Jason Sussman

Jason Sussman is a leader of Kaufman Hall’s Financial and Capital Planning practice. Mr. Sussman provides strategic planning and financial advisory services for healthcare providers and higher education institutions nationwide. His areas of expertise include strategic financial planning, capital allocation and management, mergers and acquisitions, and capital planning.

Mr. Sussman is the author of Strategic Allocation and Management of Capital in Healthcare: A Guide to Decision Making (Second Edition, July 2017) by Health Administration Press, the publishing arm of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). He has authored articles for various industry periodicals, including hfm magazine, Strategic Financial Planning, and others, and was a contributing author to the books Best Practice Financial Management: Six Key Concepts for Healthcare Leaders, Third Edition and The Financially Competitive Healthcare Organization. Mr. Sussman received a 2009 Helen Yerger/L. Vann Seawell Best Article Award from the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) for an article he co-authored in hfm.

​Mr. Sussman is a frequent presenter at national and regional seminars sponsored by the HFMA and its chapters, ACHE, the American Hospital Association, numerous state hospital associations, the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions, and other industry organizations.

​Mr. Sussman received an M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting with a specialization in Healthcare Management from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and a B.A. from the Johns Hopkins University. He holds a CPA certificate in Illinois.