at higher education institutions. He has performed business valuations, sensitivity analyses, and financial modeling services within the OMS industry for over a year to assist clients in buying and selling practices. He has performed financial statement analysis, tax return analysis, debt service analysis, inventory cost management analysis, and financial ratio analysis. Additionally, he has aided clients in preparing and reviewing fixed asset and depreciation schedules, A/R aging and production reports, and pro forma financial statements.

Affiliations, Credentials, & Education

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • Member, Missouri Society of CPAs
  • Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
  • Masters of Accountancy, University of Missouri
Clayton Clark
MFA, MA

Email: claytonc@omsconsultingfirm.com

Areas of Expertise

  • Marketing
  • Branding
  • Support Staff & Service Training

Experience

Clayton Clark, MFA, MA has more than 12 years of experience in health communication, marketing, and training. As a health communicator, he has expertise in developing health-literate patient education materials that make healthcare and health insurance easier for patients to understand. His marketing and branding experience includes copywriting and creative direction for print, web, video, radio, and social media, and he’s led complex integrated marketing campaigns from the initial ideation stage through to post-campaign evaluation. This brand development work has included organizational name/brand changes and service line development. As an educator, he has trained hundreds of healthcare professionals in clear interpersonal communication skills and has taught professional writing as an adjunct assistant professor.

Affiliations, Credentials, & Education

  • Member, American Counseling Association
  • Candidate for the M.Ed. in clinical mental health counseling, University of Missouri – St. Louis
  • MA in Communication, University of Missouri – St. Louis
  • MFA in Creative Writing, Ohio State University
  • BA in English Writing and Religious Studies, DePauw University
Katie Barton

Email: katie@omsconsultingfirm.com

Areas of Expertise

  • Practice Management
  • Practice Development
  • Business Coaching
  • Practice Evaluation
  • Buyer's Representation

Katie M. Barton has 16 years of practice management experience in oral and facial surgery.  Prior to oral surgery Katie spent 10 years in general dentistry.  Katie’s expertise is focused on the day to day operations and implementing policies and procedures.  A majority of her focus had been on education and the digital workflow.  She has lectured over the years on multiple oral surgery topics for study clubs and conferences. 

Carol Chitwood
Billing Representative

Email: carol@omsconsultingfirm.com

Areas of Expertise:

  • Revenue Cycle Management
  • A/R Management
  • Appeals • Denial Management • Payment Processing & Posting • Claims Submissions

Performance-driven Healthcare Director with more than 23 years of experience in revenue cycle management and collection of aged accounts. Detail-oriented, knowledgeable in developing clear assessments, and exemplary in implementing strategies to transition current state to best practices. Solid sales and accounting experience, proven track record in delivering outcomes, executing strategies and maximizing profitability. I serve my community by volunteering my time as a member of the leadership team for the Sean Karl Foundation since 2014. Commitment to both professional and personal development is evident by my consistent success in serving the greater- Nashville area for more than 20 years.

Michael B. Barbick
DMD, MD

Michael B. Barbick, DMD, MD

Email: michaelb@omsconsultingfirm.com

Areas of Expertise

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Practice Start Up

Michael Barbick, DMD, MD is a Diplomate in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with over 10 years of OMS practice management experience. He has dedicated his career as an entrepreneur, growing his solo practice to 7 full-time OMS surgeons, including 6 office locations in the Tampa Bay, FL area. During his mergers, acquisitions, and start-ups, he successfully integrated all of his practices with the latest radiology information systems and electronic medical records.

Experience

  • Clinical Associate Professor, University of Florida
  • Member, AAOMS
  • Member, ADA
  • Member, Tampa Bay, FL Dental Society

Affiliations, Credentials, & Education

  • MD, University of Florida
  • DMD, University of Florida
  • BS, University of Central Florida
Louis Pounds
MHRM, PHR, SHRM – CP

Email: louis@omsconsultingfirm.com

Areas of Expertise

  • Employee Relations
  • Problem Resolution
  • Coaching
  • Terminations
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Job description development
  • Full cycle recruitment
  • Compensation Structures
  • Designed from scratch
  • Leadership Training
  • Harassment/Discrimination Training
  • HR-related training

Experience

Louis has been providing Human Resources guidance to organizations ranging from 320 employees to over 5,000 employees as either a Human Resources Manager or Director in both the healthcare and construction industry for over 20 years.

Supporting both hospital departments, off-site clinics, corporate and nation-wide offices he has extensive experience in successfully managing very delicate employee relations issues.

During his time in healthcare, he was named an honorary member of the Training and Development department for a large healthcare system due to his passion and eagerness to train leaders.

Using his ability to connect with entry-level employees, foremen, managers, surgeons, general managers, and C-suite executives, he uses his calm demeanor and low-key approach to effectively convey important messages.

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Office

P.O. Box 1354
Fenton, MO 63026

Hours

M-F: 8am – 5pm
S-S: Closed

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(833) OMS-FIRM