Super-Regional CPA Firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram (CRI) Expands in Alabama By Merging Self, Maples & Copeland in Oneonta, Alabama
Enterprise, AL (PRWEB) February 10, 2015 -- Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC (CRI), adds to its solid presence in Alabama by merging Oneonta-based CPA firm Self, Maples & Copeland. The location and team will now operate under the CRI name.
Self, Maples & Copeland has provided a broad range of accounting, tax, and advisory services since 1964 to both businesses and individuals—including several specialties that now broaden CRI’s offerings. Specifically, the firm provides data processing services including payroll processing, application hosting, and document management. The firm also delivers a spectrum of specialized services such as Medicare and Medicaid cost reimbursement advisory services, Medicaid and Medicare cost report preparation, and HIPAA consultation to various healthcare providers, many of which are long-term care entities. Their client base includes more than half of the nursing homes in the state of Alabama in addition to approximately 100 facilities located in other states.
“Merging with the super-regional firm of CRI offers our team unprecedented opportunities to increase operational efficiencies by accessing their back office tools and resources from IT infrastructure to finance,” stated Tom Self, managing partner of Self, Maples & Copeland. “Our current clients will quickly benefit from the additional depth and breadth of CRI’s expertise that we can now leverage. Plus, their collaborative firm-wide training approach extends enhanced professional development opportunities to our staff.”
CRI, currently ranked as the 22nd largest accounting firm nationally, boasts offices in 22 markets throughout nine states across the South.
“Blending Self, Maples & Copeland’s long-term care and data processing services expertise with our existing service lines and team positions CRI as the powerhouse provider of healthcare and IT consulting services across the South,” stated William H. Carr, chairman and managing partner of CRI. “Both of these sectors continue to rapidly grow while working to comply with increasing regulatory requirements and an ever-changing legislative landscape. Those factors make it especially important for healthcare companies to choose an accounting and advisory firm like CRI that is able to assist them in achieving maximum profitability while also knowledgeably guiding them through the maze of compliance issues.”
CRI’s core industry specializations include construction companies, manufacturing and distribution companies, healthcare entities, not-for-profit organizations, governmental entities, financial institutions, and insurance companies. The firm also offers specialized services including business consulting, forensic accounting, IT audit and assurance, SEC compliance, service organization control (SOC) reports, tax, transaction advisory services, and wealth management. To receive CRI news and alerts, text CRI to 66866—or visit our website at http://www.CRIcpa.com.
About Carr Riggs & Ingram, LLC
CRI is ranked as 22nd largest accounting firm in the nation. Today, CRI has more than 1,300+ employees in 22 markets throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas and is recognized as one of the fastest growing CPA firms in the United States. CRI’s industry specializations include construction companies, governmental entities, financial institutions, healthcare entities, insurance companies, not-for-profit organizations, and manufacturing and distribution companies. CRI also offers specialized services including business consulting, forensic accounting, IT audit and assurance, SEC compliance, service organization control (SOC) reports, tax, transaction advisory services, and wealth management. For details regarding our service and industry specialties, please visit CRIcpa.com or our accounting blog available from http://blog.CRIcpa.com.
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Bri Harding, Carr, Riggs & Ingram, http://www.cricpa.com, +1 (615) 457-0069, [email protected]
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