Jason H. Sussman is a managing director at Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC, where he directs capital planning and allocation advisory services in the firm’s strategic and financial planning practice. His experience includes all aspects of financial planning and provision of financial advisory services to hospitals, healthcare systems, and physician groups nationwide. His areas of expertise include strategic financial planning, capital allocation and management, mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, and management software. In addition to the first edition of this book, The Healthcare Executive’s Guide to Allocating Capital (Chicago: Health Administration Press, 2007), Mr. Sussman was a contributing author to Best-Practice Financial Management: Six Key Concepts for Healthcare Leaders (Chicago: Health Administration Press, 2006) and The Financially Competitive Healthcare Organization (Chicago: Probus Publishing, 1994). He has authored articles for a variety of industry periodicals, including Healthcare Financial Management magazine. Mr. Sussman holds a master of business administration degree in finance and accounting, with a specialization in healthcare management, from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Evanston, Illinois, and a bachelor of arts degree from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.