Who We Are

Who is RPNT

RPNT was founded by Steve Smith and his partner in 1996. Both had extensive healthcare experience working with physicians who shared their growing frustrations and obstacles about the business of medicine. Steve knew that these physicians, with the right business partners would build their own facilities, labs and other ancillary services if they had the right support and expertise.

Managing a private practice and/or a surgical center on one’s own can be daunting. Steve believed that if physicians knew their financials were in competent hands, they would be more confident to take the first step in building additional services and facilities. That’s how RPNT got started. Since then, RPNT has managed Dialysis Centers, catheter labs, office-based labs, physician practices, urgent cares, surgery centers, inpatient hospital, vascular access centers and more. RPNT has been fortunate to grow with the facilities they have managed. To date, RPNT has managed hundreds of private practices, labs and surgery centers in the US

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Stephen D. Smith

Founder

Steve graduated from The University of Texas at Arlington and received his CPA certificate in 1991. Prior to that, Steve had worked for large healthcare systems as well as independent facilities. In 1996, Steve realized that many physicians wished to open and operate facilities but were just not sure what was needed to ensure success. With that thought, he started RPNT Management Services, Inc. His desire was to help physicians open and operate independent facilities that provided them more flexibility and control. Since 1996, Steve has worked with dialysis centers, office based labs, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care facilities, inpatient hospitals and many physician groups. With Steve's leadership, RPNT has aided in the success of a multitude of physician practices and physician owned facilities. His track record is one that has created value and accelerated results for his clients. Steve looks forward to continuing to help physicians realize their goals in healthcare.
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David Smith

President/CEO

David graduated from The University of South Carolina in 2009 and later obtained his CPA license in 2014. He began with RPNT working on the financial side of operations for providers in 2011; and enjoyed helping independent physicians succeed in the ever-changing healthcare landscape. He has consulted and worked with a multitude of facilities ranging from office based labs, ambulatory surgery centers and inpatient hospitals. His area of focus has been setting the facilities up for success from the beginning, including credentialing, negotiating payer contracts, implementing revenue cycle management services, and other vital start-up processes for any facility. The end-to-end services that RPNT Management provides was built to enable physicians to focus on their patients, without the burden of managing revenue cycle, payer contracts and billing.
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Jorge Ruiz

CPA

Jorge Ruiz received his BBA in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington. In addition, he is a licensed Certified Public Accountant. Jorge worked for large and medium sized companies while maintaining a part-time focus on tax and accounting practices. Jorge has worked with and advised small and start-up facilities, as well as medium to large businesses in the areas of organization, monthly accounting, tax, business opportunity analysis and planning. This has enabled Jorge to understand the tax and accounting strategies that are useful for the healthcare arena.