EisnerAmper Podcast

Digital Payments and Banking Access for the Cannabis Industry

In this episode of CannaCast, Eric Altstadter, Partner and leader of EisnerAmper’s Cannabis and Hemp Group, speaks with Ashley Elsner, Co-Founder and COO of Artery Pay about required banking compliance and digital payments for cannabis transaction.

How SPACs are Leveraging Workiva

In this podcast of the SPAC series, Nina Kelleher, a director in EisnerAmper Digital, and Josh Gertsch, a director of product marketing at Workiva, discuss how Workiva has established itself as a go-to solution for SPACs, ways they simplify the overall process, including reporting and filing obligations, as well as transition to maintaining a strong internal control environment once the de-SPAC phase occurs. 

Taking the Plunge: From Techie to Entrepreneur

To start a conversation, just ask. In this TechTalk podcast episode, EisnerAmper’s West Coast Technology and Life Sciences Practice Leader Amar Bhatkhande asks CEO and Co-Founder of MediaAgility Rajesh Abhyankar about how he started and grew his global digital consulting business to upwards of 400 employees—and what excites him about the future. Also, hear firsthand about a meaningful conversation that continues to influence Abhyankar today.

U.S. Lower Middle Market Investing

In this episode of Engaging Alternatives Spotlight, Elana Margulies-Snyderman, Senior Manager, Publications, EisnerAmper, speaks with Brett Hickey, Founder and CEO of Star Mountain Capital, a New York-based asset management firm focused on the U.S. lower middle market.
He shares with us his views on the U.S. lower middle market, and the various opportunities he sees in making direct investments, investing in credit fund managers and finally, secondary investments in smaller private credit funds. Also, with ESG and social impact top of mind for investors, he discusses how the firm is embedding those into its culture.

What’s Next? Proposed E/M Rule Changes for 2023

Nancy Clark, Senior Manager for the Health Care Consulting Group, outlines what is known so far about a major overhaul in coding for other Evaluation and Management services, proposed for 2023. While we don’t have a great amount of detail yet, here’s what we do know from the February CPT Editorial Summary of Panel Actions.

A Conversation with the CEO of Columbia Care

In this episode of CannaCast, Eric Altstadter, Partner and leader of EisnerAmper’s Cannabis and Hemp Group, speaks with Nicholas Vita, the CEO and co-founder of Columbia Care. One of the nation's largest medical cannabis companies, Columbia Care’s holdings include pharmacies, dispensaries, home delivery, cultivation and manufacturing facilities. Licensed to operate in 10 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., the company is currently expanding its activities throughout the U.S. and abroad. It made news last month when it purchased a Riverhead, Long Island, greenhouse for approximately $43 million dollars to help meet the anticipated demand of recreational cannabis in New York starting in 2022.

Distressed Credit and Special Situations Opportunities

In this episode of Alternative Investments Spotlight, Elana Margulies-Snyderman, Senior Manager, Publications, EisnerAmper, speaks with Cindy Chen Delano, Partner at Invictus Global Management, an Austin-based alternative asset management firm that specializes in investing across distressed credit and related special situations opportunities. She shares her non-traditional background going into money management, her outlook on alternative investments with respect to distressed credit and special situations, her experience being a women money manager, what she is doing to encourage more women to go into investing, and how the firm is embracing D&I.

Boots on the Ground – E/M 2021 Implementation

A few months into implementation, Nancy Clark, Senior Manager for the Health Care Consulting Group, checks on how it’s going. Here’s what she’s seeing in physician practices, what went right, and what the pitfalls are.

Legal Issues Facing the Cannabis Industry

In this episode of CannaCast, Eric Altstadter, Partner and leader of EisnerAmper’s Cannabis and Hemp Group, speaks with David Feldman, partner at the law firm Hiller, PC, and author of the column “Blunt Legal Talk” for Honeysuckle magazine, to discuss legal issues that cannabis companies face.

The Wave of SPAC Warrants in 2021

Are you interested in SPACs and would like to know about the 101s relating to SPAC warrants? In our first episode of EisnerAmper’s SPAC Podcast series, Nina Kelleher, a Director in EisnerAmper Digital, is joined by Angela Veal, a Managing Director in Technical Accounting Advisory Services practice, for an engaging discussion on the SEC’s statement relating to accounting for warrants, potential accounting and reporting implications, internal control considerations, CFO’s immediate next steps, and more!