About CEO/Principal Consultant
Rick Jacob
Rick Jacob is a seasoned healthcare executive with over 35 years of leadership experience in both for-profit and non-profit health systems. As the founder of JAHS, Rick brings a wealth of expertise in mergers and acquisitions, network development, and operations within integrated healthcare delivery systems across California. His career has been marked by strategic leadership roles in major health systems, where he has successfully driven growth, financial performance, and operational excellence.
With a vast network spanning C-suite executives in health plans, integrated hospital networks, independent physician associations, private equity firms, venture capitalists, national medical groups, and FQHCs, Rick has a proven ability to navigate and influence the evolving healthcare landscape. His track record includes delivering financial growth, spearheading hospital turnarounds, executing complex acquisitions, and leading managed care initiatives that drive value-based outcomes.
Key Accomplishments:
Financial Growth: Increased medical group earnings by $25 million and achieved 29% membership growth.
Operational Excellence: Led clinical administration efforts that reduced expenses by 25% while expanding business by 35%.
Mergers & Acquisitions: Successfully closed multiple IPA acquisitions and executed management service and profit-sharing agreements.
Managed Care Contracting: Secured full-risk contracts and drove 13% Medicare service line growth, alongside a 24% rise in outpatient surgery volume.
Branding & Market Development: Established niche ethnic healthcare programs, exclusive physician networks, and expanded multiple IPAs.
Real Estate & Infrastructure: Oversaw physician-owned hospital joint ventures and the development of medical office buildings on hospital campuses.
Beyond his executive leadership, Rick is an accomplished speaker and author, having contributed strategic business plans and financial models for health systems and medical groups. He has served as a panel speaker for the Orange County Association of Health Underwriters, sharing his insights on the future of healthcare management and growth strategies.
With an unwavering commitment to innovation, operational efficiency, and strategic execution, Rick continues to shape the future of healthcare delivery through transformative leadership and business acumen.