Best Wishes Chuck!
The big news in my world this week is that Chuck Briggs is retiring. Most people involved in cost reporting know Chuck’s company even if they don’t now Chuck personally. Chuck started Health Financial Systems (HFS) in 1982. At the time I was doing cost report preparation work for a “Big Eight” accounting firm. We started using Chuck’s software in about 1983 on then ”state of the art” IBM personal computers. If my memory serves me correctly they had no hard drive and 128KB (yes K not M) of memory.
In the beginning Chuck was pretty much the whole company. You could call him at 8:30 a.m. east coast time and he was already at work in his California office. And he was always pleasant and helpful, even at that hour of the morning. Obviously he was very successful, as HFS came to be the dominate provider of Medicare cost report software. Reportedly Chuck is planning on spending more time in his garden, and will still be consulting with HFS on an as needed basis.
So best wishes Chuck! We hope that you enjoy a well deserved retirement!