Jim Hills has over 35 years of valuation, financial, operational, and business development experience, primarily in the healthcare industry, including over 16 years of experience in fair market valuation and commercial reasonableness analyses of healthcare provider compensation arrangements. He is also at the forefront of the firm’s ongoing expansion of its innovative, web-based Automated FMV Solutions™.
Prior to joining Stout, Jim was a Partner with HealthCare Appraisers, Inc. He has also served in various capacities, including as a Vice President of Finance & Administration for a privately held home-health provider, Vice President of Finance and Development for a privately held national neuro-musculoskeletal physician management company, Director of Mergers and Acquisition for a publicly traded physician practice management company, and Manager at Ernst & Young in its Healthcare Audit Group.
Select Publications
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FMVantage Point August 2022
Navigating Medicare’s New Billing Rules for Split/Shared Visits
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FMVantage Point May 2022
The Challenges of wRVU-Based Survey Data in an Evolving Healthcare Industry
Select Presentations and Speeches
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Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment March 2025
Physician Recruitment & Compliance: Living Harmoniously in a Competitive Landscape
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Association of Provider Compensation Professionals (AAPCP) National Provider Compensation Conference April 2023
Compensation and Operational Responses to Split/Share Visits (Session Moderator)
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Becker’s Hospital Review Annual CEO & CFO Roundtable November 2016
Key Valuation Issues in Healthcare
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Cancer Center Business Summit October 2011
Going Hospital-Based: Getting the Deal Done – Transactional Issues
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Cancer Center Business Summit October 2011
Buying & Selling Oncology Practices
Practice Areas
Focus Industries
Education
BSAc., University of Florida, The Fisher School of Accounting
Licenses & Designations
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) – Licensed in Illinois
Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV)
Professional Memberships
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS)
American Health Law Association (AHLA)
Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys (IAHA)
American Association of Provider Compensation Professionals (AAPCP)
Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)