An Audit Primer for Auditors of For-Profit Entities Receiving HHS Provider Relief Funds

Daron Tarlton is an assurance partner in Tampa, Florida where he serves as the Professional Practice Partner of DHG Healthcare, the national healthcare practice of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP. Daron is also the firm’s primary governmental industry professional practice resource and is on the leadership team for DHG’s national Nonprofit, Education, and Government industry practice. Daron previously served a two-year rotation through the DHG Professional Standards Group in the firm’s national office in Charlotte, North Carolina. Daron’s client service responsibilities include providing assurance and advisory services to healthcare providers throughout the country. Daron’s client portfolio has spanned the spectrum from large nonprofit health systems to local governmental community hospitals to for-profit ambulatory providers and physician enterprises, including private equity backed portfolio companies. He also serves a wide array of community nonprofit and charitable organizations, and at a prior firm focused on municipal and county governments. Daron has extensive experience performing audits in accordance with the Uniform Guidance and Government Auditing Standards. In his professional practice roles, Daron is a consultative resource for assurance and advisory teams across the firm on technical and complex accounting and assurance matters, firm risk management, and emerging industry issues. He is routinely involved in the development of assurance methodologies, quality control protocols, technical educational programs, and annual firm internal inspections for the national healthcare, nonprofit, and government industry practice units. Daron is actively involved with the AICPA Healthcare Expert Panel as an interested party and is the firm’s liaison to the AICPA Government Audit Quality Center. He is a frequent presenter on emerging accounting, auditing, and financial reporting topics.