James leads FocalPoint Partners’ National Healthcare Investment Banking practice (LA, Chicago, New York). Leveraging his diversified background—healthcare management, healthcare policy, business strategy, and M&A—he assists healthcare providers in creating enterprise value that prioritizes the patient experience. Implementing value-based care initiatives to reduce the cost of care (e.g., migration from fee-for-service to alternative reimbursement models) while improving patient outcomes (e.g., care coordination) is central to his healthcare investment banking approach.
Prior to joining FocalPoint, James led Strategy and Corporate Development for a specialized Orthopedic Care organization and, separately, a full-service Reproductive Care company (i.e., medical practice, assisted reproductive technologies, cryo-storage, and surgery center). James also has expertise in Behavioral Health including Autism Care, Sub-Acute Mental Health, Acute Psychiatric Hospitals, Substance Use Disorder, and Addiction Treatment. He began his corporate finance career as a corporate finance professional with Houlihan Lokey and its affiliated private equity division, Century Park Capital Partners. James is recognized with the following distinctions: Winner of Turnaround Consultant of the Year (2016); Winner of Emerging Leaders Award “40 Under 40” (2016); and Los Angeles Business Journal – Most Influential M&A Advisors (2013).
He received a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and master’s degree in Healthcare Leadership (Healthcare Management & Policy) from Brown University. James joined Junior Achievement in 1999 offering Personal Economics programs to high school students. Thereafter, he mentored dozens of high school students, many of whom were facing meaningful life challenges. In 2015, James formalized his mentoring program by founding Illuminant Minds.