Mark Abernathy specializes in dispute resolution services and forensic investigations, and providing consulting services in the healthcare and life sciences industries.
His more than thirty years of experience span a variety of providers, payers, and other healthcare entities, including HMOs, PPOs, pharmacy benefit managers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, hospitals, physician groups, home health agencies, ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient diagnostic centers, and state regulators. He has advised clients with commercial litigation, federal investigations, bankruptcy, turnarounds, and health plan seizures.
Mr. Abernathy’s healthcare consulting and financial management experience covers a broad range of services including:
Expert testimony and litigation support services: lost profits, class actions, payer/provider disputes, breach of contract, buy/sell disputes, antitrust, wrongful termination, and accounting and legal malpractice defense
Forensic accounting, statistical sampling, and valuations
Provider and payer support during Department of Justice/Officer of the Inspector General/Attorney General investigations
Conservator, examiner, and special monitor bankruptcy roles, and assistance with governmental agency seizures
Development of hospital-physician networks for national HMO and PPO organizations
HMO Certificate of Authority licensure
Review of billing and third-party claims processing systems, internal and external financial controls and reports, and market conduct studies
Hospital and HMO accounting and operations, treasury, budgeting, and financial planning responsibility
Employment History
Resolve Advisory Partners, LLC
Managing director
2010 – 2010
