Accordion, a leading AI- and data-powered financial consulting firm serving the private equity sector, has finalized the acquisition of Pinnacle Healthcare Advisors, significantly reinforcing its Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) capabilities. The strategic move expands Accordion’s RCM Center of Excellence and bolsters its ability to meet increasing demand for financial and operational performance improvements across healthcare providers facing persistent cost pressures and reimbursement challenges.
Pinnacle Healthcare Advisors is a respected RCM consultancy with deep expertise in enhancing cash collections, reducing accounts receivable, optimizing electronic health record (EHR) environments, and strengthening long-term revenue operations for health systems, acute care organizations, and healthcare services companies. By integrating Pinnacle’s specialized experience with Accordion’s established RCM team and advanced technical resources, the combined organization now offers one of the most comprehensive RCM platforms available to the healthcare market.
Revenue cycle effectiveness has evolved into a key determinant of financial resilience for healthcare providers navigating labor shortages, payer complexity, reimbursement delays, and rising denial rates making RCM a strategic priority rather than a back-office function. Accordion’s enhanced platform is positioned to help organizations overcome these challenges with a more predictable path to financial performance improvement.
“Healthcare enterprises are facing some of the most challenging financial conditions in decades,” said Nick Leopard, Founder & CEO, Accordion. “Revenue cycle efficiency has become the industry’s ultimate value lever. Pinnacle fundamentally advances our RCM capabilities and cements Accordion as the partner best equipped to deliver the level of operational and financial transformation this environment demands.”
Over the past year, Accordion has expanded its RCM practice through strategic hires and targeted investments, including the recruitment of Managing Directors Arthur Yount and Lane Jackson to co-lead the RCM Center of Excellence. This multidisciplinary team specializes in RCM redesign, EHR optimization, data strategy, and comprehensive performance improvement.
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“Revenue cycle performance is one of the most powerful, yet unpredictable, drivers of financial outcomes for healthcare investors,” said Junaid Samnani, President, Finance & Technology Solutions, Accordion. “We’ve seen tremendous momentum under Arthur and Lane’s leadership. This acquisition continues that strategy: enhancing our capabilities, deepening our technical expertise, and scaling a team already delivering measurable improvement for health systems and healthcare services organizations. This is a natural next step that strengthens our ability to provide CFOs with greater predictability, accelerated cash, and a clearer path to margin expansion.”
Pinnacle’s RCM specialists bring a strong track record of reducing accounts receivable, accelerating cash flow, and improving operational outcomes across the full revenue cycle. Their expertise in Epic and Meditech systems, including Epic-certified professionals, further enhances Accordion’s capacity to optimize clients’ technology investments.
“Our work has always focused on enabling healthcare organizations to achieve the financial performance strong revenue cycle operations make possible,” said Andrew Jacobsen, former Principal at Pinnacle, now Managing Director, Accordion.
“Joining Accordion gives us a broader platform to advance the work we’re known for: driving measurable, lasting improvements in revenue cycle performance. With expanded analytical, technical, and operational capabilities behind us, we can deliver greater impact, at greater scale, across the healthcare ecosystem,” added Todd Hakala, also a former Principal at Pinnacle, now Managing Director, Accordion.
Approximately 20 Pinnacle professionals have joined Accordion as part of the transaction, strengthening the firm’s ability to deliver RCM engagements at scale and support healthcare platforms throughout the investment lifecycle. “The result is an even stronger RCM Center of Excellence built for decisive, enterprise-level improvement,” Samnani added. “Together with Pinnacle, we bring a level of RCM capability and scale that meaningfully elevates what healthcare investors and operators can expect from a performance partner.”