ALMA MATER
Texas Tech University, M.B.A.
Texas Tech University, B.A.
Jim is a Business Development Advisor with over 30 years of experience helping healthcare providers identify and resolve complex operational and revenue cycle challenges. Throughout his career, he has focused on designing and implementing sustainable revenue cycle strategies that drive measurable financial performance. His work has generated millions of dollars in net revenue improvement and cost optimization for health systems, hospitals, and physician organizations nationwide.
Prior to joining Accordion, Jim served as a senior leader at Pinnacle Healthcare Advisors before its acquisition by Accordion, where he played a central role in driving strategic growth and client expansion. He led executive-level business development strategy, structured and negotiated complex engagements, and served as a senior sponsor in the pursuit of new client relationships. Jim also provided seasoned oversight to key strategic accounts requiring experienced leadership. Internally, he acted as a trusted advisor to Pinnacle’s executive team, offering strategic counsel, mentoring senior leaders, and helping shape the firm’s overall growth strategy and service delivery model.
Prior to Pinnacle, Jim served as a Managing Director and consulting leader with Huron Consulting Group, Wellspring Partners, and Arthur Andersen, advising healthcare organizations across the country on enterprise performance transformation. He served as the primary client executive for comprehensive revenue cycle and operational improvement engagements spanning large integrated delivery networks, academic medical centers, and community hospitals, consistently delivering 3–5% net revenue improvement and high single-digit cost reductions.
Jim has also led turnaround initiatives for distressed health systems, reporting directly to boards and restructuring committees while collaborating with lenders, bondholders, and rating agencies to stabilize operations and restore financial performance.
In addition, he partnered with senior executives to design and implement enterprise-wide performance improvement infrastructures, including governance models and project management offices that institutionalized sustainable decision-making, prioritization, and execution capabilities across complex health systems.