David Fields CPA

David has devoted his career to the community health center industry and is passionate about helping community health centers meet the health care needs in the communities they serve. His goal is to bring the significant community health center experience of Forvis Mazars in accounting, reimbursement, grants management, tax and a variety of other finance-related topics to the firm’s clients and the industry. As a part of the Forvis Mazars center of excellence, David serves as a key team resource on audit, grants management and financial operational issues and cost report preparation services for community health centers. His community health center audit experience has made him a firmwide resource on single audit issues and their application to health care. David is a frequent speaker on community health center topics, including grants management and other operational issues for the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) and several state primary care associations. He has worked with the Forvis Mazars team to develop the CHC CFO Boot Camp series that has been taught virtually and in person across the country. David also has assisted management teams and boards of directors by interpreting complex accounting and grant issues. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, Missouri Society of CPAs and Institute of Management Accountants, Inc. He is a Certified Management Accountant® (CMA®) and a Certified Financial Manager (CFM). David is a 1999 summa cum laude graduate of Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Missouri, with a B.S. degree in accounting.