 Assurance Health Care Financial Services was founded in 2002 by
Michael MacLaren and Tommy Cooley, Sr... Together they have over seventy years of health care receivable experience.
Michael MacLaren began working in health care in 1974 as an orderly in a local hospital. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Ursuline College and a Master in Hospital and Health Administration from Xavier University. After completing his residency, Michael was an assistant administrator at a private 200 bed psychiatric hospital. He progressed to become Administrator for several medical/surgical hospitals which were financially troubled due to changes in reimbursement and needed accounts receivable (A/R) solutions. Excelling in A/R management he was able to return the hospitals to profitability. As an owner or executive of: a health maintenance organization, primary care center, home health care/staffing company, management service organization, multi location full service eye center, his focus has been on cash flow and receivables. Michael’s in-depth and detailed knowledge of reimbursement and revenue cycles provides the direction for Assurance Health Care’s team who achieve superior results for the their clients.
 Tommy Cooley started his medical accounts collection career in 1965. In 1969 he purchased the Collection and Credit Bureau of Fort Walton Beach, which now serves over three hundred health care clients in northwest Florida He has served on the Board of Trustees for Bay Medical Center for eleven years and chaired the hospital board for nine years using his knowledge and understanding of health care accounts receivable management to usher BMC through some very difficult and turbulent times. A visionary whose practical solutions build consensus and goodwill with solid fiscal accountability and results, Tommy’s practical approach and wisdom creates enhanced value for Assurance’s clients.
Their leadership coupled with a motivated, highly trained team of professionals succeeds in achieving results for clients in the top one percent compared to their peer groups across the country.
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