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Madison Resident Earns Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certification

Susan Reed, CPA, CFP®, a partner in the Medical and Professional Services Group at SaxBST in Clifton, recently earned Lean Six Sigma White Belt certification through a training program hosted by the Medical Group Management Association. The multi-disciplinary accounting, tax and advisory firm serves a growing number of medical and dental practitioners and healthcare-related organizations.

Reed's areas of expertise include evaluation and improvement of practice operations, revenue cycle management, benchmarking analysis, and consulting for medical and dental practices. The Madison resident noted that the Lean Six Sigma training has added an important new skills set to augment her 20 years of accounting and tax experience.

"Having a better understanding of Lean's best-in-class process management principals - and how medical providers can incorporate them into their practices - enables me to better help my clients work to reduce waste, streamline expenses and implement operational efficiencies," she said, adding that she looks forward to additional Lean Six Sigma training opportunities.

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SaxBST assists healthcare clients in addressing financial matters and the operational and management issues that impact a practice's ability to grow without sacrificing profitability. As trusted consultants, SaxBST's niche specialists advise clients on how to stay competitive in today's economy through an awareness of trends and efficiency benchmarks while constantly seeking to attract and retain the right talent.

One of the top 100 accounting firms nationally, SaxBST has offices in Albany, N.Y.; Clifton, N.J.; Mineola, N.Y. and New York City. It is the outgrowth of a merger between two of the area's most prominent accounting firms, Sax Macy Fromm & Co., PC (SMF) and Bollam, Sheedy, Torani & Co. LLP (BST). SaxBST's expertise covers a range of industry areas and niches also including real estate, construction, manufacturing and distribution, employee benefits, retail, financial services, not-for-profit, governmental entities and labor unions.

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